Microdetail

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    microscopic detail countable, uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From micro- + detail.

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