modeling
The art of sculpting models from clay etc. to create a representation of something.
Noun
- The art of sculpting models from clay etc. to create a representation of something.
- The representation of depth in a two-dimensional image.
- The profession of someone who models clothes.
- The construction and use of a computer model of a physical system.
- The learning of a new skill by copying other people.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Late Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Late Latin -ulus Late Latin modulusder. Vulgar Latin *modellus Old Italian modellobor. Middle French modellebor. English model English -ing English modeling From model + -ing.
Forms
Derived
analogical modeling data modeling explicit modeling implicit modeling information modeling metamodeling modeling clay modeling language molecular modeling palaeomodeling paleomodeling scientific modeling
Verb
- present participle and gerund of model