n 1 a  :  a pattern of something to be made  :  a cast of a tooth or oral cavity  2  :  something (as a similar object or a construct) used to help visualize or explore something else (as the living human body) that cannot be directly observed or experimented on - see ANIMAL MODEL   3  :  a system of postulates, data, and inferences presented as a mathematical description of an entity or state of affairs
vt, mod*eled  or  mod*elled  mod*el*ing  or  mod*el*ling   :  to produce (as by computer) a representation or simulation of .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  me·a·tal  me·di·al  me·dul·la  met·al 
 
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