"prototype" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹəʊtətʌɪp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɹoʊtəˌtaɪp/ [General-American], /-ɾə-/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-prototype.ogg , en-au-prototype.ogg Forms: prototypes [plural]
Etymology: From French prototype or Late Latin prototypon, from Ancient Greek πρωτότυπος (prōtótupos, “original; prototype”), from πρωτο- (prōto-, “first”) (from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first; earliest”)) + τῠ́πος (túpos, “blow, pressing; sort, type”) (from τύπτω (túptō, “to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push; to stick”)). The word is analysable as proto- + -type. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|prototype}} French prototype, {{der|en|LL.|prototypon}} Late Latin prototypon, {{der|en|grc|πρωτότυπος||original; prototype}} Ancient Greek πρωτότυπος (prōtótupos, “original; prototype”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)tewp-||to push; to stick}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push; to stick”), {{confix|en|proto|type}} proto- + -type Head templates: {{en-noun}} prototype (plural prototypes)
  1. An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models. Synonyms (basis for other forms or objects): exemplar Translations (original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects): نموذج (namūḏaj) (Arabic), първообраз (pǎrvoobraz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), прототип (prototip) [masculine] (Bulgarian), prototip [masculine] (Catalan), 原型 (yuánxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 雏形 (chúxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 樣機 (note: of a machine) (Chinese Mandarin), 样机 (yàngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), prototyp [masculine] (Czech), prototype [common-gender] (Danish), prototype [neuter] (Dutch), frumsnið [neuter] (Faroese), prototyyppi (Finnish), prototype [masculine] (French), prototipo [masculine] (Galician), Prototyp [masculine] (German), πρωτότυπο (protótypo) [neuter] (Greek), אב טיפוס (Hebrew), frumgerð (Icelandic), prototipe (Indonesian), purwarupa (Indonesian), prototypo (Interlingua), prototipo [masculine] (Italian), プロトタイプ (purototaipu) (Japanese), 原型 (alt: げんがた, gengata, げんけい, genkei) (Japanese), prototaip [Malaysia, Singapore] (Malay), prototipe (english: Sumatra) [Riau] (Malay), purbarupa (Malay), prototyp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), prototype [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), grunnform (Norwegian Bokmål), prototyp [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), prototype [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), grunnform (Norwegian Nynorsk), Väabilt [neuter] (Plautdietsch), prototyp [masculine] (Polish), protótipo [masculine] (Portuguese), prototip [neuter] (Romanian), prim-model [neuter] (Romanian), прототи́п (prototíp) [masculine] (Russian), моде́ль (modélʹ) [feminine] (Russian), проо́браз (proóbraz) [masculine] (Russian), prȍtotīp [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prototipo [masculine] (Spanish), prototyp [common-gender] (Swedish), prototip (Turkish), model (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-prototype-en-noun-0s7twNza Disambiguation of 'basis for other forms or objects': 81 3 6 4 6 Disambiguation of 'original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects': 89 2 4 3 3
  2. An early sample or model built to test a concept or process. Translations (early sample or model built to test a concept or process): прототип (prototip) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Väabilt [neuter] (Plautdietsch), prototyp [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-prototype-en-noun-Rsp0jxP9 Disambiguation of 'early sample or model built to test a concept or process': 1 83 4 9 3
  3. (computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-prototype-en-noun-n-rh7I29 Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 10 36 12 30 5 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes. Categories (topical): Semantics Translations (instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes): prototyp [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-prototype-en-noun-3Izu4-gU Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 10 36 12 30 5 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics Disambiguation of 'instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes': 1 7 4 85 2
  5. (motor racing) A type of race car, a racing sports car not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled cockpit-seating car built especially for racing on sports car circuits, that does not use the silhouette related to a consumer road car. Categories (topical): Motor racing Synonyms (motorsport): racing prototype, sports prototype, prototype racecar Derived forms (motorsport): prototype racing
    Sense id: en-prototype-en-noun-nEAB1YVX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with proto-, English terms suffixed with -type, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 4 27 7 49 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with proto-: 13 10 17 15 33 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -type: 11 6 19 10 47 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 5 17 7 53 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 12 4 20 6 53 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 3 21 4 59 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 10 4 25 15 43 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 5 22 11 48 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 11 4 22 12 47 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 4 25 15 39 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 9 3 18 10 57 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 6 19 8 47 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 14 4 23 13 42 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 4 22 12 46 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 9 18 7 48 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 11 4 22 12 46 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 5 19 8 50 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 10 36 12 30 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 10 4 20 16 46 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 11 5 22 13 45 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 14 4 23 13 42 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 