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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

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Etymology

Origin of modeling

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

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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.

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In the fund’s modeling, the bust could knock as much as 1.3 percentage points off global growth in 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"My goal is to use mathematical modeling to identify important mechanisms and generate insights that may help guide future experimental and therapeutic research."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Mathematical modeling allows scientists to explore complicated biological interactions by representing them through equations and simulations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

If the situation gets to the point where their reproduction is affected, modeling has shown there’s “essentially a 100% chance of extinction” within 50 years, he added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Social groups for women encouraged lively exchange between old settlers and migrants, creating a willing audience for modeling proper behavior.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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

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

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

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