Model

mod′el, n. something to show the mode or way: something to be copied: a pattern: a mould: an imitation of something on a smaller scale: a living person from whom an artist works: something worthy of imitation.— adj. serving as a model: fit for a model.— v.t. to form after a model: to shape: to make a model or copy of: to form in some soft material.— v.i. to practise modelling:— pr.p. mod′elling; pa.p. mod′elled. — ns. Mod′eller ; Mod′elling , the act or art of making a model of something, a branch of sculpture. [Fr.,—L. modulus , dim. of modus , a measure.]