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prototype
English
Etymology
From French prototype or Late Latin prototypon, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (pr?tótupos, “original; prototype”), from ?????- (pr?to-, “prefix meaning ‘first’”) (from ?????? (prôtos, “first; earliest”)) + ?????? (túpos, “blow, pressing; sort, type”) (from ????? (túpt?, “to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push; to stick”)). The word is analysable as proto- +? -type.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p???t?t??p/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?o?t??ta?p/, /-??-/
- Hyphenation: pro?to?type
Noun
prototype (plural prototypes)
- An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models. [from late 16th c.]
- An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
- (computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.
- (semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
- (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.
Synonyms
- (basis for other forms or objects): see Thesaurus:exemplar
- (motorsport): racing prototype, sports prototype, prototype racecar
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- antetype
- first article
Verb
prototype (third-person singular simple present prototypes, present participle prototyping, simple past and past participle prototyped)
- (transitive) To create a prototype of.
Translations
References
Further reading
- prototype on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pr?totypus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ?????????? (pr?tótupos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.t?.tip/
Noun
prototype m (plural prototypes)
- prototype
Derived terms
- prototypique
Further reading
- “prototype” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- prototyp
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????- (pr?to-) + ????? (túpos)
Noun
prototype m (definite singular prototypen, indefinite plural prototyper, definite plural prototypene)
- a prototype
References
- “prototype” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- prototyp
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????- (pr?to-) + ????? (túpos)
Noun
prototype m (definite singular prototypen, indefinite plural prototypar, definite plural prototypane)
- a prototype
References
- “prototype” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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yardstick
English
Etymology
yard +? stick
Noun
yardstick (plural yardsticks)
- A measuring rod thirty-six inches (one yard) long.
- (figuratively) A standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged.
- Synonyms: norm, point of reference, benchmark, ideal
- 2008 April 8, Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt, “Attacks in Baghdad spiked in March, U.S. data show”, in International Herald Tribune, 2008 April 8 edition, “Africa & Middle East” section,
- Attacks against civilians in the capital remained relatively unchanged: 69 in March from 62 in February. ¶ However, another yardstick, the number of civilian deaths tracked by the Iraqi government, shot up last month after several months of decline.
Derived terms
- Portsmouth yardstick
Translations
Further reading
- yardstick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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