model Alternative forms
* modell
Noun
( en noun)
A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.
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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.
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* Shakespeare
- I had my father's signet in my purse, / Which was the model of that Danish seal.
* Addison
- You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished.
A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.
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A style, type, or design.
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The structural design of a complex system.
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A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
- He was a model of eloquence and virtue.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Engineers of a different kind
, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.
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(logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
(logic) An interpretation which makes a certain sentence true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that sentence.
A particular style, design, or make of a particular product.
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(manufacturing) An identifier of a product given by its manufacturer (also called model number).
Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
* Shakespeare
- Thou seest thy wretched brother die, / Who was the model of thy father's life.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* abstract model
* animal model
* arbitrage pricing model
* business model
* causal model
* commercial model
* computer model
* conceptual model
* data model
* database model
* Document Object Model
* economy model
* enterprise architecture model
* entity-relationship model
* fashion model
* fetish model
* fitness model
* glamour model
* information model
* late model
* mark to model
* mathematical model
* mental model
* model aircraft
* model checking
* model organism
* model solution
* model theory
* modelizer
* modelly
* multimodel
* off-model
* plamodel
* production model
* relational model
* role model
* runway model
* scale model
* scientific model
* spokesmodel
* supermodel
* waterfall model
* water-line model
* view model
Related terms
* mode
* module
Adjective
( -)
Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
* (rfdate), Blackwood's Magazine , volume 289, page 525:
- At our approach the animals made so much noise that the owners of the hut peered round the door to see what was the matter; outwardly rather less model than the farm, there appeared two ancient Basques, emblematically black-bereted, gnarled [...]
* 1898 , John Thorburn, The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch , page 40:
- [...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it more model than yours, [...]
* 1932 , Nora Fugger, James Austin Galaston (translator), The Glory of the Habsburgs: the Memoirs of Princess Fugger , page 35:
- Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were as model as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.
* 1934 , Charles Ryle Fay, Imperial economy and its place in the formation of economic doctrine, 1600-1932 , page 143:
- [...] and we press with special severity on one small country whose agriculture is as model as is her way of rural life.
* 1956 , Stephen Rynne, All Ireland , page 54:
- True, it is an untidy county; the farmhouses are much more model' than the farms (when we reach Antrim we shall find that the farms are more ' model than the farmhouses).
* 1968 , American County Government , volume 33, page 19:
- But not all the exchanges were as model as the sergeant. Some of the exchangees showed a rigidity and reluctance to adapt.
* 1999 , Michael D. Williams, Acquisition for the 21st century: the F-22 Development Program , page 113:
- It is as model as you can get.
* 2002 , Uma Anand Segal, A framework for immigration: Asians in the United States , page 308:
- While Asians have been perceived as the model minority, it is increasingly clear that some Asian groups are more model than are others, and even within these model groups, a division exists [...]
* 2010 , Eleanor Coppola, Notes on a Life , page 140:
- All were neat and well kept which added to the sense that they were more model than real.
Synonyms
* (worthy of being a model) ideal
Verb
To display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.
- She modelled the shoes for her friends to see.
To use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model.
- They modelled the data with a computer to analyze the experiment’s results.
To make a miniature model of.
- He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes.
To create from a substance such as clay.
- The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin.
To make a or models.
To be a model of any kind.
- The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood.
Synonyms
* modelise, US modelize
Related terms
* remodel
* modeler
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scheme Noun
( en noun)
A systematic plan of future action.
* Jonathan Swift
- The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
* {{quote-magazine, title=Ideas coming down the track, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
, page=13 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=( The Economist)
citation
, passage=A “moving platform” scheme
A plot or secret, devious plan.
An orderly combination of related parts.
* John Locke
- the appearance and outward scheme of things
* Atterbury
- such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity
* J. Edwards
- arguments sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy
* Macaulay
- The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life.
A chart or diagram of a system or object.
* South
- to draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France
(mathematics) A type of topological space.
(UK, chiefly, Scotland) A council housing estate.
* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 101:
- It was all too dear. They all just put their prices up because it was out in the scheme .
(rhetoric) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.
(astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
* Sir Walter Scott
- a blue case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity
Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:.
Usage notes
In the US, generally has devious connotations, while in the UK, frequently used as a neutral term for projects: “The road is closed due to a pavement-widening scheme.”
Synonyms
* (a systematic plan of future action) blueprint
Verb
(schem)
To plot, or contrive a plan.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=April 26
, author=Tasha Robinson
, title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :
, work=The Onion AV Club
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, page=
, passage=The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek. }}
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