| Model (model) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Mod"el |
| [F.
modèle, It. modello, fr. (assumed) L.
modellus, fr. modulus a small measure, dim. of
modus. See Mode, and cf. Module.] |
A miniature representation of a thing, with
the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the
same size.
Something intended to serve, or that may
serve, as a pattern of something to be made; a material
representation or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a
plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's
model of a machine.
Anything which serves, or may serve, as an
example for imitation; as, a government formed on the model of
the American constitution; a model of eloquence, virtue, or
behavior.
That by which a thing is to be measured;
standard.
Any copy, or resemblance, more or less
exact.
A person who poses as a pattern to an
artist.
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Suitable to be
taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model
husband.
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To plan or form after a
pattern] to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape;
to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to
model an edifice according to the plan delineated.
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To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to
model in wax.
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