microdetail

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noun

microscopic detail

Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nounmicrodetail (countable and uncountable, plural microdetails)

plural microdetails

  1. countableuncountablemicroscopic 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

Origin

From micro- + detail.

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APA

microdetail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microdetail

MLA

“microdetail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microdetail. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microdetail,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microdetail.

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