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Webster 1913 Edition


Technicality

Techˊni-cal′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Technicalities
.
1.
The quality or state of being technical; technicalness.
2.
That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.
The
technicalities
of the sect.
Palfrey.

Webster 1828 Edition


Technicality

TECHNICAL'ITY

,
Noun.
The quality or state of being technical or peculiar to the arts.

Definition 2024


technicality

technicality

English

Noun

technicality (plural technicalities)

  1. The quality or state of being technical.
    • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VIII”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
      At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  2. That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.
    the technicalities of the sect

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