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Model : adj : worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens"
[syn: exemplary, model(a)]
(noun)
1: a simplified description of a complex entity or process;
"the computer program was based on a model of the
circulatory and respiratory systems" [syn: theoretical
account, framework]
2: a type of product; "his car was an old model"
3: a person who poses for a photographer or painter or
sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so
the artist worked from photos" [syn: poser]
4: representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
[syn: simulation]
5: something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model
of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major
general" [syn: exemplar, example, good example]
6: someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role
model" [syn: role model]
7: a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his
example" [syn: example]
8: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too
fat to be a mannequin" [syn: mannequin, manikin, mannikin,
manakin, fashion model]
9: the act of representing something (usually on a smaller
scale) [syn: modelling, modeling]
(verb)
1: plan or create according to a model or models [syn: pattern]
2: form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay" [syn: mold,
mould]
3: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know
the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: pose, sit,
posture]
4: display (clothes) as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion"
5: create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained
in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" [syn: simulate]
6: construct a model of; "model an airplane" [syn: mock up]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Model : \Mod"el\, v. i. (Fine Arts)
To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as,
to model in wax.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Model : \Mod"el\, n. [F. mod[`e]le, It. modello, fr. (assumed) L.
modellus, fr. modulus a small measure, dim. of modus. See
Mode, and cf. Module.]
1. A miniature representation of a thing, with the several
parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the
same size.
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.
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.
[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.
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.
He that despairs measures Providence by his own
little, contracted model. --South.
5. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
Thou seest thy wretched brother die, Who was the
model of thy father's life. --Shak.
6. A person who poses as a pattern to an artist.
A professional model. --H. James.
Working model, a model of a machine which can do on a small
scale the work which the machine itself does, or expected
to do.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Model : \Mod"el\, a.
Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model
house; a model husband.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Model : \Mod"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modeledor Modelled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Modeling or Modelling.] [Cf. F. modeler, It.
modellare.]
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Model :
A Pascal-like language with extensions for
large-scale system programming and interface with Fortran
applications. MODEL includes generic procedures, and a
"static" macro-like approach to data abstraction. It
produces P-code and was used to implement the DEMOS
operating system on the Cray-1.
["A Manual for the MODEL Programming Language", J.B. Morris,
Los Alamos 1976].
(1996-05-29)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Model :
A description of observed behaviour, simplified
by ignoring certain details. Models allow complex systems
to be understood and their behaviour predicted within the scope
of the model, but may give incorrect descriptions and
predictions for situations outside the realm of their intended
use. A model may be used as the basis for simulation.
Note: British spelling: "modelling", US: "modeling".
(1996-05-29)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Model |
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