Model

(61), n. [Fr. modèle, Sp. modelo, It. modello, modulo, from Lat. modulus, diminutive of modus. See supra.]

1Sense 1. That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.

He that despairs measures Providence by his own contracted model. South.

2Sense 2. Pattern; example; as, to form a government on the model of the British or American constitution; a model of eloquence or virtue.

3Sense 3. Any thing of a particular form, shape, or construction, intended for imitation; something to be copied; a pattern; a mold. “The models of several ancient temples.” Addison.

4Sense 4. A copy or imitation of something existing, on the same or a reduced scale; a representation; a fac-simile.

5Sense 5. Hence, specifically, a copy, as of a statue or bust; a plastic copy or representation; a representation of a machine or structure of any kind on a reduced scale; a representation, in relief, of the surface of a country, and the like.