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noun
- A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.
- (weaving) Synonym of temple.
- A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.
- (object-oriented programming) A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments.
- A strip of metal used in boiler-making, pierced with a series of holes, and serving as a guide in marking out a line of rivet-holes.
- (computing) A file or document serving as a basis for others.
- (molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.
- a model or standard for making comparisons
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- An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned.
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
- (psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
- (textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
- (literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
- An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
verb
noun
- a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- the act of withdrawing or removing something
- an abstract painting
- preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
- (geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.
- Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
- The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
- A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup.
- (computing) Hiding implementation details from the interface of a component, to decrease complexity through interdependency and improve modularity; a construct that serves as such.
- (engineering) Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
- Any characteristic of an individual object when that characteristic has been separated from the object and is contemplated alone as a quality having independent existence.
- A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
- The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
- (euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
- An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature.
- The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.
- (chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
- (art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.
- An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
noun
- Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- a model considered worthy of imitation
- (Singapore, informal) A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
- (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
- (computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
- A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
- (cellular automata) A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
- The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
- (textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
- A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
- (US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
- (now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
- A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
- (computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
- A representative example.
- Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
- (software engineering, in compounds) A design pattern.
- (Ireland, Roman Catholicism) The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.
- (MLE) Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- a decorative or artistic work
- a perceptual structure
- a customary way of operation or behavior
- something regarded as a normative example
adj
verb
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
- To assault.
- (transitive) To serve as an example for.
- To have sex with.
- To teach someone a lesson.
- (hunting, transitive) To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
- To do or perform an activity
- To follow an example.
- To fit into a pattern.
- To apply a pattern.
- (MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.
- To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
- form a pattern
- plan or create according to a model or models
noun
- The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
- an idea or conclusion having general application
- (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
- reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
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- The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- (mathematics) A proof, axiom, problem, or definition that includes another's cases, and also some additional cases; a conclusion reached by inferring from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
- An oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of the members of a group.
- Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
- An act or instance of generalizing; concluding that something true of a subclass is true of the entire class.
- an idea or conclusion having general application
- (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
- reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
verb
- construct a model in the likeness of
- display (clothes) as a mannequin
- form in clay, wax, etc
- create a representation or simulation of
- plan or create according to a model or models
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
- (intransitive) To work as a model in art or fashion.
- (transitive) To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original.
- (intransitive) To make a model or models.
- (transitive) To make a miniature model of.
- (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay.
- (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.
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- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
- something to be imitated
- someone worthy of imitation
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
- a representative form or pattern
- a type of product
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
- (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.
- A style, type, or design.
- A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
- Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
- The structural design of a complex system.
- (logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
- A representation of a physical object.
- (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
- A person, usually attractive, 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.
- A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.
- A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event.
noun
- An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.
- (semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
- (computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.
- (motor racing) A type of race car, a racing sports car not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled cockpit-seating car built especially for racing on sports car circuits, that does not use the silhouette related to a consumer road car.
- An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
- a standard or typical example
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- A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
- (informal) A person who is exactly like or very similar to another person, in terms of looks or behavior.
- (LGBTQ, slang) A Castro clone.
- A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
- (cytology) A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.
- a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction
- a person who is almost identical to another
- an unauthorized copy or imitation
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- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- (countable, biology) An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
- (chemistry) A structural derivative of a parent compound that differs from it by only one or a few atoms or substituent groups; (usually, especially) such a molecule that retains most of the same chemical properties.
- (countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.
adj
- of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
- Not relating to, or pre-dating, digital technology such as computers and the Internet; relating to real life.
- (of a device or system) In which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial).
noun
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- (countable, biology) An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
- (chemistry) Alternative spelling of analog (“A structural derivative of a parent compound that differs from it by only one or a few atoms or substituent groups; (usually, especially) such a molecule that retains most of the same chemical properties.”)
- (countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.
adj
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- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
- (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- (geography) A line of latitude.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
adj
- being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
- of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
- (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
verb
- make or place parallel to something
- duplicate or match
- be parallel to
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
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- a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
- a statistic describing the location of a distribution
- (algebra) An element of the image of some (generalized) norm, the element then said to be from the norm in question, or from the structure which gave rise to the norm.
