tech ‧ ni ‧ cal ‧ i ‧ ty /ˌteknəˈkæləti, ˌteknɪˈkæləti/ BrE AmE 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) .