modelo

In charts, in maps, and eke in models made. --Gascoigne.
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I had my father s signet in my purse, Which was the model of that Danish seal. --Shak.
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You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished.
--Addison.
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2. 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.
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application for a patent must be accompanied by a full description of the invention, with
drawings and a model where the case admits of it.
--Am. Cyc.
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When we mean to build We first survey the plot, then draw the model.
--Shak.
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3. 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.
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4. That by which a thing is to be measured; standard. [1913 Webster]

He that despairs measures Providence by his own little, contracted model. --South.
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5. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact. [1913 Webster]

Thou seest thy wretched brother die, Who was the model of thy father s life. --Shak.
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6. A person who poses as a pattern for an artist; as, the artist used his daughter as a model for an Indian maiden.
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7. A person who is employed to wear clothing for the purpose of advertising or display, or who poses with a product for
the same purpose; a mannequin[1]; as, a fashion model.

Syn: mannequin1. [PJC]

A professional model. --H. James. [1913 Webster]

8. A particular version or design of an object that is made in multiple versions; as, the 1993 model of the Honda
Accord; the latest model of the HP laserjet printer. For
many manufactured products, the model name is encoded as
part of the

model number.

Syn: modification2. [PJC]

9. An abstract and often simplified conceptual representation of the workings of a system of objects in the real world,
which often includes mathematical or logical objects and
relations representing the objects and relations in the
real-world system, and constructed for the purpose of
explaining the workings of the system or predicting its
behavior under hypothetical conditions; as, the
administration s model of the United States economy
predicts budget surpluses for the next fifteen years;
different models of the universe assume different values
for the cosmological constant; models of proton structure
have grown progressively more complex in the past century.
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Working model, a model of a machine which can do on a small scale the work which the machine itself does, or is
expected to do.
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Model Mod"el, a. Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model
house; a model husband.
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Model Mod"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modeledor Modelled; p. pr. & vb. n. {Modeling} or {Modelling}.] [Cf. F. modeler, It.
modellare.]
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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Model Mod"el, v. i. (Fine Arts) To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as,
to model in wax.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English