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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Model \Mod"el\, v. i. (Fine Arts) To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as to model in wax. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Model \Mod"el\, a. Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as a model house; a model husband. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Model \Mod"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modeled}or {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: model adj 1: worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens" [syn: {exemplary}, {model(a)}] 2: of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an experimental drug"; "a pilot project"; "a test run"; "a trial separation" [syn: {experimental}, {model(a)}, {pilot(a)}, {test(a)}, {trial(a)}] n 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: a 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: a representation of something (usually on a smaller scale) [syn: {modelling}, {modeling}] v 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: as for artistic purposes [syn: {pose}, {sit}, {posture}] 4: display as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion" 5: enact or perform again "They reenacted the battle of Princeton" [syn: {reenact}, {simulate}] 6: construct a model of [syn: {mock up}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: MODELA {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 (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: 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}. (1996-05-29)
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