typal

American  

[tahy-puhl] / ˈtaɪ pəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or constituting a type.

2. serving as a type; representative; typical.

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typal British  

/ ˈtaɪpəl /

adjective

1. a rare word for typical

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Etymology

Origin of typal

First recorded in 1850–55; type + -al ¹

Example Sentences

In the day when it rises to fight for its life, the typal men, who give it the lasting models of its excellence, spring forth too for recognition.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

While organisations less sound of constitutional morale, in place of sustaining their typal ideals, conform to these deteriorative methods, and degenerate from higher to lower-grade standards of structure and function.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

The external pose and indefinite modification of the objects appear to correspond with the gradual mnemonic revival of the typal form, and they reciprocally stimulate and react on each other.

From Myth and Science An Essay by Vignoli, Tito

The Chinese alphabet of forms is entirely hieroglyphic and symbolical in its origin, though it has long assumed a typal regularity.

From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial

This condition, because of the frequency with which it occurs may be taken as typal, from the standpoint of treatment and results obtained therefrom.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor