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mod·el  (mdl)
n.
1. A small object, usually built to scale, that represents in detail another, often larger object.
2.
a. 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.
b. 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.
4.
a. To make by shaping a plastic substance: modeled a bust from clay.
b. 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.]

model·er n.

model [ˈmɒdəl]
n
1. (Non-sporting Hobbies / Modelmaking & Model Railways)
a.  a representation, usually on a smaller scale, of a device, structure, etc.
b.  (as modifier) a model train
2.
a.  a standard to be imitated she was my model for good scholarship
b.  (as modifier) a model wife
3. a representative form, style, or pattern
4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a person who poses for a sculptor, painter, or photographer
5. (Clothing & Fashion) a person who wears clothes to display them to prospective buyers; mannequin
6. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a preparatory sculpture in clay, wax, etc., from which the finished work is copied
7. (Business / Commerce) a design or style, esp one of a series of designs of a particular product last year's model
8. (Clothing & Fashion) Brit
a.  an original unique article of clothing
b.  (as modifier) a model coat
9. (Philosophy / Logic) a simplified representation or description of a system or complex entity, esp one designed to facilitate calculations and predictions
10. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic
a.  an interpretation of a formal system under which the theorems derivable in that system are mapped onto truths
b.  a theory in which a given sentence is true
vb -els, -elling, -elled US, -els -eling, -eled
1. (Non-sporting Hobbies / Modelmaking & Model Railways) (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) to make a model of (something or someone)
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) to form in clay, wax, etc.; mould
3. (Clothing & Fashion) to display (clothing and accessories) as a mannequin
4. to plan or create according to a model or models
5. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) to arrange studio lighting so that highlights and shadows emphasize the desired features of a human form or an inanimate object
[from Old French modelle, from Italian modello, from Latin modulus, diminutive of modus mode]
modeller  US, modeler n

model  (mdl)
A systematic description of an object or phenomenon that shares important characteristics with the object or phenomenon. Scientific models can be material, visual, mathematical, or computational and are often used in the construction of scientific theories. See also hypothesistheory

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