- (mathematics) Any of several generalizations of the above: a field norm, ideal norm, etc.
- if v ne 0 then ‖v‖ ne 0;
- That which is normal or typical.
- given a scalar k, ‖kv‖=|k|·‖v‖, where |k| is the absolute value of k;
- given two vectors v,w, ‖v+w‖<‖v‖+‖w‖ (the triangle inequality).
- (philosophy, computer science) A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
- A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community.
- (chess) A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.
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noun
- An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).
- (Christianity) A monastic habit in the Greek Orthodox Church.
- (logic) A formula in the metalanguage of an axiomatic system, in which one or more schematic variables appear, which stand for any term or subformula of the system, which may or may not be required to satisfy certain conditions.
- (markup languages) A formal description of data, data types, and data file structures, such as XML schemas for XML files.
- (databases) A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and other attributes of each column.
- a schematic or preliminary plan
- an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
adj
- (figuratively) Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook.
- (figuratively) Learned from, or as if learned from, a textbook, as opposed to personal discovery or experience.
- (figuratively) Done exactly correctly, in an exemplary way that might be described in a textbook.
- (literally) Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.
- according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical
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- (mathematics) Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.
- (mathematics, linear algebra) Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.
- Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.
- capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability
- marked by correspondence or resemblance
- (of words) expressing closely related meanings
- having the same or similar characteristics
- resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
noun
- An example serving as the model for such a pattern; an exceptionally good or prototypical example of a pattern or group.
- A pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.
- (linguistics) A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.
- a standard or typical example
- the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
- the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
- systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
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verb
- (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
- (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.
- (transitive, grammar) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
- create by linking linguistic units
- put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
- reassemble mentally
- draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
- make by combining materials and parts
- create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts
noun
- a generic term for any identifying characteristic
- a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
- a smudge made by a (dirty) finger
- (cryptography) A unique identification for a public key in asymmetric cryptography.
- (by extension) A unique combination of features that serves as an identification of something.
- The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface.
- (figurative) A trace that gives evidence of someone's involvement.
- The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.
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adj
- Based on or involving a template.
- (molecular biology) Of a synthesis process, performed by means of a molecular template.
- (programming) Based on a template that is instantiated by means of parameters; parametrized.
- (stage lighting) Using a device that is inserted into an ellipsoidal lighting instrument in order to break up or texture the quality of the light.
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- (by extension) A category or kind of thing distinguished by common characteristics.
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
- A fast-moving current of water.
- A group of organisms distinguished by common characteristics; often an informal infraspecific rank in taxonomy, below species:
- (biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.
- A sequence of events; a progressive movement toward a goal.
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.
- (engineering) A ring with a groove in which rolling elements (such as balls) ride, forming part of a rolling-element bearing (for example, a ball bearing).
- Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
- (electronics, computing) A race condition; a bug or problem that occurs when two or more components attempt to use the same resource at the same time.
- (animal husbandry) A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
- (fantasy, science fiction, mythology) A large group of nonhumans distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
- (botany) A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
- (mycology, bacteriology) A strain of microorganism, fungi, etc.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- A water channel, especially one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised, such as that which powers a millwheel.
- (gambling) A keno gambling session.
- (sewing, weaving) A groove on a sewing machine or a loom along which the shuttle moves.
- A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
- (botany) A strain of plant with characteristics causing it to differ from other plants of the same species.
- a canal for a current of water
- people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock
- any competition
- a contest of speed
- (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
- the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
verb
- (intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
- (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
- (transitive) To compete against in a race (contest).
- (intransitive, of a motor) To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
- (West Country) To cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object; to lacerate, to slash; specifically (nautical), to make marks on (something, such as a piece of wood) using a race knife.
- To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.
- to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others
- move hurridly
- compete in a race
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
noun
- something that serves as a model or guide
- guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy
- A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris.
- (law) A calculated amount to award as attorney's fees derived by multiplying the reasonable number of hours spent working on a case by the reasonable hourly billing rate.
- (figurative) A guiding tenet or principle.
noun
- Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
- A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
- A well-known use of a scientific theory.
- Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
- A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
- A copy of a book or piece of writing.
- something to be imitated
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- (category theory) A high-level generalization of the preceding that applies to objects in an arbitrary category and produces a new object constructable by morphisms from each of the original objects.
- (set theory) The set of all possible tuples whose elements are elements of given, separately specified, sets.
- (topology) A topological space analogously formed from two or more (up to an infinite number of) topological spaces.
- (group theory) Such a set of tuples formed from two or more groups, forming another group whose group operation is the component-wise application of the original group operations and of which the original groups are normal subgroups.
- (ring theory) Such a set of tuples formed from two or more rings, forming another ring whose operations arise from the component-wise application of the corresponding original ring operations.
- (mathematics) Any of a number of mathematical objects analogously derived from a given ordered set of objects.
- the set of ordered pairs of two given sets
adj
- Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
- (object-oriented programming, of a class) Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
- (dance) Lacking a story.
- (art, often capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century.
- (music) Absolute.
- Insufficiently factual.
- Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
- (grammar) As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
- Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
- Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
- dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention
- existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment
- not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
noun
- An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
- (art) An abstract work of art.
- (real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
- (medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
- Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
- An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
- Concentrated essence of a product.
- The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
verb
- (transitive) To separate; to disengage.
- (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
- (intransitive, fine arts) To create abstractions.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
- (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
- (intransitive, rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
- (transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.
- (intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
- (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
- To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
- (intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
- consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
- consider apart from a particular case or instance
- give an abstract (of)
- make off with belongings of others
noun
- (figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
- (biology) An ancestral form of a species.
- A person from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation…) are descended.
- (figuratively) Someone who originates something.
- A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
- A founder.
- an ancestor in the direct line
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- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see generic, property.
- (mathematics, measure theory) A property that is true almost everywhere in a given set (i.e., the set of points at which the property is not true is either of measure zero or a subset of a set of measure zero).
- (topology, algebraic geometry) A property that is true in some dense open subset of a given set.
noun
- a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function
- the technical aspects of doing something
- device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
- the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
- (philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
- Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
- A mental, physical, or chemical process.
- A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.
- (within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
- Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
noun
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
- an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
- A newly designed garment released by a fashion designer as part of a collection.
- A ridgeling.
- An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.
- A person with a unique and interesting personality or creative talent.
adj
- (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
- being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of
- not derived or copied or translated from something else
- preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
- (comparable) Fresh, different.
- (not comparable) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
- (not comparable) Having a specified place or time as its origin.
- (not comparable) Pioneering.
- (of a potato chip) Seasoned with salt but no other flavoring; ready salted
- (not comparable) Newly created.
- (not comparable) First in a series of copies or versions.
noun
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
- a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
- small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
- someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
- One who flies a kite.
- A pilot light.
- A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
- A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
- (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
- (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
- Something serving as a test or trial.
- (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
- An instrument for detecting the compass error.
- (telecommunications, often attributive) A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.
- A guide book for maritime navigation.
- A person who knows well the depths, shoals, and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
- (television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
- (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
- (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
- A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
- (Europe, motor racing) A racing driver.
verb
- act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
- operate an airplane
- (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
- (transitive) To guide or conduct (a person) somewhere.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
- (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)
adj
noun
- A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.
- (weaving) Synonym of temple.
- A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.
- (object-oriented programming) A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments.
- A strip of metal used in boiler-making, pierced with a series of holes, and serving as a guide in marking out a line of rivet-holes.
- (computing) A file or document serving as a basis for others.
- (molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.
- a model or standard for making comparisons
verb
noun
- An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned.
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
- (psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
- (textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
- (literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
- An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
verb
noun
- a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- the act of withdrawing or removing something
- an abstract painting
- preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
- (geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.
- Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
- The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
- A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup.
- (computing) Hiding implementation details from the interface of a component, to decrease complexity through interdependency and improve modularity; a construct that serves as such.
- (engineering) Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
- Any characteristic of an individual object when that characteristic has been separated from the object and is contemplated alone as a quality having independent existence.
- A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
- The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
- (euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
- An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature.
- The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.
- (chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
- (art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.
