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   prototype

   /ˈprəʊtətʌɪp/

   noun

   • 1. a first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed: "the firm is testing a prototype of the weapon"
   • ▪ the first, original, or typical form of something; an archetype: "these objects are the prototypes of a category of rapidly spinning neutron stars"
   • 2. a basic filter network with specified cut-off frequencies, from which other networks may be derived to obtain sharper cut-offs, constancy of characteristic impedance with frequency, etc.: "the construction of bandpass networks from low-pass prototypes"

   verb

   • 1. make a prototype of (a product): "Mercedes is prototyping a car sunroof which changes from clear to tinted"

   Word Origin late 16th century (denoting the original of which something else is a copy or derivative): via French or late Latin from Greek prōtotupos (see proto-, type).

   Derivatives

   • 1. prototypal adjective
   • 2. prototypic adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

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