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Meaning of model

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  model
      adj 1: worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model
             citizens" [syn: {exemplary}, {model(a)}]
      n 1: a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process;
           "the computer program was based on a model of the
           circulatory and respiratory systems" [syn: {model},
           {theoretical account}, {framework}]
      2: a type of product; "his car was an old model"
      3: a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor;
         "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist
         worked from photos" [syn: {model}, {poser}]
      4: representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
         [syn: {model}, {simulation}]
      5: something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model
         of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"
         [syn: {exemplar}, {example}, {model}, {good example}]
      6: someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model"
         [syn: {model}, {role model}]
      7: a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his
         example" [syn: {model}, {example}]
      8: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too
         fat to be a mannequin" [syn: {mannequin}, {manikin},
         {mannikin}, {manakin}, {fashion model}, {model}]
      9: the act of representing something (usually on a smaller
         scale) [syn: {model}, {modelling}, {modeling}]
      v 1: plan or create according to a model or models [syn:
           {model}, {pattern}]
      2: form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay" [syn:
         {model}, {mold}, {mould}]
      3: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the
         woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: {model}, {pose},
         {sit}, {posture}]
      4: display (clothes) as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion"
      5: create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained
         in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" [syn:
         {model}, {simulate}]
      6: construct a model of; "model an airplane" [syn: {model},
         {mock up}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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