detailing

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detailing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  detailing \detailing\ n.
     1. description of something in detail.
  
     Syn: particularization.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Thorough cleaning, esp. of the interior of automobiles.
  
     Syn: detailed cleaning.
          [PJC]

  Detail \De"tail\ (d[-e]*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Detailed; 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Mil.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as
        an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To provide with fine or intricate added decoration.
        [PJC]
  
     Syn: Detail, Detach.
  
     Usage: Detail respects the act of individualizing the person
            or body that is separated; detach, the removing for
            the given end or object.
            [1913 Webster]

detailing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  detailing
      n 1: an individualized description of a particular instance
           [syn: particularization, particularisation,
           detailing]