Created a representation or example of something, or shaped clay or other material into a form.
From Old French 'modele,' from Italian 'modello,' derived from Latin 'modulus' (a small measure). The word entered English in the 16th century.
When scientists 'model' climate change or disease spread, they're doing what sculptors do—using smaller representations to understand how the real, larger thing will behave.
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