1. [n]  the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
2. [n]  representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
3. [n]  a type of product; "his car was an old model"
4. [n]  a simplified description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems"
5. [n]  something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"
6. [n]  a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example"
7. [n]  a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin"
8. [n]  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"
9. [n]  someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model"
10. [v]  form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay"
11. [v]  construct a model of
12. [v]  create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights"
13. [v]  plan or create according to a model or models
14. [v]  display as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion"
15. [v]  as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"

Model
This is volume one of a manhwa (Korean graphic novel) series which leavens its lushly depicted gothic horror with a little slapstick humor. Jae, an artist working toward her big break, makes a pact with gorgeous, narcissistic vampire Michael: In exchange for the privilege of drinking her blood, Michael will pose for his portrait. Jae is now living in Michael`s mansion, and simply doesn`t know what to make of the other occupants: the petulant Ken, the cold, stoic housekeeper Eva, and the beautiful women who serve as Michael`s larder. What is the key to the dangerous mystery that is Michael? And if Jae does complete the portrait will she be able to leave with her life--and her soul--intact? In black and white.

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1. \Mod"el\, n. [F. mod[`e]le, It. modello, fr. (assumed) L.
   modellus, fr. modulus a small measure, dim. of modus. See
   {Mode}, and cf. {Module}.]
   1. A miniature representation of a thing, with the several
      parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the
      same size.
            In charts, in maps, and eke in models made.
                                                  --Gascoigne.
            I had my father's signet in my purse, Which was the
            model of that Danish seal.            --Shak.
            You have the models of several ancient temples,
            though the temples and the gods are perished.
                                                  --Addison.
   2. Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a
      pattern of something to be made; a material representation
      or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan;
      as, the clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's model of
      a machine.
            [The application for a patent] must be accompanied
            by a full description of the invention, with
            drawings and a model where the case admits of it.
                                                  --Am. Cyc.
            When we mean to build We first survey the plot, then
            draw the model.                       --Shak.
   3. Anything which serves, or may serve, as an example for
      imitation; as, a government formed on the model of the
      American constitution; a model of eloquence, virtue, or
      behavior.
   4. That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.
            He that despairs measures Providence by his own
            little, contracted model.             --South.
   5. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
            Thou seest thy wretched brother die, Who was the
            model of thy father's life.           --Shak.
   6. A person who poses as a pattern to an artist.
            A professional model.                 --H. James.
   {Working model}, a model of a machine which can do on a small
      scale the work which the machine itself does, or expected
      to do.
   

2. \Mod"el\, a.
   Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model
   house; a model husband.
   

3. \Mod"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modeled}or {Modelled}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Modeling} or {Modelling}.] [Cf. F. modeler, It.
   modellare.]
   To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a
   model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to
   model a house or a government; to model an edifice according
   to the plan delineated.
   

4. \Mod"el\, v. i. (Fine Arts)
   To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as,
   to model in wax.
   

1. A Pascal-like language with extensions for large-scale system programming and interface with Fortran applications. MODEL includes generic procedures, and a "static" macro-like approach to data abstraction. It produces P-code and was used to implement the DEMOS operating system on the Cray-1.

   ["A Manual for the MODEL Programming Language", J.B. Morris, Los Alamos 1976].

2. A description of observed behaviour, simplified by ignoring certain details. Models allow complex systems to be understood and their behaviour predicted within the scope of the model, but may give incorrect descriptions and predictions for situations outside the realm of their intended use. A model may be used as the basis for simulation.

   Note: British spelling: "modelling", US: "modeling".