- An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
noun
- Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- a model considered worthy of imitation
- (Singapore, informal) A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
- (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
- (computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
- A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
- (cellular automata) A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
- The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
- (textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
- A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
- (US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
- (now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
- A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
- (computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
- A representative example.
- Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
- (software engineering, in compounds) A design pattern.
- (Ireland, Roman Catholicism) The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.
- (MLE) Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- a decorative or artistic work
- a perceptual structure
- a customary way of operation or behavior
- something regarded as a normative example
adj
verb
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
- To assault.
- (transitive) To serve as an example for.
- To have sex with.
- To teach someone a lesson.
- (hunting, transitive) To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
- To do or perform an activity
- To follow an example.
- To fit into a pattern.
- To apply a pattern.
- (MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.
- To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
- form a pattern
- plan or create according to a model or models
noun
- The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
- an idea or conclusion having general application
- (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
- reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
noun
- The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- (mathematics) A proof, axiom, problem, or definition that includes another's cases, and also some additional cases; a conclusion reached by inferring from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
- An oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of the members of a group.
- Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
- An act or instance of generalizing; concluding that something true of a subclass is true of the entire class.
- an idea or conclusion having general application
- (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
- reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
noun
- An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.
- (semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
- (computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.
- (motor racing) A type of race car, a racing sports car not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled cockpit-seating car built especially for racing on sports car circuits, that does not use the silhouette related to a consumer road car.
- An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
- a standard or typical example
verb
noun
- A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
- (informal) A person who is exactly like or very similar to another person, in terms of looks or behavior.
- (LGBTQ, slang) A Castro clone.
- A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
- (cytology) A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.
- a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction
- a person who is almost identical to another
- an unauthorized copy or imitation
verb
noun
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- (countable, biology) An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
- (chemistry) A structural derivative of a parent compound that differs from it by only one or a few atoms or substituent groups; (usually, especially) such a molecule that retains most of the same chemical properties.
- (countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.
adj
- of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
- Not relating to, or pre-dating, digital technology such as computers and the Internet; relating to real life.
- (of a device or system) In which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial).
noun
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- (countable, biology) An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
- (chemistry) Alternative spelling of analog (“A structural derivative of a parent compound that differs from it by only one or a few atoms or substituent groups; (usually, especially) such a molecule that retains most of the same chemical properties.”)
- (countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.
adj
noun
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
- (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- (geography) A line of latitude.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
adj
- being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
- of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
- (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
verb
- make or place parallel to something
- duplicate or match
- be parallel to
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
adv
noun
- a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
- a statistic describing the location of a distribution
- (algebra) An element of the image of some (generalized) norm, the element then said to be from the norm in question, or from the structure which gave rise to the norm.
- (mathematics) Any of several generalizations of the above: a field norm, ideal norm, etc.
- if v ne 0 then ‖v‖ ne 0;
- That which is normal or typical.
- given a scalar k, ‖kv‖=|k|·‖v‖, where |k| is the absolute value of k;
- given two vectors v,w, ‖v+w‖<‖v‖+‖w‖ (the triangle inequality).
- (philosophy, computer science) A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
- A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community.
- (chess) A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.
verb
noun
- An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).
- (Christianity) A monastic habit in the Greek Orthodox Church.
- (logic) A formula in the metalanguage of an axiomatic system, in which one or more schematic variables appear, which stand for any term or subformula of the system, which may or may not be required to satisfy certain conditions.
- (markup languages) A formal description of data, data types, and data file structures, such as XML schemas for XML files.
- (databases) A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and other attributes of each column.
- a schematic or preliminary plan
- an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
noun
adj
- (mathematics) Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.
- (mathematics, linear algebra) Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.
- Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.
- capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability
- marked by correspondence or resemblance
- (of words) expressing closely related meanings
- having the same or similar characteristics
- resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
noun
- An example serving as the model for such a pattern; an exceptionally good or prototypical example of a pattern or group.
- A pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.
- (linguistics) A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.
- a standard or typical example
- the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
- the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
- systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
noun
verb
- (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
- (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.
