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noun Modeling n. (Written also modelling) (Fine Arts) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form. Modeling plane, a small plane for planing rounded objects. Modeling wax, beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, used in modeling.
verb Model v. t. (past & past part. modeled or modelled; pres. part. modeling or modelling) To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.
Model v. i. (Fine Arts) To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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