11 4 21 9 51 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 5 20 7 52 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 11 5 20 7 53 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 14 4 23 13 42 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 7 29 11 40 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 11 5 22 14 44 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 11 2 21 6 59 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 7 3 15 6 66 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 5 22 15 40 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 4 23 12 45 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 11 4 22 12 46 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 5 20 7 53 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 14 4 23 12 43 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 4 19 7 53 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 4 22 12 46 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 11 4 22 12 46 5 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports Disambiguation of 'motorsport': 3 3 9 16 69 Disambiguation of 'motorsport': 3 3 9 16 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: antetype, first article

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɹəʊtətʌɪp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɹoʊtəˌtaɪp/ [General-American], /-ɾə-/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-prototype.ogg , en-au-prototype.ogg Forms: prototypes [present, singular, third-person], prototyping [participle, present], prototyped [participle, past], prototyped [past]
Etymology: From French prototype or Late Latin prototypon, from Ancient Greek πρωτότυπος (prōtótupos, “original; prototype”), from πρωτο- (prōto-, “first”) (from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first; earliest”)) + τῠ́πος (túpos, “blow, pressing; sort, type”) (from τύπτω (túptō, “to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push; to stick”)). The word is analysable as proto- + -type. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|prototype}} French prototype, {{der|en|LL.|prototypon}} Late Latin prototypon, {{der|en|grc|πρωτότυπος||original; prototype}} Ancient Greek πρωτότυπος (prōtótupos, “original; prototype”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)tewp-||to push; to stick}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push; to stick”), {{confix|en|proto|type}} proto- + -type Head templates: {{en-verb}} prototype (third-person singular simple present prototypes, present participle prototyping, simple past and past participle prototyped)
  1. (transitive) To create a prototype of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-prototype-en-verb-Kny8Q7Kh

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter I.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, pages 102–103:",
          "text": "And if Jordan were but Jaar Eden, that is, the Riuer of Eden, Geneſar but Ganſar or the Prince of Gardens; and it could be made out, that the Plain of Jordan were watered not comparatively, but cauſally, and becauſe it was the Paradiſe of God, as the Learned Abramas hinteth, he was not far from the Prototype and originall of Plantations.",
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          "ref": "1694, [William Sherlock], A Defence of Dr. Sherlock’s Notion of a Trinity in Unity, […], London: Printed for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC, pages 28–29:",
          "text": "[T]his Holy Trinity is not Three Divine Attributes, ſuch as Wiſdom, Power, and Goodneſs; for they are all Three the very ſame with each other, the ſame Wiſdom, Goodneſs, and Power, and therefore not Three Parts or Attributes of the ſame Deity, but each is the whole, the Prototype, and its living Image is.",
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          "ref": "1839 August, “Plautus. …”, in Foreign Monthly Review, and Continental Literary Journal, volume I, number IV, London: D[avid] Nutt, […]; Dulau and Co., […]; Berlin: Asher; Paris: Gayet and Lebrun, →OCLC, page 417:",
          "text": "Only one manuscript of Plautus seems to have escaped the general wreck of ancient literature; and it served as the prototype to all the manuscripts at present extant.",
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          "text": "The making of the new prototypes of the metre and the kilogramme, the tracing of the metres, the comparison of the new prototypes with those of the Archives, as well as the construction of the auxillary apparatus necessary to these operations, are entrusted to the care of the French section, with the concurrence of the Permanent Committee, […]",
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          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "ar",
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          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "pǎrvoobraz",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "roman": "prototip",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "прототип"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "prototip"
        },
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          "roman": "yuánxíng",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "word": "原型"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chúxíng",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "word": "雏形"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "note": "of a machine",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "word": "樣機"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yàngjī",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "word": "样机"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "prototyp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "prototype"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "prototype"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "frumsnið"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "word": "prototyyppi"
