Modelling - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Modelling :  (noun)
1: a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied [syn: modeling, molding, moulding]
2: the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) [syn: model, modeling]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Modeling \Mod"el*ing\, n. (Fine Arts) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form. [Written also modelling.]

Modeling plane, a small plane for planing rounded objects. Modeling wax, beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, -- used in modeling.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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

Modelling : 

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Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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