Model

Model is a word with applications throughout Science with variations according to the subject matter under discussion. In general, it indicates an object which we study, not for its intrinsic interest, but because it is a formalized or simplified representation of a class of phenomena which can be studied easily.

Also a term for persons employed as human props to show clothes, cosmetics, or other goods and services in advertisements and other promotions. See [fashion model]?.

• Statistics
  • Statistical Model
• Applied mathematics
  • Mathematical model

See also: Model theory