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        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "prototype"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prototipo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Prototyp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "protótypo",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "πρωτότυπο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "word": "אב טיפוס"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "word": "frumgerð"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "word": "prototipe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "word": "purwarupa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "word": "prototypo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prototipo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "purototaipu",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "word": "プロトタイプ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "alt": "げんがた, gengata, げんけい, genkei",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "word": "原型"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "tags": [
            "Malaysia",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "prototaip"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "english": "Sumatra",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "tags": [
            "Riau"
          ],
          "word": "prototipe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "word": "purbarupa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prototyp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prototype"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
          "word": "grunnform"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 2 4 3 3",
          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
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          "text": "[Y]ou may form acquaintance with the Wye before it sees the light, by penetrating that interesting cavern, Poole's Hole, as I have several times before. It is a wondrous place, and worthy of a far more dignified name; a sort of crypt in Nature's vast cathedral; an assemblage of all grotesque, fantastic and beautiful mineral formations, in a fretted vault not made by man, yet mimicking or prototyping all his art.",
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          "text": "[W]hatsoe'er the poet sings, / Of prototyped in nature or in man, / Moves deeply, though it touch not wrath of kings / Or frantic battle-van.",
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          "text": "And if Jordan were but Jaar Eden, that is, the Riuer of Eden, Geneſar but Ganſar or the Prince of Gardens; and it could be made out, that the Plain of Jordan were watered not comparatively, but cauſally, and becauſe it was the Paradiſe of God, as the Learned Abramas hinteth, he was not far from the Prototype and originall of Plantations.",
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          "text": "The making of the new prototypes of the metre and the kilogramme, the tracing of the metres, the comparison of the new prototypes with those of the Archives, as well as the construction of the auxillary apparatus necessary to these operations, are entrusted to the care of the French section, with the concurrence of the Permanent Committee, […]",
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      "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
      "word": "אב טיפוס"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
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      "alt": "げんがた, gengata, げんけい, genkei",
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      "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prototipo"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "prototip"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects",
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          "ref": "1807 July, Alex. Denmark, “[Mr. Denmark, in Answer to Mr. Chalmers.] To the Editors of the Medical and Physical Journal.”, in T. Bradley, R[obert] Batty, editors, The Medical and Physical Journal, volume XVIII, number 101, London: Printed for R[ichard] Phillips, by W[illiam] Thorne, […], →OCLC, page 66:",
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          "ref": "1857, Spencer T[imothy] Hall, “The Wye and Dove”, in The Peak and the Plain: Scenes in Woodland, Field, and Mountain, 2nd edition, London: Houlston and Wright, […], →OCLC, page 345:",
          "text": "[Y]ou may form acquaintance with the Wye before it sees the light, by penetrating that interesting cavern, Poole's Hole, as I have several times before. It is a wondrous place, and worthy of a far more dignified name; a sort of crypt in Nature's vast cathedral; an assemblage of all grotesque, fantastic and beautiful mineral formations, in a fretted vault not made by man, yet mimicking or prototyping all his art.",
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          "ref": "1859, Frederic W[illiam] H[enry] Myers, “Burns Centenary Poems. I.”, in George Anderson, John Finlay, editors, The Burns Centenary Poems: A Collection of Fifty of the Best out of Many Hundreds Written on Occasion of the Centenary Celebration, […], Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son; Edinburgh: John Menzies; London: Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co.; Dublin: M'Glashan and Gill, →OCLC, stanza V, page 3:",
          "text": "[W]hatsoe'er the poet sings, / Of prototyped in nature or in man, / Moves deeply, though it touch not wrath of kings / Or frantic battle-van.",
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          "ref": "1995, Eugene Fiume, “Mathematical Computation”, in An Introduction to Scientific, Symbolic, and Graphical Computation, Wellesley, Mass.: A K Peters, →ISBN, section 0.2 (Themes of This Book), page 4:",
          "text": "The following themes will arise repeatedly in this book: / • the use of symbolic computation to prototype the behaviour of models.",
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          "ref": "2014, James A. Langbridge, “The History of ARM”, in Professional Embedded ARM Development, Indianapolis, Ind.: Wrox, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, part I (ARM Systems and Development), pages 4–5:",
          "text": "The BBC wanted a computer to go with their television series and started to look for candidate systems. […] Several companies competed for the contract, and the Proton project was an ideal candidate. The only problem was the Proton didn't actually exist. It was only in the design stage; it wasn't prototyped. Acorn had little time, only 4 days, and spent those 4 days working night and day, prototyping the design, and getting the Proton ready to show to the BBC. […] The BBC Micro was born.",
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