- (transitive, grammar) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
- create by linking linguistic units
- put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
- reassemble mentally
- draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
- make by combining materials and parts
- create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts
noun
- a generic term for any identifying characteristic
- a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
- a smudge made by a (dirty) finger
- (cryptography) A unique identification for a public key in asymmetric cryptography.
- (by extension) A unique combination of features that serves as an identification of something.
- The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface.
- (figurative) A trace that gives evidence of someone's involvement.
- The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- (by extension) A category or kind of thing distinguished by common characteristics.
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
- A fast-moving current of water.
- A group of organisms distinguished by common characteristics; often an informal infraspecific rank in taxonomy, below species:
- (biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.
- A sequence of events; a progressive movement toward a goal.
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.
- (engineering) A ring with a groove in which rolling elements (such as balls) ride, forming part of a rolling-element bearing (for example, a ball bearing).
- Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
- (electronics, computing) A race condition; a bug or problem that occurs when two or more components attempt to use the same resource at the same time.
- (animal husbandry) A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
- (fantasy, science fiction, mythology) A large group of nonhumans distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
- (botany) A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
- (mycology, bacteriology) A strain of microorganism, fungi, etc.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- A water channel, especially one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised, such as that which powers a millwheel.
- (gambling) A keno gambling session.
- (sewing, weaving) A groove on a sewing machine or a loom along which the shuttle moves.
- A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
- (botany) A strain of plant with characteristics causing it to differ from other plants of the same species.
- a canal for a current of water
- people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock
- any competition
- a contest of speed
- (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
- the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
verb
- (intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
- (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
- (transitive) To compete against in a race (contest).
- (intransitive, of a motor) To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
- (West Country) To cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object; to lacerate, to slash; specifically (nautical), to make marks on (something, such as a piece of wood) using a race knife.
- To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.
- to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others
- move hurridly
- compete in a race
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
noun
- something that serves as a model or guide
- guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy
- A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris.
- (law) A calculated amount to award as attorney's fees derived by multiplying the reasonable number of hours spent working on a case by the reasonable hourly billing rate.
- (figurative) A guiding tenet or principle.
noun
- Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
- A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
- A well-known use of a scientific theory.
- Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
- A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
- A copy of a book or piece of writing.
- something to be imitated
noun
- (category theory) A high-level generalization of the preceding that applies to objects in an arbitrary category and produces a new object constructable by morphisms from each of the original objects.
- (set theory) The set of all possible tuples whose elements are elements of given, separately specified, sets.
- (topology) A topological space analogously formed from two or more (up to an infinite number of) topological spaces.
- (group theory) Such a set of tuples formed from two or more groups, forming another group whose group operation is the component-wise application of the original group operations and of which the original groups are normal subgroups.
- (ring theory) Such a set of tuples formed from two or more rings, forming another ring whose operations arise from the component-wise application of the corresponding original ring operations.
- (mathematics) Any of a number of mathematical objects analogously derived from a given ordered set of objects.
- the set of ordered pairs of two given sets
noun
- (figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
- (biology) An ancestral form of a species.
- A person from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation…) are descended.
- (figuratively) Someone who originates something.
- A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
- A founder.
- an ancestor in the direct line
noun
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see generic, property.
- (mathematics, measure theory) A property that is true almost everywhere in a given set (i.e., the set of points at which the property is not true is either of measure zero or a subset of a set of measure zero).
- (topology, algebraic geometry) A property that is true in some dense open subset of a given set.
noun
- a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function
- the technical aspects of doing something
- device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
- the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
- (philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
- Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
- A mental, physical, or chemical process.
- A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.
- (within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
- Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
noun
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
- an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
- A newly designed garment released by a fashion designer as part of a collection.
- A ridgeling.
- An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.
- A person with a unique and interesting personality or creative talent.
adj
- (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
- being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of
- not derived or copied or translated from something else
- preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
- (comparable) Fresh, different.
- (not comparable) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
- (not comparable) Having a specified place or time as its origin.
- (not comparable) Pioneering.
- (of a potato chip) Seasoned with salt but no other flavoring; ready salted
- (not comparable) Newly created.
- (not comparable) First in a series of copies or versions.
noun
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
- a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
- small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
- someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
- One who flies a kite.
