Minify

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

To make smaller..

Definitions by Sense

1. To make smaller.
2. To reduce in apparent size, as for example objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens.
3. (programming) To remove white space and unnecessary characters from source code in order to reduce its size.

Example Sentences

Schneckenburger strives to make it appear that Baur unduly minifies the Christian element in Manichæism.

There must be something in the appeal of the Gothic that minifies one group of values leaving other considerations untouched, or actually magnifying them.

But, mused Parker, this theory of one's perplexities being diminished by the vastly superior height of these Gothic arches cannot have any foundation in fact, for the same inverted telescope that minifies my burdens also minifies my capacity to carry them, leaving me exactly of the same stature as before.

When code is minified, all comments are removed, as well as unneeded whitespace characters (space, newline, and tab).

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• minifies
• minifying
• minified

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