minutia
A minor detail, often of negligible importanceA minor detail, often of negligible importance.
» "You have an extraordinary genius for minutiae," I remarked.
Meaning
2 sensesA minor detail, often of negligible importance.
They spent all their time on minutiae, never making real progress.
Detail, Einzelheit, winziges Detail
a small or minor detail
Any of the point features on fingerprints used for matching, usually endings and bifurcations of ridges.
Examples
2 sentences"You have an extraordinary genius for minutiae," I remarked.
Let's try to focus on the big picture first. We can take care of the minutiae later.
ruДавайте сначала попробуем сосредоточить внимание на общей картине. Мы можем присмотреться к мелким деталям позднее. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin minutia, from minūtus (“small, little”), from minuō (“make smaller”).Borrowed from Latin minutia, from minūtus (“small, little”), from minuō (“make smaller”). By surface analysis, minute + -ia.
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Forms
plural: minutiaeWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular