noun
Meaning 1
The property of being minute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
minuteness
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/maɪˈn(j)uːt.nɪs/
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noun
Meaning 2
Something very tiny.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
great precision; painstaking attention to details
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he examined the essay with the greatest minuteness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exactness, exactitude
noun
Meaning 4
the property of being very small in size
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- hence the minuteness of detail in the painting
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diminutiveness, petiteness, tininess, weeness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: smallness, littleness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English minute Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English minuteness From minute + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Spanish: minuciosidad — Translations
- Spanish: acribia — Translations
- Spanish: diminutez — Translations