• prototype
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• \PROH-tuh-type\

• DEFINITION

noun

1

: an original model on which something is patterned :archetype

2

: an individual that exhibits the essential features of a later type

3

: a standard or typical example

4

: a first full-scale and usually functional form of a new type or design of a construction (such as an airplane)

• EXAMPLES

It's not clear at this point how the device will differ from itsprototype.