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Noun: minutia (minutiae)  mi'n(y)oo-sh(ee-)u or mI'n(y)oo-sh(ee-)u
  1. A small or minor detail
    "he had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code"
     
  2. (biometrics, forensics) Any of the major features of a fingerprint that allow prints to be compared.
    "The major minutia features of fingerprint ridges are ridge ending, bifurcation, and short ridge (or dot."

Derived forms: minutiae

Type of: detail, item, point, quality

Encyclopedia: Minutia

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