Model
Definition of Model
Mod´el | n. | 1. | A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size; as, a model of the B-52 bomber. | | 2. | Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern of something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's model of a machine. | | 3. | Anything which serves, or may serve, as an example for imitation; as, a government formed on the model of the American constitution; a model of eloquence, virtue, or behavior. | | 4. | That by which a thing is to be measured; standard. | | 5. | Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact. | | 6. | A person who poses as a pattern for an artist; as, the artist used his daughter as a model for an Indian maiden. | | 7. | A person who is employed to wear clothing for the purpose of advertising or display, or who poses with a product for the same purpose; a mannequin{1}; as, a fashion model. | | 8. | A particular version or design of an object that is made in multiple versions; as, the 1993 model of the Honda Accord; the latest model of the HP laserjet printer. For many manufactured products, the model name is encoded as part of the model number. | | 9. | An abstract and often simplified conceptual representation of the workings of a system of objects in the real world, which often includes mathematical or logical objects and relations representing the objects and relations in the real-world system, and constructed for the purpose of explaining the workings of the system or predicting its behavior under hypothetical conditions; as, the administration's model of the United States economy predicts budget surpluses for the next fifteen years; different models of the universe assume different values for the cosmological constant; models of proton structure have grown progressively more complex in the past century. | | a. | 1. | Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband. | | v. t. | 1. | To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated. | | v. i. | 1. | (Fine Arts) To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax. |
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