PROTOTYPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prototype mean? 

• PROTOTYPE (noun)
  The noun PROTOTYPE has 1 sense:

1. a standard or typical example

  Familiarity information: PROTOTYPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTOTYPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A standard or typical example

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

epitome; image; paradigm; prototype

Context example:

he provided America with an image of the good father

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

example; model (a representative form or pattern)

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

concentrate (a concentrated example of something)

imago ((psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood)

Derivation:

prototypal; prototypic; prototypical (representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned)

 Context examples 

The team 3-D printed the prototype, allowing the creators to rapidly develop a design that worked.

(New Invention Detects Cancer in Seconds, VOA/Elizabeth Lee)

The prototype of this group of agents is cyclophosphamide.

(Phosphoramide Mustard, NCI Thesaurus)

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is the prototype of the Hepadnavirus Family.

(hepatitis B virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Grb7 is the prototype of a family of adaptor molecules that also include Grb10 and Grb14 that share a conserved molecular architecture including Src homology 2 (SH2) and pleckstrin homology (PH) domains.

(Growth Factor Receptor-Bound Protein 7, NCI Thesaurus)

It is defined as the mass of an international prototype in the form of a platinum-iridium cylinder kept at Sevres in France.

(Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus)

A German company has already developed a prototype of the technology, which means that within an estimated two years more people will be able to use it.

(World's Fastest Film Camera, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The researchers have also developed a prototype Personal Mobility Device (PMD) designed to interact with the smart asphalt.

(Scientists design “smart” asphalts with magnetic materials for safer electric scooters, University of Granada)

However, the performance of prototype devices has been limited to date, as the thermal changes are driven by limited magnetic fields from permanent magnets.

(Electronic solid could reduce carbon emissions in fridges and air conditioners, University of Cambridge)

Following the April 25 earthquake in Nepal, two prototype FINDER devices were deployed to support search and rescue teams in the stricken areas.

(DHS and NASA Technology Helps Save Four in Nepal Earthquake Disaster, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A filter prototype developed by the researchers processes around 20 litres of water a day.

(Watermelon rind a cheap filter for arsenic in groundwater, SciDev.Net)