PROTOTYPE


Meaning of PROTOTYPE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈprō-tə-ˌtīp ]

noun

Etymology: French, from Greek prōtotypon, from neuter of prōtotypos archetypal, from prōt- + typos type

Date: 1552

1. : an original model on which something is patterned : archetype

2. : an individual that exhibits the essential features of a later type

3. : a standard or typical example

4. : a first full-scale and usually functional form of a new type or design of a construction (as an airplane)

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.