'Modeling' definitions:
Definition of 'modeling'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Modeling'
From: GCIDE
- Modeling \Mod"el*ing\, n. (Fine Arts) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form. [Written also modelling.] [1913 Webster]
- Modeling plane, a small plane for planing rounded objects.
- Modeling wax, beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, -- used in modeling. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Modeling'
From: GCIDE
- Model \Mod"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modeledor Modelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Modeling or Modelling.] [Cf. F. modeler, It. modellare.] To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'modeling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anaglyptics,
- anaglyptography,
- architectural sculpture,
- bone-carving,
- casting,
- ceroplastics,
- chasing,
- clay sculpture,
- conformation,
- creation,
- CYSP sculpture,
- decorative sculpture,
- earth art,
- efformation,
- embossing,
- engraving,
- fashioning,
- figuration,
- formation,
- formature,
- forming,
- founding,
- garden sculpture,
- gem-cutting,
- glass sculpture,
- glyptic,
- ivory-carving,
- lost-wax process,
- metal sculpture,
- molding,
- monumental sculpture,
- morphogenesis,
- morphogeny,
- paper sculpture,
- plaster casting,
- plastic art,
- portrait sculpture,
- relief,
- relief-carving,
- relievo,
- sculptor,
- sculpture,
- sculpturing,
- shaping,
- shell-carving,
- statuary,
- stone sculpture,
- stonecutting,
- whittling,
- wire sculpture,
- wood carving,
- xyloglyphy