Meaning

noun a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

noun a type of product

noun a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Late Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Late Latin -ulus Late Latin modulusder. Vulgar Latin *modellus Old Italian modellobor. Middle French modellebor. English model From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive…

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