1.
[syn: particularization, particularisation, detailing]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
detailing \detailing\ n.
1. description of something in detail.
Syn: particularization.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Thorough cleaning, esp. of the interior of automobiles.
Syn: detailed cleaning.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Detail \De"tail\ (d[-e]*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Detailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Detailing.] [Cf. F.
d['e]tailler to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See
Detail, n.]
1. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report
minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he
detailed all the facts in due order.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mil.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as
an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
[1913 Webster]
3. To provide with fine or intricate added decoration.
[PJC]
Syn: Detail, Detach.
Usage: Detail respects the act of individualizing the person
or body that is separated; detach, the removing for
the given end or object.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
detailing
n 1: an individualized description of a particular instance
[syn: particularization, particularisation,
detailing]