model
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Noun (9)
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process“the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems”Synonyms: theoretical accountframework
- a type of product“his car was an old model”
- 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”Synonyms: poser
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)Synonyms: simulation
- something to be imitated“an exemplar of success”“a model of clarity”“he is the very model of a modern major general”Synonyms: exemplarexamplegood example
- someone worthy of imitation“every child needs a role model”Synonyms: role model
- a representative form or pattern“I profited from his example”Synonyms: example
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions“she was too fat to be a mannequin”Synonyms: mannequinmanikinmannikinmanakinfashion model
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)Synonyms: modellingmodeling
Verb (6)
- plan or create according to a model or modelsSynonyms: pattern
- form in clay, wax, etc“model a head with clay”Synonyms: moldmould
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes“We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often”Synonyms: posesitposture
- display (clothes) as a mannequin“model the latest fashion”
- create a representation or model of“The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights”Synonyms: simulate
- construct a model of“model an airplane”Synonyms: mock up
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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 mannequin[1]; as, a fashion model.
Syn: mannequin[1]. [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
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. [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]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<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)
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> The core part of a Model-View-Controller or similar software architecture; the part that stores the data and runs the business rules or algorithms.
(2014-11-27)