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thumbnail sketch

1. A small picture that presents a smaller version of a larger image or proposed image. Before fully redesigning the layout of the office, the interior designer provided me with a thumbnail sketch of his initial plans.
2. A short description or preview. Class, each of you will need to submit a thumbnail sketch of your essay topic for my approval.
See also: sketch, thumbnail
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a thumbnail sketch

a brief or small picture or description. The manager gave a thumbnail sketch of her plans. The student wrote a thumbnail sketch of his project.
See also: sketch, thumbnail
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

thumbnail sketch

A brief outline or cursory description, as in Let me give you a thumbnail sketch of the situation. This idiom alludes to drawing a picture no larger than a thumbnail. [Mid-1800s]
See also: sketch, thumbnail
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

thumbnail sketch

n. a quick and concise description. (One that could be written on someone’s thumbnail.) Let me give you a thumbnail sketch of what happened.
See also: sketch, thumbnail
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a thumbnail sketch
  • thumbnail sketch
  • be the (very) image of (someone)
  • be the image of somebody/something
  • on brand
  • superimpose
  • superimpose (someone or something) on(to) (someone or something
  • superimpose on
  • image
  • hi-res
References in periodicals archive
I wanted to know if she had thumbnails. When I saw she had, the feeling was amazing, we felt so lucky.
Photo Album, which builds a thumbnail directory of all images, offers search and sort options, provides drag-and-drop application execution from a thumbnail and sports a slide show feature.
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DEFINING THE PROBLEM Students are now ready to use the selected thumbnail sketch to create their designs.
Thumbnail sketches of all of them--from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II--review each monarch's reign and usually include the circumstances of accession and death and some key speech or piece of writing.
These smaller drawings are like thumbnail notes for the flourish and velocity of the wall-size chalk marks.
NetVisualize Favorites Organizer makes easy work of organizing your favorites or bookmarks, by generating thumbnail images for each site you have visited.
It gives thumbnail support, zoom and other basic image editing features and it automatically decodes and displays common file formats such as JPEG, GIF, Base64 and UUdecode.
The DVR 9 and DVR 16 digital video multiplexer/recorders from Philips Communication, Security & Imaging of Atlanta provide excellent picture quality with instant video access and a powerful search engine for instant access of critical actions or alarms with thumbnail images.
Calling up project X from the Daily Plan-it calendar or to-do list not only provides an instant thumbnail sketch on the subject but also gives the user the ability to automatically launch right into the spre adsheet if more information is required or spreadsheet work has to be done on project X.
The new thumbnail previews feature allows the users to see a preview of a video when the cursor is hovered on the thumbnail.
It has also added support to generate thumbnail of SmartArt node.