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mod⋅el

  [mod-l] noun, adjective, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling.
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–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   (mŏd'l)   
n.  

  1. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. A style or design of an item: My car is last year's model.

  5. One serving as an example to be imitated or compared: a model of decorum. See Synonyms at ideal.

  6. One that serves as the subject for an artist, especially a person employed to pose for a painter, sculptor, or photographer.

  7. A person employed to display merchandise, such as clothing or cosmetics.

  8. 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.

  1. To make or construct a model of.

  2. To plan, construct, or fashion according to a model.

  3. 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.

  5. To display by wearing or posing.

  6. In painting, drawing, and photography, to give a three-dimensional appearance to, as by shading or highlighting.

v.   intr.

  1. To make a model.

  2. To serve or work as a model.

adj.  

  1. Being, serving as, or used as a model.

  2. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

model 
1575, "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 1639. 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)." The adj. is 1844, from the noun.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

model

An abstraction of reality, generally referring in investments to a mathematical formula designed to determine security values. Economists also use models to project trends in economic variables such as interest rates, economic activity, and inflation rates.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1mod·el
Pronunciation: 'mäd-&l
Function: noun
1 a : a pattern of something to be made : acast of a tooth or oral cavity
2 : something (as a similar object or a construct) used to help visualize or explore something else (as the living human body) that cannot bedirectly observed or experimented on —see ANIMAL MODEL
3 : a system of postulates, data, andinferences presented as a mathematical description of an entity or state of affairs

Main Entry: 2model
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: mod·eled or mod·elled; mod·el·ing or mod·el·ling /'mäd-li[ng], -&l-i[ng]/
: to produce (as by computer) a representation or simulation of
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

MODEL 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
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)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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