Minuteness

//maɪˈn(j)uːt.nɪs// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being minute. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    great precision; painstaking attention to details wordnet
  3. 3
    Something very tiny. countable, rare, usually

    "Hitherto I have hoarded up mementoes and monuments of the past; been a worshiper of all heirlooms; a fond filer away of letters, locks of hair, bits of ribbon, flowers, and the thousand-and-one minutenesses which love and memory think they sanctify:—but it is forever over now!"

  4. 4
    the property of being very small in size wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
accuracycircumstantialitydaintinessdelicacydetaildiminutiveness

Example

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"The Planck scale is incomprehensible in its minuteness."

Etymology

From minute + -ness.

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