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Is there an adjectival form of the word "type" that means "having to do with types"? The obvious adjectives "typical" and "typic" mean something different (roughly, "characteristic").

Context: In type theory I am looking for an adjective to modify "equality" to indicate that I am talking about the equality type rather than the definitional/judgmental equality. For this reason, using "type" attributively won't work either, because "type equality" is established to mean equality of types.

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The word you're looking for is typal.

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  • Thanks! Apparently one of its definitions is the same as "typical", but it also has the meaning I want, and it's less common so it will be less likely to automatically suggest the wrong meaning to a reader. Commented Sep 3, 2015 at 19:07

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