Prototype

Noun

 * 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.
 * 1)  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 Thesaurus:exemplar

Derived terms

 * prototype theory

Related terms

 * first article

Verb

 * 1) To create a prototype of.

Thesaurus
Geistesgeschichte, Hegelian idea, Kantian idea, Platonic form, Platonic idea, aesthetic form, analogue, ancestor, antecedent, antetype, antitype, archetype, art form, biotype, build, cast, classic, classic example, complex idea, configuration, conformation, criterion, cut, epitome, eternal object, eternal universal, example, exemplar, fashion, figuration, figure, first, foregoer, form, formal cause, format, formation, frame, fugleman, fugler, genotype, genre, highest category, history of ideas, ideal, idealism, ideate, ideatum, idee-force, illustration, imitatee, impression, innate idea, inner form, innovation, instance, layout, lead, make, makeup, masterpiece, masterwork, matrix, metaphor, mirror, modality, mode, model, mold, mould, new departure, noosphere, norm, noumenon, original, paradigm, paragon, pattern, pattern of perfection, percept, pilot model, precedent, precursor, predecessor, quintessence, referent, regulative first principle, representative, rule, sample, set, shape, significant form, simple idea, stamp, standard, structure, style, subsistent form, the Absolute, the Absolute Idea, the Self-determined, the realized ideal, transcendent idea, transcendent nonempirical concept, transcendent universal, turn, type, type species, type specimen, universal, universal concept, universal essence, urtext, very model

Noun

 * Bulgarian: първообраз, прототип
 * Chinese: 原型
 * Croatian: prototip
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 * Hebrew: אב טיפוס
 * Interlingua: prototypo
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 * Turkish: prototip, model