minuteness

Other forms: minutenesses

Definitions of minuteness
  1. noun
    the property of being very small in size
    “hence the minuteness of detail in the painting”
    synonyms: diminutiveness, petiteness, tininess, weeness
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    type of:
    littleness, smallness
    the property of having a relatively small size
  2. noun
    great precision; painstaking attention to details
    “he examined the essay with the greatest minuteness”
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    type of:
    exactitude, exactness, precision
    the quality of being exact
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