English > technicality: 2 senses > noun 2, cognition| Meaning | A specific detail in a set of rules or terms belonging to a particular field. |
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| Examples | - "the resolution died on a technicality"
- "the defendant was acquitted on a legal technicality"
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| Broader | detail, item, point | An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole |
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| Spanish | fruslería, futilidad, nimiedad, pamema, pequeñez, tecnicismo |
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| Catalan | bagatel·la, fotesa, futilitat, nimietat, petitesa |
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| Adjectives | technical | according to strict interpretation of the law or set of rules |
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