model number

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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