minutiae

  • 11minutiae —    (plural); minutia (singular) (mih NOOSH yah) [Latin: smallness] Trifles; small or unimportant matters; precise details, as in “the minutiae of the law.”    The study focused on the minutiae of describing fossil species …

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  • 12minutiae — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pl. details, trivia. See unimportance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. trivia, particulars, items; see details . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [mi NOO shee uh] trivial details. Don t be… …

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  • 13minutiae — mɪ nuːʃɪə /maɪ njuː n. trivial details, insignificant matters (also minutia) mi·nu·ti·a || maɪ njuːʃɪə n. trivial details, insignificant matters (also minutiae) …

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  • 14minutiae — plural noun the captain cannot be concerned with the minutiae of shipboard life Syn: details, niceties, finer points, particulars, trivia, trivialities …

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  • 15MINUTIAe Curator — vide supra Frumentum …

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  • 16Minutiae — Minutia Mi*nu ti*a, n.; pl. {Minuti[ae]} ( [=e]). [L., fr. minutus small, minute. See 4th {Minute}.] A minute particular; a small or minor detail; used chiefly in the plural. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 17minutiae — Synonyms and related words: ace, article, aspect, atom, bit, bric a brac, case, chaff, chicken feed, chickenshit, count, crumb, dab, datum, detail, details, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, drop, droplet, dwarf, element, facet, fact, factor,… …

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  • 18minutiae — mi|nu|ti|ae [ maı nuʃi,i ] noun plural FORMAL very small or unimportant details …

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  • 19minutiae —    The characteristics which make each fingerprint capable of being differentiated from any other print by a different area of friction skin. Comparison of latent prints with known prints begins with the overall pattern. The ridge detail of… …

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  • 20minutiae — [mɪ nju:ʃɪi:, mʌɪ , ʃɪʌɪ] (also minutia ʃɪə) plural noun the small or precise details of something. Origin C18: L., lit. trifles , from minutia smallness , from minutus (see minute2) …

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