- A pilot light.
- A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
- A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
- (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
- (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
- Something serving as a test or trial.
- (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
- An instrument for detecting the compass error.
- (telecommunications, often attributive) A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.
- A guide book for maritime navigation.
- A person who knows well the depths, shoals, and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
- (television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
- (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
- (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
- A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
- (Europe, motor racing) A racing driver.
verb
- act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
- operate an airplane
- (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
- (transitive) To guide or conduct (a person) somewhere.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
- (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)
adj
verb
- construct a model in the likeness of
- display (clothes) as a mannequin
- form in clay, wax, etc
- create a representation or simulation of
- plan or create according to a model or models
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
- (intransitive) To work as a model in art or fashion.
- (transitive) To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original.
- (intransitive) To make a model or models.
- (transitive) To make a miniature model of.
- (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay.
- (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.
adj
noun
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
- something to be imitated
- someone worthy of imitation
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
- a representative form or pattern
- a type of product
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
- (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.
- A style, type, or design.
- A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
- Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
- The structural design of a complex system.
- (logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
- A representation of a physical object.
- (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
- A person, usually attractive, 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.
- A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.
- A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event.
noun
- An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned.
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
- (psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
- (textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
- (literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
- An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
verb
noun
- Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- a model considered worthy of imitation
- (Singapore, informal) A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
- (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
- (computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
- A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
- (cellular automata) A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
- The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
- (textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
- A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
- (US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
- (now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
- A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
- (computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
- A representative example.
- Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
- (software engineering, in compounds) A design pattern.
- (Ireland, Roman Catholicism) The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.
- (MLE) Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- a decorative or artistic work
- a perceptual structure
- a customary way of operation or behavior
- something regarded as a normative example
adj
verb
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
- To assault.
- (transitive) To serve as an example for.
- To have sex with.
- To teach someone a lesson.
- (hunting, transitive) To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
- To do or perform an activity
- To follow an example.
- To fit into a pattern.
- To apply a pattern.
- (MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.
- To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
- form a pattern
- plan or create according to a model or models
noun
- Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- a model considered worthy of imitation
- (Singapore, informal) A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
- (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
- (computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
- A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
- (cellular automata) A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
- The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
- (textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
- A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
- (US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
- (now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
- A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
- (computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
- A representative example.
- Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
- (software engineering, in compounds) A design pattern.
- (Ireland, Roman Catholicism) The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.
- (MLE) Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- a decorative or artistic work
- a perceptual structure
- a customary way of operation or behavior
- something regarded as a normative example
adj
verb
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
- To assault.
- (transitive) To serve as an example for.
- To have sex with.
- To teach someone a lesson.
- (hunting, transitive) To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
- To do or perform an activity
- To follow an example.
- To fit into a pattern.
- To apply a pattern.
- (MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.
- To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
- form a pattern
- plan or create according to a model or models
adj
- (figuratively) Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook.
- (figuratively) Learned from, or as if learned from, a textbook, as opposed to personal discovery or experience.
- (figuratively) Done exactly correctly, in an exemplary way that might be described in a textbook.
- (literally) Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.
- according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical
noun
adj
- Based on or involving a template.
- (molecular biology) Of a synthesis process, performed by means of a molecular template.
- (programming) Based on a template that is instantiated by means of parameters; parametrized.
- (stage lighting) Using a device that is inserted into an ellipsoidal lighting instrument in order to break up or texture the quality of the light.
verb
adj
adv
adj
- Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
- (object-oriented programming, of a class) Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
- (dance) Lacking a story.
- (art, often capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century.
- (music) Absolute.
- Insufficiently factual.
- Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
- (grammar) As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
- Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
- Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
- dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention
- existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment
- not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
noun
- An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
- (art) An abstract work of art.
- (real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
- (medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
- Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
- An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
- Concentrated essence of a product.
- The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
verb
- (transitive) To separate; to disengage.
- (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
- (intransitive, fine arts) To create abstractions.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
- (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
- (intransitive, rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
- (transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.
- (intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
- (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
- To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
- (intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
- consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
- consider apart from a particular case or instance
- give an abstract (of)
- make off with belongings of others