[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

model \mod"el\, n. f. mod`ele, 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.
      1913 webster

            in charts, in maps, and eke in models made.
                                                  --gascoigne.
      1913 webster

            i had my father's signet in my purse,
            which was the model of that danish seal. --shak.
      1913 webster

            you have the models of several ancient temples,
            though the temples and the gods are perished.
                                                  --addison.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

            when we mean to build
            we first survey the plot, then draw the model.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   4. that by which a thing is to be measured; standard.
      1913 webster

            he that despairs measures providence by his own
            little, contracted model.             --south.
      1913 webster

   5. any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
      1913 webster

            thou seest thy wretched brother die,
            who was the model of thy father's life. --shak.
      1913 webster

   6. a person who poses as a pattern for an artist; as, the
      artist used his daughter as a model for an indian maiden.
      1913 webster +pjc

   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 mannequin1; as, a fashion model.

   syn: mannequin1.
        pjc

              a professional model.               --h. james.
        1913 webster

   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: modification2.
        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.
      pjc

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
mode module model number working model 

Model >> M Words
Model, definition of term: Model
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Working >> W Words
Working, definition of term: Working
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Working Capital >> W Words
Working Capital, definition of term: Working Capital
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Working Class >> W Words
Working Class, definition of term: Working Class
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Working Group >> W Words
Working Group, definition of term: Working Group
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Role Model >> R Words
Role Model, definition of term: Role Model
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Hole Model >> H Words
Hole Model, definition of term: Hole Model
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Markov Model >> M Words
Markov Model, definition of term: Markov Model
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Data Model >> D Words
Data Model, definition of term: Data Model
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