n.
Pronunciation: ' per- ə - ˌ d ī m, ' pa-r ə - also - ˌ dim
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin paradigma, from Greek paradeigma, from paradeiknynai to show side by side, from para- + deiknynai to show ― more at DICTION
Date: 15th century
1 : EXAMPLE , PATTERN especially : an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype
2 : an example of a conjugation or declension showing a word in all its inflectional forms
3 : a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated broadly : a philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind
– par · a · dig · mat · ic \ ˌ per- ə -dig- ' ma-tik, ˌ pa-r ə - \ adjective
– par · a · dig · mat · i · cal · ly \ -ti-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb