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prototype
[ proh-tuh-tahyp ]
noun
- the original or model on which something is based or formed.
Synonyms:
She is the prototype of a student activist.
- something analogous to another thing of a later period:
a Renaissance prototype of our modern public housing.
- Biology. an archetype; a primitive form regarded as the basis of a group.
verb (used with object)
- to create the prototype or an experimental model of:
to prototype a solar-power car.
prototype
/ ˌprəʊtəˈtɪpɪk; ˈprəʊtəˌtaɪp /
noun
- 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
- a person or thing that serves as an example of a type
- biology the ancestral or primitive form of a species or other group; an archetype
Derived Forms
- ˌdzٴˈٲ貹, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ٴ·ٲ·· [proh-t, uh, -, tip, -i-k, uh, l]; ·ٴ·ٲ· ·ٴ·ٲ· [proh-t, uh, -, tip, -, uh, l], adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of prototype1
Example Sentences
In Leanhardt’s hand was an early prototype of the so-called torpedo bat.
Taking standard crutch measurements from the internet, Qaradaya commissioned a local carpenter to create several prototypes for wooden crutches.
He began refining an idea for a lockable pouch and started building prototypes using materials he sourced from a hardware store.
They built the first prototype in Porter’s kitchen in San Diego County, and did initial tests in a lab.
Sir Gareth said, at that point, the Dyson prototype pushed air from a fan directly into the lungs of patients, something that could cause safety concerns.
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