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prototype

[ proh-tuh-tahyp ]

noun

  1. the original or model on which something is based or formed.

    Synonyms:

  2. someone or something that serves to illustrate the typical qualities of a class; model; exemplar:

    She is the prototype of a student activist.

  3. something analogous to another thing of a later period:

    a Renaissance prototype of our modern public housing.

  4. Biology. an archetype; a primitive form regarded as the basis of a group.


verb (used with object)

prototyped, prototyping.
  1. to create the prototype or an experimental model of:

    to prototype a solar-power car.

prototype

/ ˌprəʊtəˈtɪpɪk; ˈprəʊtəˌtaɪp /

noun

  1. 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
  2. a person or thing that serves as an example of a type
  3. biology the ancestral or primitive form of a species or other group; an archetype
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌdzٴˈٲ貹, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ٴ·ٲ·· [proh-t, uh, -, tip, -i-k, uh, l]; ·ٴ·ٲ· ·ٴ·ٲ· [proh-t, uh, -, tip, -, uh, l], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of prototype1

First recorded in 1595–1605; from New Latin ōٴdzٲDz, from Greek ōóٲDz, noun use of neuter of ōóٲDz ※Բ”; proto-, type
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In Leanhardt’s hand was an early prototype of the so-called torpedo bat.

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Taking standard crutch measurements from the internet, Qaradaya commissioned a local carpenter to create several prototypes for wooden crutches.

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He began refining an idea for a lockable pouch and started building prototypes using materials he sourced from a hardware store.

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They built the first prototype in Porter’s kitchen in San Diego County, and did initial tests in a lab.

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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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