TYPICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does typical mean? 

• TYPICAL (adjective)
  The adjective TYPICAL has 3 senses:

1. exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category

2. of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing

3. conforming to a type

  Familiarity information: TYPICAL used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TYPICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category

Context example:

a typical case of arteritis

Similar:

emblematic; exemplary; typic (being or serving as an illustration of a type)

representative (serving to represent or typify)

regular; veritable (often used as intensifiers)

true (conforming to definitive criteria)

classic (of a well-known type; remarkably typical)

Also:

characteristic (typical or distinctive)

Attribute:

typicality (the state of being that is typical)

Antonym:

atypical (not representative of a group, class, or type)

Derivation:

typicality (the state of being that is typical)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing

Synonyms:

distinctive; typical

Context example:

that is typical of you!

Similar:

characteristic (typical or distinctive)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Conforming to a type

Context example:

typical teenage behavior

Similar:

normal (conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal)

Derivation:

typicality (the state of being that is typical)

 Context examples 

State of being not typical or normal.

(Atypia, NCI Dictionary)

However, their genetic transcription and translation do not show the typical bacterial features, but are extremely similar to those of eukaryotes.

(Archaea, NCI Thesaurus)

It does not show the morphologic characteristics of typical carcinoid tumors (neoplastic cells forming solid nests).

(Appendix Tubular Carcinoid, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically it is characterized by the presence of typical physaliphorous cells in a myxoid background.

(Ecchordosis Physaliphora, NCI Thesaurus)

This prevents the typical allergic symptoms that are caused by histamine activity on capillaries, skin, mucous membranes, and on gastrointestinal and bronchial smooth muscles.

(Epinastine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The nuclear envelope has two membranes, each with the typical unit membrane structure.

(Nuclear Outer Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)

The nuclear envelope has two membranes, each with a typical unit membrane in structure.

(Nuclear Inner Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)

Reported values within the typical or expected range.

(Normal Reference Range, NCI Thesaurus)

Even working as few as 41 hours a week, only an hour longer than the typical workweek, raised the risk of high blood pressure.

(High Blood Pressure Liked to Long Hours on Job, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

There are two variants: the typical and microgranular variant.

(Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia with t(15;17)(q22;q12); PML-RARA, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)