ALL meanings of prototype
pro·to·type
P p - noun prototype the original or model on which something is based or formed. 1
- noun prototype someone or something that serves to illustrate the typical qualities of a class; model; exemplar: She is the prototype of a student activist. 1
- noun prototype something analogous to another thing of a later period: a Renaissance prototype of our modern public housing. 1
- noun prototype Biology. an archetype; a primitive form regarded as the basis of a group. 1
- verb with object prototype to create the prototype or an experimental model of: to prototype a solar-power car. 1
- noun prototype original, model 1
- noun prototype epitome 1
- abbreviation PROTOTYPE precursor 1
- noun Technical meaning of prototype 1. (systems) An early version of a product, designed to demonstrate feasability and elicit feedback. A prototype usually has some subset of the functions, behaviour and appearance of the finished product. It is usually made using a method suitable for producing a one-off rather than mass production. 2. (programming) In prototype-based programming, an object that is intended to be cloned to create similar objects which may then be modified independently and/or cloned themselves. 1
- countable noun prototype A prototype is a new type of machine or device which is not yet ready to be made in large numbers and sold. 0
- countable noun prototype If you say that someone or something is a prototype of a type of person or thing, you mean that they are the first or most typical one of that type. 0
- noun prototype one of the first units manufactured of a product, which is tested so that the design can be changed if necessary before the product is manufactured commercially 0
- noun prototype a person or thing that serves as an example of a type 0
- noun prototype the ancestral or primitive form of a species or other group; an archetype 0
- noun prototype the first thing or being of its kind; original; model; pattern; archetype 0
- noun prototype a person or thing that serves as a model for one of a later period 0
- noun prototype a full-scale, operational model, used for demonstration or testing, that incorporates a new design or features 0
- noun prototype a perfect example of a particular type 0