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Prototype

/ˈpɹəʊtətʌɪp/

An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.

📖 Definitions of "Prototype"

noun
  1. 1

    An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.

  2. 2

    An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.

    "The prototype had loose wires and rough edges, but it worked."

  3. 3

    A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.

  4. 4

    An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.

    "A robin is a prototype of a bird; a penguin is not."

verb
  1. 1

    To create a prototype of.

🔄 Synonyms of "Prototype"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
paradigmnounA pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.
epitomenounThe embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.
imagenounA visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.

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WordDefinition
epitomenounThe embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.
paradigmnounA pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.
imagenounA visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
prototypingnounThe rapid creation of prototypes of a new product for demonstration and research purposes.
samplenounA part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
experimentalnounThe subject of an experiment.
originalnoun(not comparable) Newly created.
lotnounA large quantity or number; a great deal.
blueprintnoun(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
specimennounAn individual instance that represents a class; an example.
modelnounA person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.
mocknounMockery; the act of mocking.
flagshipnoun(by extension, often attributive) The most important one out of a related group.
pilotnounA person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
exemplarnounSomething fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
templatenounA generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.
patternnounModel, example.
standardnounFalling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
archetypenounAn original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
forerunnernounA precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.

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