model

1. (n) A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion. 2. (n) A person, usually an attractive male or female, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show. 3. (n) A representation of a physical object. 4. (n) A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event. 5. (n) A style, type, or design. 6. (n) The structural design of a complex system. 7. (n) A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications. 8. (n) (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition. 9. (n) (logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set. 10. (n) (biology, medicine) An organism or species that is used to study an aspect of physiology or pathophysiology or a particular disease; often, a nonhuman one used to approximate processes in humans. 11. (n) Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact. 12. (n) (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data. 13. (adj) Worthy of being a model; exemplary. 14. (v) (transitive) To display an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model. 15. (v) (transitive) To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original. 16. (v) (transitive) To make a miniature model of. 17. (v) (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay. 18. (v) (intransitive) To make a model or models. 19. (v) (intransitive) To work as a model in art or fashion. 20. (n) A barangay of the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines.