MODELLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does modelling mean? 

• MODELLING (noun)
  The noun MODELLING has 2 senses:

1. a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

2. the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)

  Familiarity information: MODELLING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MODELLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

modeling; modelling; molding; moulding

Hypernyms ("modelling" is a kind of...):

carving; sculpture (creating figures or designs in three dimensions)

Derivation:

model (form in clay, wax, etc)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

model; modeling; modelling

Hypernyms ("modelling" is a kind of...):

representation (an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "modelling"):

simulation (the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training))

Derivation:

model (construct a model of)

 Context examples 

According to modelling work done by the researchers, the skies of WASP-127b are approximately 50% clear.

(Multiple metals – and possible signs of water – found in unique exoplanet, University of Cambridge)

They then followed this up with computer chemical modelling and laboratory experiments to refine our understanding of the molecule’s origin.

(ALMA Finds Ingredient of Life Around Infant Sun-like Stars, ESO)

The researchers, from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, applied climate and ecological modelling to illustrate how the distribution of major bird groups is linked to climate change over millions of years.

(Past climate change pushed birds from the northern hemisphere to the tropics, University of Cambridge)

It also enables modelling of the way bamboo building components behave when exposed to fire, so that measures can be incorporated to make bamboo buildings safer.

(Visualising heat flow in bamboo could help design more energy-efficient and fire-safe buildings, University of Cambridge)

Their image revealed three distinct gaps in the disc, which, according to their theoretical modelling, were most likely caused by three additional gas giant planets also orbiting the young star.

(Giant planets around young star raise questions about how planets form, University of Cambridge)

The study’s objective was to test whether mathematical modelling could be used to make practical recommendations for disease control.

(Researchers model ways to control deadly maize disease, SciDev.Net)

Examination and interpretation; the process of identifying an issue to be understood and addressed, modelling the issue, investigating the model results, interpreting the results, and possibly making a recommendation.

(Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers then used a new method, combining finite element modelling and Bayesian nested sampling to estimate the storage timescales.

(‘Crystal clocks’ used to time magma storage before volcanic eruptions, University of Cambridge)

Most of the work in modelling the behaviour of sand dunes is done numerically, but Vriend and the members of her lab designed and constructed a unique experimental facility which enables them to observe their long-term behaviour.

(Sand dunes can ‘communicate’ with each other, University of Cambridge)

The researchers made their invention by first modelling all possible RNA sequence interactions on a computer, and then constructing the DNA encoding the optimal RNA designs, to be validated on bacteria cells in the laboratory.

(Cells Programmed Like Computers to Fight Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)