model
noun
[ ˈmɒd(ə)l ]
• a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original.
• "a model of St Paul's Cathedral"
Similar:
replica,
copy,
representation,
mock-up,
dummy,
imitation,
double,
duplicate,
lookalike,
reproduction,
toy,
miniature,
facsimile,
artificial,
fake,
make-believe,
sham,
false,
spurious,
bogus,
counterfeit,
pretend,
phoney,
• a thing used as an example to follow or imitate.
• "the project became a model for other schemes"
Similar:
prototype,
stereotype,
archetype,
type,
version,
style,
mould,
template,
framework,
pattern,
design,
guide,
blueprint,
paradigm,
sample,
example,
exemplar,
prototypical,
prototypal,
archetypal,
illustrative,
• a simplified description, especially a mathematical one, of a system or process, to assist calculations and predictions.
• "a statistical model used for predicting the survival rates of endangered species"
• a person employed to display clothes by wearing them.
• "Jane was too small to be a model"
• a particular design or version of a product.
• "the company revealed their latest model at the Motor Show"
model
verb
• fashion or shape (a three-dimensional figure or object) in a malleable material such as clay or wax.
• "use the icing to model a house"
• use (a system, procedure, etc.) as an example to follow or imitate.
• "the research method will be modelled on previous work"
• devise a representation, especially a mathematical one, of (a phenomenon or system).
• "a computer program that can model the behaviour of smoke"
• display (clothes) by wearing them.
• "the clothes were modelled by celebrities"
Origin:
late 16th century (denoting a set of plans of a building): from French modelle, from Italian modello, from an alteration of Latin modulus (see modulus).
