detail drawing

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noun Engineering.

a drawing, at relatively large scale, of a part of a building, machine, etc., with dimensions or other information for use in construction.

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Words nearby detail drawing

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How to use detail drawing in a sentence

Our animators are very excited to be drawing the innards of a human being.
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Like drawing tattoos, sewing earmuffs, or fashioning model airplanes from old chip bags?
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It is the steady accretion of detail that may yet be the most damaging factor in the battle for British hearts and minds.
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He goes into some detail into what it took to persuade voters to pass marriage equality at the ballot box in four states in 2012.
The Real Story Behind the Fight for Marriage Equality|E.J. Graff|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

By drawing boundaries against wrongful conduct, law provides a protective zone of freedom within those boundaries.
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In the drawing-room things went on much as they always do in country drawing-rooms in the hot weather.
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She began the study of drawing at the age of thirty, and her first attempt in oils was made seven years later.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
This habit and the fact that she cares more for color than for drawing are the usual criticisms of her pictures.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
When they rose from table and went back into her little drawing-room, she left her daughter alone for awhile with Bernard.
Confidence|Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for detail drawing

detail drawing

noun

a separate large-scale drawing of a small part or section of a building, machine, etc

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