prototype
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Synonyms: pretotype, phototype, artotype, prototypic, prototypal, prototypes, prototyper, proterotype, protolyze, protopope, phonotype
Antonyms: pretotype, phototype, artotype, prototypic, prototypal, prototypes, prototyper, proterotype, protolyze, protopope, phonotype
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Noun
- An [[original#Adjective|original]] [[form#Noun|form]] or [[object#Noun|object]] which is a [[basis]] for other forms or objects (particularly [[manufactured#Adjective|manufactured]] [[item]]s), or for its [[generalization]]s and [[model#Noun|models]]. {{defdate|from late 16th c.}}
- An [[early]] [[sample#Noun|sample]] or model [[build#Verb|built]] to [[test#Verb|test]] a [[concept]] or [[process#Noun|process]].
- {{lb|en|computing}} A [[declaration]] of a [[function#Noun|function]] that [[specify|specifies]] the [[name#Noun|name]], [[return#Noun|return]] [[type#Noun|type]], and [[parameter]]s, but none of the [[body]] or [[actual]] [[code#Noun|code]].
- {{lb|en|semantics}} An [[instance]] of a [[category]] or a concept that [[combine#Verb|combines]] its most [[representative#Adjective|representative]] [[attribute#Noun|attributes]].
- {{lb|en|motorsport}} A type of [[race car]], a racing [[sports car]] not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled cockpit-seating car built especially for racing on sports car circuits, that does not use the silhouette related to a consumer road car.
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[create]] a [[#Noun|prototype]] of.
- {{lb|en|transitive|rare}} To [[imitate]] or [[emulate]].
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