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The definition of model
15 Definitions of: model
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- noun, a) a representation, usually on a smaller scale, of a device, structure, etc b) (as modifier)
- noun, a) a standard to be imitated b) (as modifier)
- noun, a representative form, style, or pattern
- noun, a person who poses for a sculptor, painter, or photographer
- noun, a person who wears clothes to display them to prospective buyers; mannequin
- noun, a preparatory sculpture in clay, wax, etc, from which the finished work is copied
- noun, a design or style, esp one of a series of designs of a particular product
- noun, a) an original unique article of clothing b) (as modifier)
- noun, a simplified representation or description of a system or complex entity, esp one designed to facilitate calculations and predictions
- noun, logic a) an interpretation of a formal system under which the theorems derivable in that system are mapped onto truths b) a theory in which a given sentence is true
- verb, to make a model of (something or someone)
- verb, to form in clay, wax, etc; mould
- verb, to display (clothing and accessories) as a mannequin
- verb, to plan or create according to a model or models
- verb, to arrange studio lighting so that highlights and shadows emphasize the desired features of a human form or an inanimate object
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of model