Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Model \Mod"el\, v. i. (Fine Arts)
   To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as,
   to model in wax.

Model \Mod"el\, n. [F. mod[`e]le, It. modello, fr. (assumed) L.
   modellus, fr. modulus a small measure, dim. of modus. See
   {Mode}, and cf. {Module}.]
   1. A miniature representation of a thing, with the several
      parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the
      same size.

            In charts, in maps, and eke in models made.
                                                  --Gascoigne.

            I had my father's signet in my purse, Which was the
            model of that Danish seal.            --Shak.

            You have the models of several ancient temples,
            though the temples and the gods are perished.
                                                  --Addison.

   2. Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a
      pattern of something to be made; a material representation
      or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan;
      as, the clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's model of
      a machine.

            [The application for a patent] must be accompanied
            by a full description of the invention, with
            drawings and a model where the case admits of it.
                                                  --Am. Cyc.

            When we mean to build We first survey the plot, then
            draw the model.                       --Shak.

   3. Anything which serves, or may serve, as an example for
      imitation; as, a government formed on the model of the
      American constitution; a model of eloquence, virtue, or
      behavior.

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

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

   5. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.

            Thou seest thy wretched brother die, Who was the
            model of thy father's life.           --Shak.

   6. A person who poses as a pattern to an artist.

            A professional model.                 --H. James.

   {Working model}, a model of a machine which can do on a small
      scale the work which the machine itself does, or expected
      to do.

Model \Mod"el\, a.
   Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model
   house; a model husband.

Model \Mod"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modeled}or {Modelled}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Modeling} or {Modelling}.] [Cf. F. modeler, It.
   modellare.]
   To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a
   model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to
   model a house or a government; to model an edifice according
   to the plan delineated.

Source : WordNet®

model
     v 1: plan or create according to a model or models [syn: {pattern}]
     2: form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay" [syn: {mold},
         {mould}]
     3: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know
        the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: {pose}, {sit},
         {posture}]
     4: display (clothes) as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion"
     5: create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained
        in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" [syn: {simulate}]
     6: construct a model of; "model an airplane" [syn: {mock up}]
     [also: {modelling}, {modelled}]

model
     n 1: a simplified description of a complex entity or process;
          "the computer program was based on a model of the
          circulatory and respiratory systems" [syn: {theoretical
          account}, {framework}]
     2: a type of product; "his car was an old model"
     3: a person who poses for a photographer or painter or
        sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so
        the artist worked from photos" [syn: {poser}]
     4: representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
        [syn: {simulation}]
     5: something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model
        of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major
        general" [syn: {exemplar}, {example}, {good example}]
     6: someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role
        model" [syn: {role model}]
     7: a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his
        example" [syn: {example}]
     8: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too
        fat to be a mannequin" [syn: {mannequin}, {manikin}, {mannikin},
         {manakin}, {fashion model}]
     9: the act of representing something (usually on a smaller
        scale) [syn: {modelling}, {modeling}]
     [also: {modelling}, {modelled}]

model
     adj : worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens"
           [syn: {exemplary}, {model(a)}]
     [also: {modelling}, {modelled}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

MODEL
     
         A {Pascal}-like language with extensions for
        large-scale system programming and interface with {Fortran}
        applications.  MODEL includes {generic procedures}, and a
        "static" {macro}-like approach to {data abstraction}.  It
        produces {P-code} and was used to implement the {DEMOS}
        {operating system} on the {Cray-1}.
     
        ["A Manual for the MODEL Programming Language", J.B. Morris,
        Los Alamos 1976].
     
        (1996-05-29)

model
     
         A description of observed behaviour, simplified
        by ignoring certain details.  Models allow complex {systems}
        to be understood and their behaviour predicted within the scope
        of the model, but may give incorrect descriptions and
        predictions for situations outside the realm of their intended
        use.  A model may be used as the basis for {simulation}.
     
        Note: British spelling: "modelling", US: "modeling".
     
        (1996-05-29)