01 n. A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size; as, a model of th…
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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.“In charts, in maps, and eke in models made.” — Gascoigne.“I had my father's signet in my purse, Which was the model of that Danish seal.” — Shak.“You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished.” — Addison.
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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.“[The application for a patent] must be accompanied by a full description of the invention, with drawings and a model where the case admits of it.” — Am. Cyc.“When we mean to build We first survey the plot, then draw the model.” — Shak.
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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.
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That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.“He that despairs measures Providence by his own little, contracted model.” — South.
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Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.“Thou seest thy wretched brother die, Who was the model of thy father's life.” — Shak.
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A person who poses as a pattern for an artist; as, the artist used his daughter as a model for an Indian maiden.
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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.“A professional model.” — H. James.
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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.
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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.
Phrases & compounds
Working model —
a model of a machine which can do on a small scale the work which the machine itself does, or is expected to do.
Syn.
mannequin{1}. — Syn. -- modification{2}.