technicality

[ tek-ni-kal-i-tee ]
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noun,plural tech·ni·cal·i·ties for 2, 3.
  1. technical character.

  2. the use of technical methods or terms.

  1. something that is technical; a technical point, detail, or expression.

Origin of technicality

1
First recorded in 1805–15; technical + -ity

Other words from technicality

  • hy·per·tech·ni·cal·i·ty, noun
  • o·ver·tech·ni·cal·i·ty, noun, plural o·ver·tech·ni·cal·i·ties.

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British Dictionary definitions for technicality

technicality

/ (ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪtɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. a petty formal point arising from a strict interpretation of rules, etc: the case was dismissed on a technicality

  2. the state or quality of being technical

  1. technical methods and vocabulary

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