modeling

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
modeling
    n 1: sculpture produced by molding [syn: {mold}, {mould},
         {molding}, {moulding}, {modeling}, {clay sculpture}]
    2: a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished
       work can be copied [syn: {modeling}, {modelling}, {molding},
       {moulding}]
    3: the act of representing something (usually on a smaller
       scale) [syn: {model}, {modelling}, {modeling}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Modeling \Mod"el*ing\, n. (Fine Arts)
   The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is
   to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some
   plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the
   expression or indication of solid form. [Written also
   {modelling}.]
   [1913 Webster]

   {Modeling plane}, a small plane for planing rounded objects.
      

   {Modeling wax}, beeswax melted with a little Venice
      turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with
      coloring matter, usually red, -- used in modeling.
      [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Model \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.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
modeling

   <spelling> US spelling of "{model}ling".

   (1999-12-10)
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "modeling":
      CYSP sculpture, anaglyptics, anaglyptography,
      architectural sculpture, bone-carving, casting, ceroplastics,
      chasing, clay sculpture, conformation, creation,
      decorative sculpture, earth art, efformation, embossing, engraving,
      fashioning, figuration, formation, formature, forming, founding,
      garden sculpture, gem-cutting, glass sculpture, glyptic,
      ivory-carving, lost-wax process, metal sculpture, molding,
      monumental sculpture, morphogenesis, morphogeny, paper sculpture,
      plaster casting, plastic art, portrait sculpture, relief,
      relief-carving, relievo, sculptor, sculpture, sculpturing, shaping,
      shell-carving, statuary, stone sculpture, stonecutting, whittling,
      wire sculpture, wood carving, xyloglyphy
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