[typ.i.cal] adj [LL typicalis, fr. typicus, fr. Gk typikos, fr. typos model--more at type] (1612) 1: constituting or having the nature of a type: symbolic
2. a: combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group "~ suburban houses" b: conforming to a type "a specimen ~ of the species" syn see regular -- typ.i.cal.i.ty n -- typ.i.cal.ness n