A pattern is always, in modern use, that which is to be copied; a model may be either the thing to be copied or the copy that has been made from it; a more..A pattern is always, in modern use, that which is to be copied; a model may be either the thing to be copied or the copy that has been made from it; as, the models in the Patent Office. A pattern is commonly superficial; a model is usually in relief. A pattern must be closely followed in its minutest particulars by a faithful copyist; a model may allow a great degree of freedom. A sculptor may idealize his living model; his workmen must exactly copy in marble or metal the model he has made in clay. Compare EXAMPLE; IDEA; IDEAL.(noun)
a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena (noun.cognition)
a theoretical sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant speed and completes its annual course in the same amount of time the real sun t more..a theoretical sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant speed and completes its annual course in the same amount of time the real sun takes at variable speeds(noun.cognition)
(particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all more..(particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong(noun.cognition)
the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or p more..the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)(noun.act)
derivation (.... is derived from model)
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process(noun.cognition)