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English
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Etymology
From Late Latin typicalis, from Latin typicus (“typical”), from Ancient Greek τυπικός (tupikós, “of or pertaining to a type, conformable, typical”), from τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), equivalent to typic + -al and type + -ical.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɪp.ɪk.əl/
- Hyphenation: typ‧i‧cal
Adjective
typical (comparative more typical, superlative most typical)
- Capturing the overall sense of a thing.
- Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.
- 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.
- (taxonomy) Of a lower taxon, containing the type of the higher taxon.
2013 September 9, Raymond G. Gagné, John C. Moser, “The North American gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of hackberries (Cannabaceae: Celtis spp.)”, in Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, volume 49:Celticecis species are definitely known only from the typical subgenus of Celtis, distributed through much of the Holarctic Region.
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capturing the overall sense of a thing
characteristically representing something
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Noun
typical (plural typicals)
- 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.
Further reading
- “typical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “typical”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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