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Definitions for Prototype
[1] the original or model on which something is based or formed.
[2] someone or something that serves to illustrate the typical qualities of a class; model; exemplar: She is the prototype of a student activist.
[3] something analogous to another thing of a later period: a Renaissance prototype of our modern public housing.
[4] Biology . an archetype; a primitive form regarded as the basis of a group.
[5] to create the prototype or an experimental model of: to prototype a solar-power car.
[6] one of the first units manufactured of a product, which is tested so that the design can be changed if necessary before the product is manufactured commercially
[7] a person or thing that serves as an example of a type
[8] biology the ancestral or primitive form of a species or other group; an archetype
Words related to Prototype
precursor, model, mock-up, predecessor, antecedent, ancestor, archetype, forerunner, standard, ideal, criterion, pattern, paradigm, type, precedent, norm, first, antecessor
Words nearby Prototype
protostele, protostome, prototherian, prototroph, prototrophic, prototype, protovertebra, protoxide, protoxylem, protozoa, protozoan
Origin of Prototype
1595–1605; < New Latin prōtotypon < Greek prōtótypon, noun use of neuter of prōtótypos original. See proto-, type
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Other words from Prototype
pro·to·typ·al , pro·to·typ·i·cal [proh-tuh -tip -i-kuh l] /ˌproʊ təˈtɪp ɪ kəl/ , pro·to·typ·ic , adjective
pro·to·typ·i·cal·ly , adverb
Synonyms for Prototype
mock-up, model, precursor, ancestor, antecedent, archetype, criterion, first, forerunner, ideal, norm, paradigm, pattern, precedent, predecessor, standard, type, antecessor