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  Model \Mod"el\, n. [F. mod[`e]le, 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; as, a [frac1x100] scale model of the B-52
        bomber.
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              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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              [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.
                                                    --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.
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              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.
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              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: mannequin[1].
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                A professional model.               --H. James.
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     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: modification[2].
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     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 number
     n.
     (lb en manufacturing) A manufacturer's identifier for a particular
  type or version of a product.

  model number
     n.
     (lb en manufacturing) A manufacturer's identifier for a particular
  type or version of a product.

  model number
     n.
     (lb en manufacturing) A manufacturer's identifier for a particular
  type or version of a product.

  model number
     n.
     (lb en manufacturing) A manufacturer's identifier for a particular
  type or version of a product.