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typical

adj
/ˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/

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.

  1. derived from τυπικός — “of or pertaining to a type, conformable, typical”
  2. derived from typicus — “typical”
  3. derived from typicalis

Definitions

  1. Capturing the overall sense of a thing.

  2. Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.

  3. Normal, average

    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.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. 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.

    2. 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.

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Derived

antitypical, chronotypical, etypical, geotypical, homotypical, hypertypical, ideal-typical, intertypical, isotypical, metatypical, morphotypical, neurotypical, nontypical, normotypical, polytypical, serotypical, subtypical, supertypical, typical antipsychotic, typical bandicoot, typical bush warbler, typicality, typically, typicalness, ultratypical, untypical

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at typical. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01typical02expected03thought04mental05emotional06logical07reasonable08immoderate09excessive10usual

A definitional loop anchored at typical. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at typical

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA