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/ɪn dɪtˈeɪl/ Listen

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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"In detail" Quotes from Famous Books

... long story, sir," replied Jack. Captain Wilson extended his hand and shook Jack's heartily. "At all events, I'm delighted to see you, boy: now sit down and tell me your story in a few words; we will have it in detail by-and-bye." ...

— Mr. Midshipman Easy • Frederick Marryat

... anxiety. Sir Edgar consequently agreed with me that I should be fully justified in leaving them—or, at all events, the worst of them—behind; and this I at length determined to do; watching my opportunity to divide them up into small parties, upon some pretext, and making prisoners of them in detail; thus minimising the risk of a fight and its too probable accompaniment, loss of life. There would be no likelihood whatever of the rascals starving in such a land of plenty as the island had proved to be; they could not possibly ...

— The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" • Harry Collingwood

... entire affair in detail, the ranger asked, "And you are sure you gave him no hint that you had come ...

— The Young Wireless Operator--As a Fire Patrol - The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol • Lewis E. Theiss

... here give only the general conclusions at which I have arrived, with a few facts in illustration, but which, I hope, in most cases will suffice. No one can feel more sensible than I do of the necessity of hereafter publishing in detail all the facts, with references, on which my conclusions have been grounded; and I hope in a future work to do this. For I am well aware that scarcely a single point is discussed in this volume on which facts cannot be adduced, often apparently leading to conclusions directly opposite to those at ...

— On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection • Charles Darwin

... in detail but synthetic in range, of a young man of high impulses but weak determination. In its over-emphasis upon errors of judgment, as well as upon real if exaggerated misdeeds, it has all the crudeness of youth. An almost fantastic self-consciousness ...

— Life of Robert Browning • William Sharp

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