modeling
Americannoun
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the act, art, or profession of a person who models.
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the process of producing sculptured form with some plastic material, as clay.
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the technique of rendering the illusion of volume on a two-dimensional surface by shading.
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the treatment of volume, as the turning of a form, in sculpture.
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the representation, often mathematical, of a process, concept, or operation of a system, often implemented by a computer program.
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Also called imitation. Psychology. therapy in which a particular behavior is elicited by the observation of similar behavior in others.
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Example Sentences
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Genetic modeling suggested that men with elevated tyrosine levels could live nearly one year less on average.
From Science Daily
That would mark a slowdown from the 30% growth rate seen in the fiscal fourth quarter, though the forecasted revenue total exceeded the $1.255 billion that analysts were modeling.
From MarketWatch
Analysts were modeling $2.35 billion, and Workday said on its last earnings call that it expected about 14% growth for the fiscal first quarter.
From MarketWatch
While the S&P 500 is roughly flat so far this year, the swift selloff in tech shares makes modeling future revenues difficult, fund managers say.
Researchers then applied advanced mathematical modeling to combine these readings into overall indicators of cerebrovascular function.
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