technicality

noun, plural tech·ni·cal·i·ties for 2, 3.

1. technical character.
2. the use of technical methods or terms.
3. something that is technical; a technical point, detail, or expression.

noun plural -ties

1. a petty formal point arising from a strict interpretation of rules, etcthe case was dismissed on a technicality
2. the state or quality of being technical
3. technical methods and vocabulary

n.1814, from technical + -ity. Related: Technicalities.