MODEL

I. noun Etymology: Middle French ~le, from Old Italian ~lo, from Vulgar Latin *~lus, from Latin modulus small measure, from modus Date: 1575 a set of plans for a building, copy , image , structural design , a usually miniature representation of something, an example for imitation or emulation, a person or thing that serves as a pattern for an artist, archetype , an organism whose appearance a mimic imitates, one who is employed to display clothes or other merchandise, 10. a type or design of clothing, a type or design of product (as a car), a description or analogy used to help visualize something (as an atom) that cannot be directly observed, a system of postulates, data, and inferences presented as a mathematical description of an entity or state of affairs, version 3, animal ~ , Synonyms: see: ~ II. verb (-eled or -elled; -eling or ~ling) Date: 1625 transitive verb to plan or form after a pattern ; shape , to make into an organization (as an army, government, or parish), 3. to shape or fashion in a plastic material, to produce a representation or simulation of , to construct or fashion in imitation of a particular ~ , to display by wearing, using, or posing with , intransitive verb to design or imitate forms ; make a pattern , to work or act as a fashion or art ~, ~er also ~ler noun III. adjective Date: 1844 serving as or capable of serving as a pattern , being a usually miniature representation of something