model

How to sign: a simplified description of a complex entity or process
"the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems";

Similiar / Same: theoretical account, framework

Categories: hypothesis, possibility, theory

Within this category: Copernican system, mean sun, Ptolemaic system, simulation, stochastic process

model

How to sign: form in clay, wax, etc
"model a head with clay";

Similiar / Same: mold, mould

Categories: forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work

model

How to sign: a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
"the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos";

Similiar / Same: poser

Categories: assistant, help, helper, supporter

Within this category: artist's model, dressmaker's model, photographer's model

model

How to sign: representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

Similiar / Same: simulation

Categories: representation

Within this category: figure, globe, mock-up, planetarium, restoration, roughcast

model

How to sign: construct a model of
"model an airplane";

Similiar / Same: mock up

Categories: interpret, represent