larger details

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larger details - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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              The details of the campaign in Italy. --Motley.
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     2. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which
        dwells on particulars.
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     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.
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     4. (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.
  
     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 by item;
        circumstantially; with particularity.
  
     Syn: Account; relation; narrative; recital; explanation;
          narration.
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