different between representation vs modeler

English

Etymology 1

From Old French representacion, from Latin repraesentatio.

Alternative forms

• repræsentation (archaic)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n
• IPA^(key): /???p.??.z?n.?te?.??n/

Noun

representation (countable and uncountable, plural representations)

1. That which represents something else.
2. The act of representing.

   We are no longer happy with your representation of our company at trade events.

3. (law) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.

4. (politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.

5. (mathematics) An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces; (more formally) a homomorphism from a group on a vector space to the general linear group (group of all bijective linear transformations) on the space.
6. A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
7. A theatrical performance.

Synonyms

• (image, form): likeness

Derived terms

• faithful representation (mathematics)
• representation space
• under-representation, underrepresentation

Related terms

• represent
• representable
• representamen
• representant

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? presentation.

Alternative forms

• re-presentation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?.p??.z?n.?te?.??n/

Noun

representation (plural representations)

1. (medicine) An act of representing, i.e. presenting again.

References

• representation at OneLook Dictionary Search
• representation in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• representation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• representation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• repenetrations

English

Alternative forms

• modeller

Etymology

model +? -er

Noun

modeler (plural modelers) (American spelling)

1. a person who makes models, especially from a plastic medium such as clay
2. a person who models the behaviour of a physical system, especially by using a computer model
3. (computing) a computer program that simulates a physical system
4. (computing) a computer program that generates a three-dimensional representation of an object or system

References

• OED 2002

Anagrams

• Demerol, remodel

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.dle/

Verb

modeler

1. (transitive) to model, to mould (physically change the shape of)
2. (transitive) to shape (e.g. a character)

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Derived terms

• modelage
• modèle
• pâte à modeler

Further reading

• “modeler” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).