Dictionary Check: minutia
"minutia" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
a small or minor detail
Example:
"he had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code"
noun
(biometrics, forensics) Any of the major features of a fingerprint that allow prints to be compared.
Example:
"The major minutia features of fingerprint ridges are ridge ending, bifurcation, and short ridge (or dot)."
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