model

Traductions

• mannequin
• modèle

Définitions

1. Nom

   A person who poses for artists or photographers.

   Exemples

   • Leonardo used a man as a model for Judas in his painting.
   • The artist asked her to be his model.
2. Nom

   A person paid to show clothes or products to the public.

   Exemples

   • A model showed the new washing machine on the game show.
   • The model pointed to the prizes on display.
3. Nom

   A small copy of a real thing.

   Exemples

   • The boy played with a model of a fighter plane.
   • The teacher showed us a large plastic model of DNA.
4. Nom

   A computer or math system that copies how something works.

   Exemples

   • The machine learning model learns from examples.
   • The weather model did not predict the path of the storm.
5. Nom

   A particular type or design of a product.

   Exemples

   • We repair all makes and models.
   • He chose the turbo engine model of the sports car.
6. Nom

   The basic plan or structure of a system.

   Exemples

   • The team developed a sound business model.
   • Engineers improved the software's data model.
7. Nom

   A good example that others copy.

   Exemples

   • He was a model of kindness and honesty.
   • She is a model student.
   ≈role model
8. Nom

   In logic, a way of giving each simple statement true or false.

   Exemples

   • Logicians define a model that fits every rule.
   • Under this model, the statement is true.
9. Nom

   In logic, a setting that makes a set of statements true.

   Exemples

   • A structure is a model if it makes every statement true.
   • Every model of the rules has the same basic properties.
10. Nom

    An animal or plant used in science to study a disease or process.

    Exemples

    • They studied blood sugar in a mouse model.
    • They studied inheritance in a fruit fly model.
    ≈model organism