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Typical

Typ′ic-al

,
Adj.
[L.
typicus
, Gr. [GREEK], from [GREEK] type: cf. F.
typique
. See
Type
.]
1.
Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative.
The Levitical priesthood was only
typical
of the Christian.
Atterbury.
2.
(Nat. Hist.)
Combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group;
as, a
typical
genus
.
Typ′ic-al-ly
,
adv.
Typ′ic-al-ness
,
Noun.

Definition 2024


typical

typical

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Adjective

typical (comparative more typical, superlative most typical)

  1. Capturing the overall sense of a thing.
  2. Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.
  3. Normal, average; to be expected.
    • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
      One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.

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  • See also Wikisaurus:common

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Noun

typical (plural typicals)

  1. Anything that is typical, normal, or standard.
    Antipsychotic drugs can be divided into typicals and atypicals.
    Among the moths, typicals were more common than melanics.

External links

  • typical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • typical in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911