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Model
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Model may refer to more than one thing:
- A scale model is a replica or prototype of an object built either for research or as a hobby, usually built smaller than the existing or intended thing, though can equally be built larger to illustrate something that would otherwise be hard to see.
- For models in society, art, fashion, and cosmetics, see role model, model (person) or supermodel.
- In science and technology, a model is understood as an abstract or theoretical representation of a phenomenon; see model. For models in specific domains, see model (economics), model (macroeconomics), statistical model, mathematical model and model organism.
- In mathematics, particularly in set theory, a model is some concrete realization of a set of axioms (in a sense this is the opposite of the previous definiton). See model theory.
- In neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) modelling refers to the systematic unpacking and sequencing of the conscious and unconscious processes. See modeling (NLP).
- In science, technology, and leisure for models as physical representations see model (physical).
- In world politics, MODEL refers to the Movement for Democracy in Liberia organization.
- In video games or computer modelling, a model (game) is a fully-3D, polygonal object or character.
- In automobiles, a model is a type of vehicle sold under a marque
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