modelling
noun
[ ˈmɒd(ə)lɪŋ ]
• the work of a fashion model.
• "have you ever thought of a career in modelling?"
• the activity of making three-dimensional models.
• "lessons included life drawing and clay modelling"
• the devising or use of abstract or mathematical models.
• "macroeconomic modelling and policy analysis"
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).
