textbook

  1. Noun.  A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.
  2. Adjective.  Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.
  3. Adjective.  Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon.

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