model

Meaning

Noun

1. A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.
2. A person, usually an attractive male or female, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show.
3. A representation of a physical object.
4. A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event.
5. A style, type, or design.
6. The structural design of a complex system.
7. A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
8. An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
9. An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
10. An organism or species that is used to study an aspect of physiology or pathophysiology or a particular disease; often, a nonhuman one used to approximate processes in humans.
11. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
12. In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.

Adj

Worthy of being a model; exemplary.

Verb

1. (transitive) To display an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.
2. (transitive) To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original.
3. (transitive) To make a miniature model of.
4. (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay.
5. (intransitive) To make a model or models.
6. (intransitive) To work as a model in art or fashion.

Synonyms

pattern

example

standard

sample

prototype

type

exemplar

mold

specimen

paragon

shape

form

ideal

design

make

mannequin

exemplary

mould

archetype

template

paradigm

dummy

scheme

criterion

style

precedent

sculpt

pose

sculpture

representative

modelling

role model

mold

copy

instance

image

picture

norm

fashion

manikin

statue

fashion model

modeling

mod

mode

mockup

mock-up

method

miniature

replica

Translations

modèle

modello

modelo

Modell

modelo

model

Muster

Vorbild

model

modellare

modelleren

modella

μοντέλο

schéma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɒdl̩/

Etymology

From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold.

Sentences

A model with five tons of payload was no longer offered .

However most modellers would consider a model including commercial detail parts as scratchbuilt.

The paper presents a variant of a hidden Markov model for images .