model
1. mod.el \'ma:d-*l\ n [MF modelle, fr. OIt modello, fr. (assumed) VL
modellus, fr.]L modulus small measure, fr. modus obs 1: a set of plans for
a building dial Brit 2: COPY, IMAGE 3: structural design 4: a miniature
representation of something; also : a pattern of som ething to be made 5:
an example for imitation or emulation 6: a person or thing that serves as
a pattern for an artist; esp : one who poses for an artist 7: ARCHETYPE
8: one who is employed to display clothes or other merchandise : MANNE QUIN
9a: a type or design of clothing 9b: a type or design of product (as a car
or airplane) 10: a description or analogy used to help visualize something
(as an atom) that cannot be directly observed 11: a system of postulates,
data, and inferences presented as a mathematica l description of an entity
or state of affairM applies to something taken or proposed as worthy of
imitation; EXAMPLE applies to a person to be imitated or im some contexts
on no account to be imitated but to be regarded as a warning; PATTERN
suggests a clear and detailed archetype or prototype; EXEMPLAR suggests
either a faultless example to be emulated or a perfect typification; IDEAL
implies the best possible exemplification either in reality or in
conception - model aj SYN syn EXAMPLE, PATTERN, EXEMPLAR, IDEAL: MODEL)
2. model \'ma:d-lin\ \-l*r, -*l-*r\ vb or mod.eled or mod.elled; or
mod.el.ing; or mod.el.ling 1: to plan or form after a pattern : SHAPE
archaic 2: to make into an organization (as an army, government, or
parish) 3: to shape or fashion in a plastic material 4: to construct or
fashion in imitation of a particular model {~Xed its constitution on that
of the U.S.} 5: to display by wearing, using, or posing with {~ed gowns> 1:
to design or imitate forms : make a pattern {enjoys ~ingX in clay} 2: to
work or act as a fashion model - mod.el.er n