prototype
- Noun. An original object or form which is a basis for other objects, forms, or for its models and generalizations.
- Noun. An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
- 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.
- Verb. To create a prototype of.
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