technicality

tech·ni·cal·i·ty  (tkn-kl-t)

n. pl. tech·ni·cal·i·ties

1. The quality or condition of being technical.

2. Something meaningful or relevant only to a specialist: a legal technicality.

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technicality [ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪtɪ]

n pl -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

3. technical methods and vocabulary

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

technicality - a detail that is considered insignificant trifle, triviality detail, item, point - an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"

Translations

technicality [ˌteknɪˈkælɪtɪ] N

1. (= technical detail) → detalle m (técnico); (= word) → tecnicismo m
I don't understand all the technicalities → no entiendo todos los detalles (técnicos)
it failed because of a technicality → fracasó debido a una dificultad técnica

2. (= nature) → tecnicidad f, carácter m técnico

technicality [ˌtɛknɪˈkæləti] n

(= technical nature) → technicité f

(= technical detail) → détail m technique

(LAW) on a technicality, on a legal technicality → sur une question de procédure, sur un point de procédure

technicality

n

no pl the technicality of the language → die Fülle von Fachausdrücken; the technicality of his style (= complex style) → die formale Komplexität seines Stils; (= technical terms) → sein Fachjargon m (pej), → seine Fachterminologie

(= technical detail, difficulty) → technische Einzelheit; (fig, Jur) → Formsache f; because of a technicality → aufgrund or auf Grund einer Formsache; that’s just a technicality → das ist bloß ein Detail

technicality [ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪtɪ] n (quality) → tecnicità f inv; (detail) → dettaglio tecnico
on a legal technicality → grazie a un cavillo legale
I don't understand all the technicalities → non riesco a capire tutti i dettagli tecnici