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microdetail

microdetail noun: microscopic detail.

Noun

microdetail (countable and uncountable, plural microdetails)

  1. microscopic detail
    • Calmly, with none of the Heston-plays-Moses speaking style that Mr. Spitzer affected, Mr. Paterson answered questions on both the microdetails of government and the far-more-intriguing milestone of his being New York’s first black and first legally blind governor.2008 March 14, Clyde Haberman, “Plucked From Obscurity, They Also Serve Who Ascend by Fate”, in New York Times

Forms of microdetail

pluralmicrodetails

Origin of microdetail

From micro- + detail.

Questions about microdetail

What does microdetail mean?
Microdetail means microscopic detail.
What part of speech is microdetail?
Microdetail is a noun.
What is the plural of microdetail?
The plural of microdetail is microdetails.

Words near microdetail in the dictionary

  1. microdepressions
  2. microdermabrasion
  3. microdermabrasions
  4. microdesmid
  5. microdesmids
  6. microdetail
  7. microdetails
  8. microdetection
  9. microdetector
  10. microdetectors
  11. microdetermination

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