prototype

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Noun

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.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:exemplar

Derived terms

• prototype theory

Related terms

• first article

Translations

Translations

Bulgarian: първообраз m., прототип m. Chinese: 原型 Croatian: prȍtotīp (hr) m. Czech: prototyp (cs) m. Dutch: prototype (nl) n. Finnish: prototyyppi (fi) French: prototype (fr) m. German: Prototyp (de) m. Greek: πρωτότυπο (el) (protótypo) n.

Hebrew: אב טיפוס Icelandic: frumgerð (is) Interlingua: prototypo Italian: prototipo (it) m. Polish: prototyp (pl) m. Portuguese: protótipo m. Swedish: prototyp (sv) c. Turkish: prototip, model

Verb

prototype (third-person singular simple present prototypes, present participle prototyping, simple past and past participle prototyped)

1. To create a prototype of.