prototype

  1. Noun.  An original object or form which is a basis for other objects, forms, or for its models and generalizations.
  2. Noun.  An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
  3. Noun.  (semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes, such as robin being a prototype of ''bird'', unlike penguin.
  4. Verb.  To create a prototype of.

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