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noun

Detail n.

A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction. "The details of the campaign in Italy."

A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.

(Mil.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected.

(Arch. & Mach.)

(a)

A minor part, as, in a building, the cornice, caps of the buttresses, capitals of the columns, etc., or (called larger details) a porch, a gable with its windows, a pavilion, or an attached tower.

(b)

A detail drawing.

Detail drawing, a drawing of the full size, or on a large scale, of some part of a building, machine, etc.

In detail, in subdivisions; part by part; item by item; circumstantially; with particularity.

Synonyms: Account; relation; narrative; recital; explanation; narration.

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