typ|i|cal

typ|i|cal
typ|i|cal «TIHP uh kuhl», adjective.
1. being a type; representative: »

a typical American home. The typical Thanksgiving dinner consists of turkey, cranberry sauce, several vegetables, and mince or pumpkin pie.

 SYNONYM(S): illustrative.
2. of or having to do with a type or representative specimen; characteristic: »

the hospitality typical of the frontiersman, the swiftness typical of a gazelle.

SYNONYM(S): distinctive.
4. Biology. that is the type of the genus, family, or other group.
╂[< Medieval Latin typicalis figurative, symbolic < Latin typicus typic < typus; see etym. under type (Cf. ↑type)]
–typ´i|cal|ness, noun.

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