prototype
(noun)
An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
Examples of prototype in the following topics:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Inventions of the Telephone and Electricity
- In June 1876, Bell exhibited a telephone prototype at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.