Prototype

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  • noun. An original type, form, or instance serving as a basis or standard.
  • noun. An original, full-scale, and usually working model of a new product or new version of an existing product.
  • noun. A typical example of a class or category.
  • transitive verb. To make a prototype of (a product).
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A primitive form; an original or model after which anything is formed; the pattern of anything to be engraved, cast, etc.; an exemplar; an archetype; especially, in metrology, an original standard, to which others must conform, and which, though it may be imitated from something else, is not required to conform to anything else, but itself serves as the ultimate definition of a unit.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An original object or form which is a basis for other objects, forms, or for its models and generalizations
  • noun. An early sample or model built to test a concept or process
  • noun. An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
  • noun. A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters but none of the body, or actual code.
  • verb. To create a prototype of.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a standard or typical example
    • Word Usage
    "Creating different combinations of the prototype is the next design challenge for this project."
    cross-reference
    national prototypes  
    Form
    prototype theory  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    example  model  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    concentrate  imago  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    PC  analog  ancestor  architecture  auxiliary  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Geistesgeschichte  Hegelian idea  Kantian idea  Platonic form  Platonic idea  
    verb-form
    prototyped  prototypes  prototyping  
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