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prototype

noun
/ˈpɹəʊtətaɪp/UK/ˈpɹoʊtəˌtaɪp/CA/ˈpɹəʉtətɑep/

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 (tŭ́pos, “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.

  1. derived from *(s)tewp-✻
  2. derived from πρωτότυπος
  3. derived from prototypon
  4. derived from prototype

Definitions

  1. An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly…

    An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.

    • Near-synonym: archetype (sometimes synonymous)

  2. An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.

    • The prototype had loose wires and rough edges, but it worked.

  3. A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but…

    A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.

      • A robin is a prototype of a bird; a penguin is not.

    2. A type of race car, a racing sports car not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled…

      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.

    3. To create a prototype of.

      • In short, he has purposely perverted the whole case from beginning to end, and distorted it in such a manner, as not to be prototyped except by his own mind; […]
      • [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.

    4. To imitate or emulate.

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Derived

pretotype, prototypable, prototypal, prototype-based, prototype-based language, prototype-based programming, prototype-based scripting language, prototype extension, prototype-oriented, prototype-oriented programming, prototype pattern, prototype theory, prototypic, prototypical, prototypicality, prototypically, prototyping

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for prototype. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA