Background for types

types

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A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.

Examples :

"This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane."

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An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.

Examples :

""The actors in that movie were all such stereotypical types; the nerdy guy with glasses, the popular cheerleader, and the jock football player." "

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An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.

Examples :

"She's the very types of student a teacher hopes for: bright, engaged, and always prepared. "

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A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.

Examples :

"The printer collected the types carefully, organizing each letter and number into its proper slot for the next printing job. "

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Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.

Examples :

"The dried beetle, a rather damaged specimen, serves as the types for the newly discovered Genus Scarabaeus. "

biology science

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Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.

Examples :

"He was exactly her type."

person human character

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Examples :

"Knowing your blood types is important in case you ever need a blood transfusion. "

medicine body physiology

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(corpus linguistics) A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token.

Examples :

"In my short essay, I used 500 tokens, but only about 100 different types of words. "

linguistics word

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An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.

Examples :

"The teacher mentioned several types, like the parable of the lost sheep, to illustrate how difficult choices sometimes lead to unexpected blessings. "

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A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type.

Examples :

"In computer programming, different types like "number" or "text" help the computer know how to handle the information. "

computing technical technology

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The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin.

Examples :

"The museum displayed ancient Greek coins, explaining how the ruler's portrait served as the types for all subsequent coins issued during his reign. "

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A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.

Examples :

"The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, water, ammonia, and methane."

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A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.)

Examples :

"Categorial grammar is like a combination of context-free grammar and types."

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To put text on paper using a typewriter.

Examples :

"My grandmother still types her letters on an old typewriter because she prefers it to using a computer. "

writing technology machine

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To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.

Examples :

"She types her homework assignments on her laptop. "

computing technology writing

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To determine the blood type of.

Examples :

"The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion."

medicine physiology biology

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To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.

Examples :

"The ancient story of Noah's Ark types the salvation that believers find through faith. "

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To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.

Examples :

"The ancient symbol of the tree of life types the enduring connection between humanity and nature. "

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To categorize into types.

Examples :

"The librarian types the books by genre, such as mystery, science fiction, and biography. "