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atypical

 
(ā-tĭp'ĭ-kəl) pronunciation also a·typ·ic (-ĭk)
adj.
Not conforming to type; unusual or irregular.

atypicality a'typ·i·cal'i·ty (-kăl'ĭ-tē) n.
atypically a·typ'i·cal·ly adv.

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Definition: nonconforming
Antonyms: conforming, normal, ordinary, standard, typical, usual

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IN BRIEF: Not typical; abnormal.

pronunciation The blue rose was quite atypical.

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Irregular; not conformable to the type.

  • a. disease — a form of a disease which differs significantly in clinical signs or pathological lesions from classical or textbook forms of the disease, e.g. bovine atypical interstitial pneumonia.
  • a. fever — a fever in which temperature variations are irregular.
  • a. mycobacterial granuloma — see opportunist mycobacterial granuloma.
(ātip′ikəl)
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Pertaining to deviation from the basic or typical.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - atypisk, usædvanlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
atypisch, niet-typerend

Français (French)
adj. - atypique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - abweichend, atypisch, untypisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άτυπος, παράτυπος, αντικανονικός, ανώμαλος, ασυνήθιστος, που αποτελεί εξαίρεση

Italiano (Italian)
atipico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - atípico

Русский (Russian)
нетипичный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - atípico, diferente, irregular

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - atypisk, avvikande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
非典型的, 不定形的, 不合规则的, 破格的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 非典型的, 不定形的, 不合規則的, 破格的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 틀에 박히지 않은, 불규칙한, 이상한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 典型的でない, 不定型の, 不規則な, 変則的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير قياسي, غير سوي, شاذ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא טיפוסי, לא רגיל‬


 
 
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