Model

noun

1. a usually miniature representation of something
2. a description or analogy used to help visualize something (such as an atom) that cannot be directly observed
3. a pattern of something to be madealso
4. structural design
5. an organism whose appearance a mimic imitates
6. animal model
7. copy, imagedialectal British
8. a set of plans for a buildingobsolete
9. a type or design of product (such as a car)
10. a type or design of clothing
11. a system of postulates, data, and inferences presented as a mathematical description of an entity or state of affairs
12. a computer simulation (see simulation sense 3a) based on such a systemalso
13. archetype
14. an example for imitation or emulation
15. one who is employed to display clothes or other merchandise
16. a person or thing that serves as a pattern for an artist
17. one who poses for an artistespecially
18. version sense 2