modeling

American  

[mod-l-ing] / ˈmɒd l ɪŋ /

especially British, modelling

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of modeling

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

Example Sentences

Ferreira initially gained notoriety as an online personality with a popular Tumblr account before transitioning to modeling and then acting, most notably in the first two seasons of the series “Euphoria.”

From Los Angeles Times

Corrections & Amplifications: BlackRock’s estimate that a small amount of private assets would boost retirement plan returns by half a percentage point a year comes from its internal modeling.

From Barron's

“If we’re modeling our anxiety about this, we’re radiating urgency, alarm and pressure. Our kids learn to feel that way, too.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The team confirmed the precise placement of nitrogen groups using techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and computational modeling.

From Science Daily

Zhang himself left OpenAI last year to start the company, which aims to initially sell its software to investment firms for predictive modeling, as well as other financial services companies.

From The Wall Street Journal

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