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Technicality

The quality or state of being technical; technicalness.

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Detail 76% connected

A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.

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Item 76% connected

Also; as an additional article.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Technical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business; as…

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Technical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business; as…

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