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Noun | 1. | ![]() computer simulation, simulation - (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated" hypothesis, theory, possibility - a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" mean sun - a theoretical sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant speed and completes its annual course in the same amount of time the real sun takes at variable speeds Copernican system - (astronomy) Copernicus' astronomical model in which the Earth rotates around the sun Ptolemaic system - (astronomy) Ptolemy's model of the universe with the Earth at the center M-theory - (particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong string theory - (particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings stochastic process - a statistical process involving a number of random variables depending on a variable parameter (which is usually time) |
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3. | ![]() artist's model, sitter - a person who poses for a painter or sculptor assistant, helper, help, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" dressmaker's model - someone who models dresses photographer's model - a model who poses for photographers | |
4. | ![]() figure - a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus" globe - a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented mock-up - full-scale working model of something built for study or testing or display planetarium - an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems restoration - a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc. representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something roughcast - a rough preliminary model | |
5. | model - something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general" ideal - the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain beaut, beauty - an outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut" pacemaker, pacesetter - a leading instance in its field; "the new policy will be a pacesetter in community relations" pattern - a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics" prodigy - an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality; "the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor" | |
6. | ![]() leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others | |
7. | model - a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example" internal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image epitome, prototype, paradigm, image - a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father" holotype, type specimen - the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made microcosm - a miniature model of something archetype, original, pilot - something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies; "this painting is a copy of the original" prefiguration - an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come | |
8. | ![]() assistant, helper, help, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" supermodel - a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity | |
9. | ![]() representation - an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent simulation - the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training) | |
Verb | 1. | model - plan or create according to a model or models imitate, simulate, copy - reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" scale - pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard |
2. | ![]() artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" | |
3. | model - assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" display, exhibit, expose - to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" ramp - be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction" | |
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5. | model - create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" | |
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Adj. | 1. | model - worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens" worthy - having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; "a worthy fellow"; "a worthy cause" |