English dictionary · noun

prototype

An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.

Meaning and definitions

1. An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.
2. An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
3. A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.

Connected roots

• proto-

  first

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