Mod·el n.
 1. A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size; as, a scale model of the B-52 bomber.
    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 for an artist; as, the artist used his daughter as a model for an Indian maiden.
    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 is expected to do.