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minuteness

minuteness

6.7
The small size of something
  • noun
  • /maɪˈnjuːtnəs/
  • Formal
translation icon : pequeñez
  • “As the minuteness of the parts formed a great hindrance to my speed...

Examples

  • One often feels that Yonge's portrait of an imaginative and enthusiastic young writer whose dreams are frustrated might owe some of the minuteness of its detail to the author's memories of her own youthful self.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The minuteness of the details in the painting amazed the visitors at the gallery.

  • Researchers noted the minuteness of the particles when studying the new material.

  • The minuteness of the text in the ancient manuscript made it difficult to read without a magnifying glass.

Synonyms

smallness
vsminuteness
1 1.6

The state of being not large in size or amount

is limited to very small size or extent specifically
tininess
vsminuteness
1 4.3

The condition of being very small

is very small but less extreme in degree
meagerness
vsminuteness
  • US
1 7.0

A very small amount of something that is not enough

is neutral smallness without implying insufficiency or lack
diminutiveness
vsminuteness
9.1

The state of being very small in size

is about small size without stressing intense emphasis
littleness
vsminuteness
5.9

A state of being small in size

is focused on very small scale rather than plain smallness
petiteness
vsminuteness
5.6

A state of being very small

is general very smallness without the petite nuance
minimality
vsminuteness
7.9

The state of being as small or as simple as possible

is about being very small without implying the absolute minimum
negligibility
vsminuteness
8.6

So small or unimportant that it does not matter

is small in size or extent but may still matter

How Small

tininess
1 4.3
minuteness
  • Formal
6.7
smallness
1 1.6
size
∞ 1.0
largeness
1 3.2
immensity
7 6.8

Surface Forms

minuteness singular
minutenesses plural

Morphology

minuteness = minute (transparent) = minute + ness

A straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'minute' meaning 'very small', yielding the quality or state of being very small.

Etymology

Minuteness comes from the old Latin word minutus meaning 'made small', the same idea you see in mini and minute. That's why minuteness can mean the state of being very small in size or extent.