From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
model
adj 1: worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model
citizens" [syn: exemplary, {model(a)}]
n 1: a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process;
"the computer program was based on a model of the
circulatory and respiratory systems" [syn: model,
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: model, poser]
4: representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
[syn: model, 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, model, good example]
6: someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model"
[syn: model, role model]
7: a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his
example" [syn: model, 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, model]
9: the act of representing something (usually on a smaller
scale) [syn: model, modelling, modeling]
v 1: plan or create according to a model or models [syn:
model, pattern]
2: form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay" [syn:
model, mold, mould]
3: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the
woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: model, 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:
model, simulate]
6: construct a model of; "model an airplane" [syn: model,
mock up]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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; as, a [frac1x100] scale model of the B-52
bomber.
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In charts, in maps, and eke in models made.
--Gascoigne.
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I had my father's signet in my purse,
Which was the model of that Danish seal. --Shak.
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You have the models of several ancient temples,
though the temples and the gods are perished.
--Addison.
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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.
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[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.
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When we mean to build
We first survey the plot, then draw the model.
--Shak.
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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.
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4. That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.
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He that despairs measures Providence by his own
little, contracted model. --South.
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5. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
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Thou seest thy wretched brother die,
Who was the model of thy father's life. --Shak.
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6. 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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7. 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.
Syn: mannequin[1].
[PJC]
A professional model. --H. James.
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8. 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.
Syn: modification[2].
[PJC]
9. 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.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Model \Mod"el\, v. i. (Fine Arts)
To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as,
to model in wax.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Model \Mod"el\, a.
Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model
house; a model husband.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
MODEL
<language> 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)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
model
modelling
1. <simulation> A description of observed or predicted
behaviour of some system, simplified by ignoring certain
details. Models allow complex systems, both existent and
merely specified, to be understood and their behaviour
predicted. A model may give incorrect descriptions and
predictions for situations outside the realm of its intended
use. A model may be used as the basis for simulation.
Note: British spelling: "modelling", US: "modeling".
(2008-04-28)
2. <programming> Model View Controller.
(2008-04-28)