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mod·el

Audio Help [mod-l] Pronunciation Key noun, adjective, verb, -eled, -el·ing or (especially British

) -elled, -el·ling.

–noun

1.	a standard or example for imitation or comparison.

2.	a representation, generally in miniature, to show the construction or appearance of something.

3.	an image in clay, wax, or the like, to be reproduced in more durable material.

4.	a person or thing that serves as a subject for an artist, sculptor, writer, etc.

5.	a person whose profession is posing for artists or photographers.

6.	a person employed to wear clothing or pose with a product for purposes of display and advertising.

7.	a style or design of a particular product: His car is last year's model.

8.	a pattern or mode of structure or formation.

9.	a typical form or style.

10.	a simplified representation of a system or phenomenon, as in the sciences or economics, with any hypotheses required to describe the system or explain the phenomenon, often mathematically.

11.	Zoology. an animal that is mimicked in form or color by another.

–adjective

12.	serving as an example or model: a model home open to prospective buyers.

13.	worthy to serve as a model; exemplary: a model student.

14.	being a small or miniature version of something: He enjoyed building model ships.

–verb (used with object)

15.	to form or plan according to a model.

16.	to give shape or form to; fashion.

17.	to make a miniature model of.

18.	to fashion in clay, wax, or the like.

19.	to simulate (a process, concept, or the operation of a system), commonly with the aid of a computer.

20.	to display to other persons or to prospective customers, esp. by wearing: to model dresses.

21.	to use or include as an element in a larger construct: to model new data into the forecast.

–verb (used without object)

22.	to make models.

23.	to produce designs in some plastic material.

24.	to assume a typical or natural appearance, as the parts of a drawing in progress.

25.	to serve or be employed as a model.

[Origin: 1565–75; earlier modell < MF modelle < It modello < VL *modellus, equiv. to L mod(ulus) (see module) + -ellus -elle

]

—Related forms

mod·el·er; especially British, mod·el·ler, noun

—Synonyms 1. paragon; prototype, archetype, mold, original. See ideal. 16. design.

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mod·el·ing

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–noun

1.	the act, art, or profession of a person who models.

2.	the process of producing sculptured form with some plastic material, as clay.

3.	the technique of rendering the illusion of volume on a two-dimensional surface by shading.

4.	the treatment of volume, as the turning of a form, in sculpture.

5.	the representation, often mathematical, of a process, concept, or operation of a system, often implemented by a computer program.

6.	Also called imitation. Psychology. therapy in which a particular behavior is elicited by the observation of similar behavior in others.

Also, especially British, mod·el·ling.

[Origin: 1575–85; model + -ing¹

]

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mod·el Audio Help (mŏd'l) Pronunciation Key
n.

A small object, usually built to scale, that represents in detail another, often larger object.
1. A preliminary work or construction that serves as a plan from which a final product is to be made: a clay model ready for casting.
2. Such a work or construction used in testing or perfecting a final product: a test model of a solar-powered vehicle.
A schematic description of a system, theory, or phenomenon that accounts for its known or inferred properties and may be used for further study of its characteristics: a model of generative grammar; a model of an atom; an economic model.
A style or design of an item: My car is last year's model.
One serving as an example to be imitated or compared: a model of decorum. See Synonyms at ideal.
One that serves as the subject for an artist, especially a person employed to pose for a painter, sculptor, or photographer.
A person employed to display merchandise, such as clothing or cosmetics.
Zoology An animal whose appearance is copied by a mimic.

v. mod·eled also mod·elled, mod·el·ing also mod·el·ling, mod·els also mod·els

v. tr.

To make or construct a model of.
To plan, construct, or fashion according to a model.
To make conform to a chosen standard: He modeled his manners on his father's.
1. To make by shaping a plastic substance: modeled a bust from clay.
2. To form (clay, for example) into a shape.
To display by wearing or posing.
In painting, drawing, and photography, to give a three-dimensional appearance to, as by shading or highlighting.

v. intr.

To make a model.
To serve or work as a model.

adj.

Being, serving as, or used as a model.
Worthy of imitation: a model child.

[French modèle, from Italian modello, diminutive of modo, form, from Latin modus, measure, standard; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

mod'el·er n.

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modelling
noun
1.	a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied [syn: modeling]
2.	the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) [syn: model]