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Vinony

modeling

noun

  1. art of sculpting models from clay
  2. to copy, example
  3. The act of working as a fashion model
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: 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.

  1. The art of sculpting models from clay etc. to create a representation of something.
  2. The representation of depth in a two-dimensional image.
  3. The profession of someone who models clothes.
  4. The construction and use of a computer model of a physical system.
  5. The learning of a new skill by copying other people.

verb

Etymology: 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.

  1. present participle and gerund of model