mod·el

[mod-l] noun, adjective, verb, mod·eled, mod·el·ing or ( especially British ) mod·elled, mod·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.
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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, especially 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 < Middle French modelle < Italian modello < Vulgar Latin *modellus, equivalent to Latin mod(ulus) (see module) + -ellus -elle

Related forms
mod·el·er; especially British, mod·el·ler, noun
pre·mod·el, verb (used without object), pre·mod·eled, pre·mod·el·ing or ( especially British ) pre·mod·elled, pre·mod·el·ling.
un·mod·eled, adjective
un·mod·elled, adjective

Synonyms
1. paragon; prototype, archetype, mold, original. See ideal. 16. design.
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model (ˈmɒdəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  a.  a representation, usually on a smaller scale, of a device, structure, etc
 b.  (as modifier): a model train
2.  a.  a standard to be imitated: she was my model for good scholarship
 b.  (as modifier): a model wife
3.  a representative form, style, or pattern
4.  a person who poses for a sculptor, painter, or photographer
5.  a person who wears clothes to display them to prospective buyers; mannequin
6.  a preparatory sculpture in clay, wax, etc, from which the finished work is copied
7.  a design or style, esp one of a series of designs of a particular product: last year's model
8.  (Brit)
 a.  an original unique article of clothing
 b.  (as modifier): a model coat
9.  a simplified representation or description of a system or complex entity, esp one designed to facilitate calculations and predictions
10.  logic
 a.  an interpretation of a formal system under which the theorems derivable in that system are mapped onto truths
 b.  a theory in which a given sentence is true
 
—vb , -els, -elling, -elled, -els, -eling, -eled
11.  to make a model of (something or someone)
12.  to form in clay, wax, etc; mould
13.  to display (clothing and accessories) as a mannequin
14.  to plan or create according to a model or models
15.  to arrange studio lighting so that highlights and shadows emphasize the desired features of a human form or an inanimate object
 
[C16: from Old French modelle, from Italian modello, from Latin modulus, diminutive of modusmode]
 
'modeller
 
—n
 
'modeler
 
—n

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model
1570s, "architect's set of designs," from M.Fr. modelle (Fr. modèle), from It. modello "a model, mold," from V.L. *modellus, dim. of L. modulus "measure, standard," dim. of modus "manner, measure" (see mode (1)). Sense of "thing or person to be imitated" is 1630s. Meaning
"motor vehicle of a particular design" is from 1900 (e.g. Model T, 1909). Sense of "artist's model" is first recorded 1691; that of "fashion model" is from 1904. The verb is 1665 in the sense of "fashion in clay or wax;" 1915 in the sense "to act as a model, to display (clothes)." Related: Modeled; modeling; modelled; modelling. The adj. is 1844, from the noun.
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model   (mŏd'l)  Pronunciation Key 
A systematic description of an object or phenomenon that shares important characteristics with the object or phenomenon. Scientific models can be material, visual, mathematical, or computational and are often used in the construction of scientific theories. See also hypothesis, theory.
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MODEL definition

language
A Pascal-like language with extensions for large-scale system programming and interface with Fortran applications. MODEL includes generic procedures, and a "static" macro-like approach to data abstraction. It produces P-code and was used to implement the DEMOS operating system on the Cray-1.
["A Manual for the MODEL Programming Language", J.B. Morris, Los Alamos 1976].
(1996-05-29)

model definition


1. A description of observed or predicted behaviour of some system, simplified by ignoring certain details. Models allow complex systems, both existent and merely specified, to be understood and their behaviour predicted. A model may give incorrect descriptions and predictions for situations outside the realm of its intended use. A model may be used as the basis for simulation.
Note: British spelling: "modelling", US: "modeling".
(2008-04-28)
2. Model View Controller.
(2008-04-28)

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Example sentences
It was one thing to use color on a fashion model or a sunset.
He also promoted the ideal of highly organized communitarian settlements, built
  on the model of an expanded family.
It is a fugitive within a theory called the standard model, which describes all
  the fundamental particles in the universe.
At first glance, Proust is an unlikely role model.
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