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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