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• present participle of model.

modeling

American  

[mod-l-ing] / ˈmɒd l ɪŋ /

especially British, modelling

noun

• modelings
  plural

1. the act, art, or profession of a person who models.

2. the process of producing sculptured form with some plastic material, as clay.

3. the technique of rendering the illusion of volume on a two-dimensional surface by shading.

4. the treatment of volume, as the turning of a form, in sculpture.

5. the representation, often mathematical, of a process, concept, or operation of a system, often implemented by a computer program.

6. Also called imitation.  Psychology. therapy in which a particular behavior is elicited by the observation of similar behavior in others.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• modelings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of modeling

First recorded in 1575–85; model + -ing ¹

Explanation

Modeling involves making a representation of something. Creating a tiny, functioning volcano is an example of modeling. Teachers use modeling when they have a class election that represents a larger one, like a presidential election. Modeling is anything that represents something else, usually on a smaller scale. Military commanders use physical and computer modeling to plan offensives. Modeling is helpful because it allows you to take a good look at something that is too big or impractical to see otherwise. If a tall beautiful person tells you he has a modeling career, he’s not a miniature version of something, but he does make money being a model. Outside the US, it’s often spelled with two l’s.

Example Sentences

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"But when we used the same parameters as original impact modeling - down to the equal temperature structures inside both bodies - within around five hours, an intact moon emerged."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

That’s well above the $19.23 billion that analysts were modeling.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

One is that AI modeling involves a lot of math.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Detailed spectral modeling showed that 12 of the 14 candidates were genuine remnant radio galaxies.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

On his first day of work, Lefty came into the kitchen modeling his new overalls.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

So, and my second question, which I thought it was an intuitive question that should be followed up — is the wobbling of the earth included in any of your modelings?

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2014

Professor Lios insists that all analogies between genuine primitive art and the drawings or modelings of children are unsuccessful.

From Time Magazine Archive

But death had touched it and consecrated it, bringing out delicate modelings and purity of outline never seen before—doing what life and love and great sorrow and deep womanhood joys might have done for Ruby.

From Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Here all her water-courses, wet or dry, are deep grooves in the soil, with striking and pretty carvings and modelings adorning their vertical sides.

From Time and Change by John Burroughs

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