Hypertext Webster Gateway: "detail"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Detail \De"tail\ (d[-e]*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detailed}
(-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Detailing}.] [Cf. F.
d['e]tailler to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See
{Detail}, n.]
1. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report
minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he
detailed all the facts in due order.
2. (Mil.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as
an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
Syn: {Detail}, {Detach}.
Usage: Detail respect the act of individualizing the person
or body that is separated; detach, the removing for
the given end or object.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Detail \De*tail"\, n. (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.
{In detail}, in subdivisions; part by part; item by item;
circumstantially; with particularity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Detail \De"tail\ (d[=e]"t[=a]l or d[-e]*t[=a]l"; 277), n. [F.
d['e]tail, fr. d['e]tailler to cut in pieces, tell in detail;
pref. d['e]- (L. de or dis-) + tailler to cut. See {Tailor}.]
1. 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. --Motley.
2. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which
dwells on particulars.
3. (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.
{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;
circumstantially; with particularity.
Syn: Account; relation; narrative; recital; explanation;
narration.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
detail
n 1: an isolated fact that is considered separately from the
whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of
information" [syn: {item}, {point}]
2: a small part that can be considered separately from the
whole; "it was perfect in all details" [syn: {particular},
{item}]
3: extended treatment of particulars; "the essay contained too
much detail"
4: a crew of workers selected for a particular task; "a detail
was sent to remove the fallen trees"
5: a temporary military unit; "the peace-keeping force includes
one British contingent" [syn: {contingent}]
v 1: provide details for
2: assign to a specific task: "The ambulances were detailed to
the fire station"
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