noun
- A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.
- A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.
- A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
- A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.
- A style, type, or design.
- The structural design of a complex system.
- A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
- An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
- An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
- An animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology.
- Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
- In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
verb
- To display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model
- To use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model
- To make a miniature model of
- To create from a substance such as clay
- To make a model or models
- To be a model of any kind
Synonyms: modelise, modelize
adjective
- Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
Synonyms: ideal
Pronunciation
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