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English Dictionary: typical	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
typical adj exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category; "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"; "a typical romantic poem"; "a typical case of arteritis" Antonym(s): atypical, untypical of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!" Synonym(s): distinctive, typical conforming to a type; "the typical (or normal) American"; "typical teenage behavior"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Typical \Typ"ical\, 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"ically}, adv. -- {Typ"icalness}, n.