tech‧ni‧cal‧i‧ty /ˌteknəˈkæləti, ˌteknɪˈkæləti/ noun (plural technicalities)
[Word Family: noun: technicalities, technicality, technician, technique; adverb: technically; adjective: technical]

1. technicalities [plural] the small details of how to do something or how a system or process works
technicalities of
I don’t really want to get into discussing the technicalities of laser printing.

2. [countable] a small detail in a law or a set of rules, especially one that forces you to make a decision that seems unfair:
The case against him had to be dropped because of a legal technicality.
on a technicality
The proposal was rejected on a technicality (=because of a technicality).

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technicality
noun
ADJ. complex | legal
VERB + TECHNICALITY understand | discuss, go into I don't want to go into all the technicalities just now.
PREP. on a ~ (= because of a technicality) The court was forced to release him on a technicality.

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