technicality

n., pl., -ties.

1. The quality or condition of being technical.
2. Something meaningful or relevant only to a specialist: a legal technicality.

noun

A small, often specialized element of a whole: detail, fine print, item, particular. See group.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

In an English court a man named Home was tried for slander in having accused his neighbor of murder. His exact words were: "Sir Thomas Holt hath taken a cleaver and stricken his cook upon the head, so that one side of the head fell upon one shoulder and the other side upon the other shoulder." The defendant was acquitted by instruction of the court, the learned judges holding that the words did not charge murder, for they did not affirm the death of the cook, that being only an inference.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a detail that is considered insignificant
  Synonyms: trifle, triviality

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - teknisk, teknisk udtryk

Nederlands (Dutch)
technisch detail, formeel punt

Français (French)
n. - (gén) détail technique, (gén, Admin) point de détail, (Jur) formalité, technicité

Deutsch (German)
n. - technischer Charakter, Fachausdruck, Formfehler, technisches Detail

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τεχνικότητα, (τεχνική ή διαδικαστική) λεπτομέρεια, τύπος

Italiano (Italian)
cavillo, tecnicalità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - assunto (m) técnico, termo (m) técnico, qualidade (f) ou caráter (m) técnico, tecnicidade (f), tecnicismo (m)

Русский (Russian)
формальность, техническая деталь

Español (Spanish)
n. - detalle técnico, tecnicidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - teknisk sida, teknik, teknisk term, fackuttryck, formalitet, teknisk detalj

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
专门性, 专门的事项, 学术性

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 專門性, 專門的事項, 學術性

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 전문적 성질, 전문 용어, 전문적 방법

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 専門的性質, 専門的事項, 専門語

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألصفه ألفنيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טכניות, ביטוי טכני, נקודה או פרט טכני‬

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