| 1. | an individual or minute part; an item or particular. |
| 2. | particulars collectively; minutiae. |
| 3. | attention to or treatment of a subject in individual or minute parts: to postpone detail and concentrate on a subject as a whole. |
| 4. | intricate, finely wrought decoration. |
| 5. | Engineering. detail drawing. |
| 6. | any small section of a larger structure or whole, considered as a unit. |
| 7. | Military.
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| 8. | the property of an image or of a method of image production to make small, closely spaced image elements individually distinguishable. |
| 9. | to relate or report with complete particulars; tell fully and distinctly. |
| 10. | to mention one by one; specify; list: He detailed the events leading up to the robbery. |
| 11. | Military. to appoint or assign for some particular duty: We were detailed to patrol the border. |
| 12. | to provide with intricate, finely wrought decoration: lingerie detailed with lace and embroidery. |
| 13. | in detail, item by item; with particulars: The résumé stated his qualifications in detail. |
de·tail (dĭ-tāl', dē'tāl') n.
[French détail, from Old French detail, a piece cut off, from detaillir, to cut up : de-, de- + tailler, taillier, to cut; see tailor.] de·tail'er n. |
| Main Entry: | detailing |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | the meticulous cleaning of the interior and exterior of a car |
| Example: | The detailing costs $100 per car. |
| Etymology: | by 1981 |