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[ noun ] a simplified description of a complex entity or process
Synonyms Examples "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems" Used in print (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)The information provided by the electron paramagnetic effects is then discussed , and finally the nuclear effects are interpreted in_terms_of various motional modified models of the **f bond in **f . (Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)We devote a chapter to the binomial_distribution not_only because it is a mathematical model for an enormous variety of real_life phenomena , but also because it has important properties that recur in many other probability models . We devote a chapter to the binomial_distribution not_only because it is a mathematical model for an enormous variety of real_life phenomena , but also because it has important properties that recur in many other probability models . On_the_other_hand , even when the binomial model does not describe well the physical_phenomenon being studied , the binomial model may still be used as a baseline for comparative purposes ; that_is , we may discuss the phenomenon in_terms_of its departures from the binomial model . On_the_other_hand , even when the binomial model does not describe well the physical_phenomenon being studied , the binomial model may still be used as a baseline for comparative purposes ; that_is , we may discuss the phenomenon in_terms_of its departures from the binomial model . Related terms hypothesis Ptolemaic_system Copernican_system analogy stochastic_process mean_sun |
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[ noun ] a type of product
Examples "his car was an old model" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)When she said that she did n't have the money , he said that she could come_in for treatment with his office model until she was ready to buy one . (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)Figures 1 to 3 show photographic and schematic views of the test stand and of two different models of the anode holder . Two pyrometers shown in figure 1 and 2 ( Pyrometer_Instrument_Co. Model 95 ) served for simultaneous measurement of the anode surface temperature and the temperature distribution along the anode holder . (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)The magnetic_resonance absorption was detected by employing a Varian model **f broad line spectrometer and the associated 12 - inch electromagnet system . One measurement at 40 Mc / sec was obtained with the Varian model **f unit . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (work) a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
Synonyms Examples "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos" Used in print (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)`` What kind of models would you prefer '' ? His first model arrived at dusk . The model quite plainly thought Michelangelo crazy ; only the instructions from his rabbi kept him from bolting . But at the end of the sitting , when Michelangelo showed him the quick , free drawings , with the mother roughed in , holding her son , the model grasped what Michelangelo was_after , and promised to speak_to his friends . He worked for two hours a day with each model sent by the rabbi . Related terms assistant photographer's_model dressmaker's_model artist's_model |
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[ noun ] a representation of something (usually on a smaller scale)
Synonyms Used in print (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)Yet he never allowed these models to become fixed in his mind ; they remained rough starting_points . When carving he was charged with spontaneous energy ; too_careful or detailed studies in clay and wax would have glued him down to a mere enlarging of his model . Drawing and models were his thinking . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)Everywhere else his ideas lay or hung in visible form : his models , drawings , ten foot canvases in monochromes from his painting days , and underfoot a windfall of broken-backed books that looked as_though their insides had been ransacked by a maniac . Related terms representation representation figure simulation roughcast mock-up planetarium restoration globe |
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[ noun ] something to be imitated
Synonyms Examples "an exemplar of success" "a model of clarity" "he is the very model of a modern major general" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)The Glazer-Fine_Arts edition ( Concert-Disc ) is a model of lucidity and organization . (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)We shall not be able entirely to pass_over these connections to the East as we consider Ripe_Geometric pottery , the epic and the myth , and the religious evolution of early Greece ; the important point , however , is that these magnificent achievements , unlike those of later decades , were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models . |
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[ verb ] form in clay, wax, etc
Examples "model a head with clay" Used in print (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)The District_Courts , in the framing of equitable decrees , are clothed ' with large discretion to model their judgments to fit the exigencies of the particular case ' . |
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[ noun ] someone worthy of imitation
Synonyms Examples "every child needs a role model" Used in print (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)The observer of television or other products for a mass audience has only a permit to be , like the models he sees , even more like everybody else . Related terms |
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[ verb ] plan or create according to a model or models
Synonyms Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The monk Savonarola , brought over from the Renaissance and placed against the background of Munich at the turn_of_the_century , protests against the luxurious works displayed in the art shop of M._Bluthenzweig ; in particular against a Madonna portrayed in a voluptuous style and modeled , according_to gossip , upon the painter 's mistress . |
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[ noun ] a representative form or pattern
Synonyms Examples "I profited from his example" Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)Eichmann himself is a model of how the myth of the enemy Jew can be used to transform the ordinary man of present-day society into a menace to all his neighbors . |
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[ adjective ] of the nature of or undergoing an experiment
Synonyms Examples "an experimental drug" "a pilot project" "a test run" "a trial separation" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (work) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
Synonyms Examples "she was too fat to be a mannequin" Related terms |
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[ noun ] representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
Related terms representation representation figure simulation roughcast mock-up planetarium globe |
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