IN DETAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in detail mean? 

• IN DETAIL (adverb)
  The adverb IN DETAIL has 1 sense:

1. thoroughly (including all important particulars)

  Familiarity information: IN DETAIL used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN DETAIL (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thoroughly (including all important particulars)

Context example:

he studied the snake in detail

 Context examples 

Although it is unclear whether zinc deficiency contributes to autism, scientists have now defined in detail a possible mechanistic link.

(Zinc Deficiency during Pregnancy Linked to Autism in Babies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Dawn has been studying the dwarf planet in detail from its second mapping orbit, which is 2,700 miles (4,400 kilometers) above Ceres.

(Ceres Spots Continue to Mystify in Latest Dawn Images, NASA)

A new study identified 12 sites rich in sodium carbonates and examined in detail several areas of a few square miles that show where water is present as part of the carbonate structure.

(NASA Dawn Reveals Recent Changes in Ceres' Surface, NASA)

However, the large sample size enabled study of the combination of genetic risk and lifestyle in detail.

(A healthy lifestyle cuts stroke risk, irrespective of genetic risk, University of Cambridge)

A report by the Ad Hoc Working Group of the National Cancer Advisory Board presented on June 9, 1995, outlining, in detail, the state of the intramural research program of the National Cancer Institute.

(Bishop-Calabresi Report, NCI Thesaurus)

The study used images and other data from Cassini's radar instrument, which can peer through the obscuring smog of Titan's atmosphere to reveal the surface in detail.

(Cassini Spies Titan's Tallest Peaks, NASA)

Fundamental brain components, such as neurons and the junctions between them (synapses), have been studied in detail.

(Neuromorphic Metallic Nanowire Network Shows Human Brain-Like Functions, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Its properties were revealed in detail by Cassini, which observed the feature in multiple wavelengths — from the ultraviolet to the infrared — using instruments including its Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS).

(Saturn's Famous Hexagon May Tower Above the Clouds, NASA)

I need not narrate in detail the further struggles I had, and arguments I used, to get matters regarding the legacy settled as I wished.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

There was much that was dim and nebulous in that world, but he saw it as a whole and not in detail, and he saw, also, the way to master it.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)