[mod-l] 
noun, adjective, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British
) -elled, -el⋅ling.| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
[mod-l-ing] | 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. |
| mod·el (mŏd'l) n.
v. tr.
[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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modeling mod·el·ing (mŏd'l-ĭng)
n.
The acquisition of a new skill by observing and imitating that behavior being performed by another individual.
In behavior modification, a treatment procedure in which the therapist models the target behavior which the learner is to imitate.
A continuous process by which a bone is altered in size and shape during its growth by resorption and formation of bone at different sites and rates.
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in sculpture, working of plastic materials by hand to build up form. Clay and wax are the most common modeling materials, and the artist's hands are the main tools, though metal and wood implements are often employed in shaping. Modeling is an ancient technique, as indicated by prehistoric clay figurines from Egypt and the Middle East.
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