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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
pro·to·type    Audio Help   [proh-tuh-tahyp] Pronunciation Key noun, verb -typed, -typ·ing.
–noun
1.the original or model on which something is based or formed.
2.someone or something that serves to illustrate the typical qualities of a class; model; exemplar: She is the prototype of a student activist.
3.something analogous to another thing of a later period: a Renaissance prototype of our modern public housing.
4.Biology. an archetype; a primitive form regarded as the basis of a group.
–verb (used with object)
5.to create the prototype or an experimental model of: to prototype a solar-power car.
[Origin: 1595–1605; < NL prōtotypon < Gk prōtótypon, n. use of neut. of prōtótypos original. See proto-, type]

—Related forms
pro·to·typ·al, pro·to·typ·i·cal    Audio Help   [proh-tuh-tip-i-kuhl] Pronunciation Key, pro·to·typ·ic, adjective
pro·to·typ·i·cal·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. pattern.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  prototype
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  archetype, forerunner, model, original, predecessor, sample
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  original
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A first form from which varieties arise or imitations are made.
Synonyms:  archetype, father, master, protoplast
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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