minutia

Meaning

1. A minor detail, often of negligible importance.
2. Any of the point features on fingerprints used for matching, usually endings and bifurcations of ridges.

Translations

minutie

petit détail

minuzia

accuratesse

kleinigheden

detalhe

λεπτολόγημα

minúcia

μικρολεπτομέρεια

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maɪˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin minutia, from minūtus (“small, little”), from minuō (“make smaller”).