prototype

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the first example of something, such as a machine or other industrial product, from which all later forms are developed:

a prototype for/of a new car

the original model of something from which later forms are developed

the first example of a machine or other industrial product, from which all later forms are developed:

build/develop/create a prototype Manufacturers have built a prototype which will be shown at the forthcoming trade fair.

early/first/working prototype Our first prototype digital camera appeared back in 1976.

a prototype of/for sth The firm and its industrial partners plan this summer to put a prototype of an underwater power platform off the Florida coast.