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(), n.[F. modle, It. modello, fr. (assumed) L. modellus, fr. modulus a small measure, dim. of modus. See Mode, and cf. Module.] 1. A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size. In charts, in maps, and eke in models made. Gascoigne. I had my father's signet in my purse, Which was the model of that Danish seal. Shak. You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished. Addison. 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. [The 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. Amer. Cyc. When we mean to build We first survey the plot, then draw the model. Shak. 3. Anything which Mod"el (), a.Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband. Mod"el v. t.[imp. & p. p.Modeled () or 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. Mod"el v. i.(Fine Arts) To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax. スポンサード リンク
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