prototypal
təˌtaɪp noun
2.
someone or something that serves to illustrate the typical qualities of a class; model; exemplar: She is the prototype of a student activist.
3.
something analogous to another thing of a later period: a Renaissance prototype of our modern public housing.
4.
Biology. an archetype; a primitive form regarded as the basis of a group.
verb (used with object)
5.
to create the prototype or an experimental model of: to prototype a solar-power car.
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prototype (ˈprəʊtəˌtaɪp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | one of the first units manufactured of a product, which is tested so that the design can be changed if necessary before the product is manufactured commercially |
| 2. | a person or thing that serves as an example of a type |
| 3. | biology the ancestral or primitive form of a species or other group; an archetype |
| proto'typal | |
| —adj | |
| prototypic | |
| —adj | |
| proto'typical | |
| —adj | |
| prototype (ˈprəʊtəˌtaɪp) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | one of the first units manufactured of a product, which is tested so that the design can be changed if necessary before the product is manufactured commercially |
| 2. | a person or thing that serves as an example of a type |
| 3. | biology the ancestral or primitive form of a species or other group; an archetype |
| proto'typal | |
| —adj | |
| prototypic | |
| —adj | |
| proto'typical | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
prototype
1603, from Fr. prototype, from M.L. prototypon, from Gk. prototypon "a first or primitive form," prop. neut. sing. of prototypos "original, primitive," from protos "first" + typos "impression."
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Medical Dictionary
prototype pro·to·type (prō'tə-tīp')
n.
A primitive or ancestral form or species.
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