prototype

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prototype (plural prototypes)

1. An original object or form which is a basis for other objects, forms, or for its models and generalizations
2. An early sample or model built to test a concept or process

   The prototype had loose wires and rough edges, but it worked.

3. (semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes, such as robin being a prototype of bird, unlike penguin.

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• prototype theory

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