Look up: model

1. Model
   In the sciences, a model is an estimate of how something works. A model will usually have inputs and outputs that correspond to its real-world counterpart. An adaptive system also contains an implicit model of its environment that allows it to change its behavior in anticipation of what will happen in the environment.
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2. Model
   Describing the behaviour of economic or business variables (influencing factors) involved
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3. Model
   A simplified representation of a system (which may be expressed in word, diagrammatic or mathematical terms). The use of model in a scientific context implies (1) that the thing being represented cannot be directly observed, or, in some cases, directly manipulated, and (2) that the model itself is in some degree hypothetical and subject to validation. A model can consist of statements in ordinary language, but models of complex systems often utilise graphic or mathematical symbols. An advantage of mathematical models is that much of the labour of testing them can be performed by computers.
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4. Model
   any paperfold at any stage in the folding process or after the folding has been completed. The use of the word model to describe a paperfold does not imply that the design is representational.
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5. model
   [n] - someone worthy of imitation 2. [n] - a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor 3. [n] - a representative form or pattern 4. [n] - a simplified description of a complex entity or process 5. [n] - a type of product 6. [n] - representation of somethin...
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6. Model
   Used as a verb, to model means to build a 3D object. Used as a noun, it means the 3D object created as the end product of the modelling process. A variety of different methods are used in 3D modelling, including polygonal, NURBS, Sub-D and metaball techniques.
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7. Model
   A copy of an object that is n times smaller than the fullsize object. See also: Mathematical Model.
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8. Model
   A practical description of how something works, whose purpose is to be useful.
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9. model
   A simplified representation of a system,constructed and used as an aid to understanding that system.There are mathematical models,computer models,digital models,etc. Category: Management in the public and private sector • in the language of 3-D graphics, a data file that contains the inf...
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10. Model
    Mod'el noun [ French modèle , Italian modello , from (assumed) Latin modellus , from modulus a small measure, dim. of modus . See Mode , and confer Module .] 1. A miniature representation of a...
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11. Model
    Mod'el adjective Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.
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12. Model
    Mod'el transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Modeled or Modelled ; present participle & verbal noun Modeling or Modelling .] [ Confer French modeler , Italian...
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13. Model
    Mod'el intransitive verb (Fine Arts) To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.
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14. model
    1. A representation of something, often idealised or modified to make it conceptually easier to understand. ... 2. Something to be imitated. ... 3. In dentistry, a cast. ... Origin: It. Midello, fr. L. Modus, measure, standard ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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15. model
    theoretical account noun a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; `the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems`
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16. model
    simulation noun representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
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17. model
    modelling noun the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
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18. model
    poser noun a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; `the president didn`t have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos`
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19. model
    noun someone worthy of imitation; `every child needs a role model`
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20. model
    verb construct a model of; `model an airplane`
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21. model
    sit verb assume a posture as for artistic purposes; `We don`t know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often`
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22. model
    verb plan or create according to a model or models
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23. model
    something built or drawn to show how something much larger would look
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24. Model
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) A person who poses as a pattern to an...
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25. model
    (from the article `set theory`) ...axiom when a meaning has been assigned to `set` and `,` as specified by , is either true or false. If each axiom is true for , then is called a ... ...is possible to transform certain semantic problems into sharper syntactic problems. It has been asserted, for example, that non-Euc...
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