prototype

Definitions

General English

• noun the first model of a new machine.

Cars & Driving

• noun a first full-scale and usually functional form of a new type or design of a vehicle.

Commerce

• noun the first model of a new product before it goes into production

Computing

• noun the first working model of a device or program, which is then tested and adapted to improve it

Electronics

• A usually full scale original model suitable for evaluation and testing, and which is utilized as a basis for production or future models.

Information & Library Science

• noun the first model of something that is completely new

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Contexts for “prototype”

6 definitions in context
• General English
• Cars & Driving
• Commerce
• Computing
• Electronics
• Information & Library Science