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typ⋅i⋅cal

  [tip-i-kuhl]
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–adjective
1. of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
2. conforming to a particular type.
3. Biology. exemplifying most nearly the essential characteristics of a higher group in natural history, and forming the type: the typical genus of a family.
4. characteristic or distinctive: He has the mannerisms typical of his class.
5. pertaining to, of the nature of, or serving as a type or emblem; symbolic.
Also, typic.

Origin:
1605–15; < ML typicālis, equiv. to LL typic(us) (< Gk typikós, equiv. to týp(os) type + -ikos -ic ) + L -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
typ⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
typ⋅i⋅cal⋅ness, typ⋅i⋅cal⋅i⋅ty, noun

Synonyms:
1. normal, average, stock, usual.
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typ·i·cal   (tĭp'ĭ-kəl)   
adj.  
  1. Exhibiting the qualities, traits, or characteristics that identify a kind, class, group, or category: a typical suburban community.
  2. Of or relating to a representative specimen; characteristic or distinctive.
  3. Conforming to a type: a composition typical of the baroque period.
  4. also typ·ic (-ĭk) Of the nature of, constituting, or serving as a type; emblematic.

[Late Latin typicālis, from typicus, from Greek tupikos, from tupos, impression.]
typ'i·cal·ly adv., typ'i·cal·ness, typ'i·cal'i·ty (-kāl'ĭ-tē) n.
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Typical

Typ"ic*al\, a. [L. typicus, Gr. ?, from ? 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, n.
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Language Translation for : typical
Spanish: típico,
German: typisch,
Japanese: 典型的な
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typical 
1605, "symbolic, emblematic," from M.L. typicalis "symbolic," from L.L. typicus "of or pertaining to a type," from Gk. typikos, from typos "impression" (see type). Sense of "characteristic" is first recorded 1850.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: typ·i·cal
Pronunciation: 'tip-i-k&l
Function: adjective
: conforming to a type typical specimen><typical symptoms of a disease>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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