Exemplar

Noun

 * 1) Something fit to be imitated; see ideal and model.
 * 2) Something typical or representative of a class; see example.
 * 3) A pattern after which others should be made; see archetype.
 * 4) A well known usage of a scientific theory.
 * 5) A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:model
 * See also Thesaurus:exemplar

Thesaurus
Geistesgeschichte, Hegelian idea, Kantian idea, Platonic form, Platonic idea, archetype, beau ideal, case, case in point, classic, complex idea, demonstration, emblem, eternal object, eternal universal, example, exemplification, explanation, exponent, formal cause, good example, highest category, history of ideas, ideal, idealism, ideate, ideatum, idee-force, illustration, innate idea, instance, man of men, masterpiece, masterwork, mirror, model, nonpareil, noosphere, noumenon, object lesson, paradigm, paragon, pattern, pattern of perfection, percept, prototype, quintessence, regulative first principle, relevant instance, representative, shining example, simple idea, soul, standard, subsistent form, symbol, the Absolute, the Absolute Idea, the Self-determined, the realized ideal, transcendent idea, transcendent nonempirical concept, transcendent universal, type, typical example, universal, universal concept, universal essence, very model

Etymology
From exemplum:, but respelled according to Latin exemplar:.

Translations

 * French:

Etymology
exemplar:

Noun

 * 1) copy; edition

Noun

 * 1) model, pattern, example, original or ideal
 * 2) copy

Synonyms

 * exemplāris

Related terms

 * exemplāris
 * exemplum

Descendants

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Noun

 * 1) a copy (one of many identical artifacts)

Related terms

 * exemplarframställning