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minutia
noun
(biometrics, forensics) Any of the major features of a fingerprint that allow prints to be compared.
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maɪˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə
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noun
(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).”
noun
A small or minor detail
“He had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code”
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The major minutia features of fingerprint ridges are ridge ending, bifurcation, and short ridge (or dot).
He had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code
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