Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.
A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
A role model.
A well known usage of a scientific theory.
A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
A copy of a book or piece of writing.
Something typical or representative of a class; an example that typifies.
A thing considered the embodiment of a concept or object.
A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.
A signalling event on a communications channel; a signal that cannot be further divided into meaningful information.
An internal identifier used by a debugger to relate parts of the compiled program to the corresponding names in the source code.
A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
To symbolize.