Sekirov Dictionary

typical

/ˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/

adjective 4
noun 1
forms 3

adjective4

showing clearly what most people or things of the same kind are like
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Normal, average; to be expected.
- 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. — 2006
Capturing the overall sense of a thing.
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Of a lower taxon, containing the type of the higher taxon.
- Celticecis species are definitely known only from the typical subgenus of Celtis, distributed through much of the Holarctic Region. — 2013

noun1

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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.

forms

typicals · more typical · most typical

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