prototype

(noun)

An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.

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Examples of prototype in the following topics:

  • The Growth of Suburbs

    • Levittown developed as a major prototype of mass-produced housing.
    • Built after World War II for returning veterans and their new families, the communities developed as a major prototype of mass-produced housing.
  • Settlers and the West

    • The ordinance was thus the prototype for the subsequent organic acts that created organized territories during the westward expansion of the United States.
  • The White City, Chicago, and the World Columbian Exposition

    • Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmsted designed the exposition as a prototype of their vision of an ideal city.
  • The Inventions of the Telephone and Electricity

    • In June 1876, Bell exhibited a telephone prototype at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.
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