User:Ragweed-theater/workshop/technicalia

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtɛknɪˈkeɪlɪə/

Etymology 1

From English technical. Evidently modelled after other nouns descended from substantivized Latin -ālis adjectives in the neuter plural, such as marginalia, paraphernalia, generalia and militaria; perhaps also influenced by miscellanea.

Noun

technicalia pl (plural only)

  1. Minute or esoteric technical details; technicalities.
    • 1995, Philip Kitcher, The Advancement of Science: Science without Legend, Objectivity without Illusions, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210:
      Copernicus himself made few observations but was steeped both in the technicalia of astronomical geometry and in the humanistic tradition.
    • 2001, Eric S. Raymond, The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary, Revised edition, CA: O’Reilly, →ISBN, page 39:
      If you don’t care about the technicalia of Internet mail, the next two paragraphs can be safely skipped.
    • 2004, John D. Dunne, Foundations of Dharmakīrti's Philosophy, MA: Wisdom Publications, →ISBN, page 13:
      the notes often contain extended, technical arguments. Other readers may also find the notes of considerable interest, bur I would suggest that if the annotative technicalia prove tiresome, the argument in the body of the text may remain both intelligible and useful, even if the notes are not consulted.
    • 2007, Calum Paton, “The Politics of NHS Deficits and NHS Re-form”, in Alison Han, editor, Health policy and politics, Hampshire: Ashgate, →ISBN, page 18:
      Yet in explaining deficits, the Audit Commission (AC) (2006) sought refuge in a narrow range of technicalia about the processes of budget-setting, on the one hand, and bland homilies about the nature of Boards, on the other.