technicality, n.
(technicalities)
(technicalities)
a specific detail in a set of rules or terms belonging to a particular field
<noun.cognition>
technicality
sample sentences
"the resolution died on a technicality""the defendant was acquitted on a legal technicality"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
the state of being technical as in the use of technical terms or methods
<noun.state>
technicality
sample sentences
"the judicial system suffered from too much technicality and formality""It is a tribute to the tribunals that the technicality at the heart of the appellate process in these tribunals can and does coexist with the relative informality in atmosphere and with procedural flexibility."
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym