Noun
1. a subdivision of a particular kind of thing;
"what type of sculpture do you prefer?"2. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);
"a real character""a strange character""a friendly eccentric""the capable type""a mental case"3. (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
4. printed characters;
"small type is hard to read"5. a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper;
"he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up"6. all of the tokens of the same symbol;
"the word `element' contains five different types of character"