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pseudomodel

pseudomodel noun: an incomplete or inaccurate version of a model.

Noun

pseudomodel (plural pseudomodels)

  1. An incomplete or inaccurate version of a model.
    • One of the major problems in applying bootstrap to model building procedures consists in choosing an appropriate pseudomodel.1992, Raoul LePage, Lynne Billard ·, Exploring the Limits of Bootstrap, page 386
    • A pseudomodel M is called a model of S if all theorems provable in S are true in M.1979, Andrzej Mostowski, Kazimierz Kuratowski, Foundational Studies: Selected Works, volume 2, page 352

Forms of pseudomodel

pluralpseudomodels

Origin of pseudomodel

From pseudo- + model.

Questions about pseudomodel

What does pseudomodel mean?
Pseudomodel means an incomplete or inaccurate version of a model.
What part of speech is pseudomodel?
Pseudomodel is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudomodel?
The plural of pseudomodel is pseudomodels.

Words near pseudomodel in the dictionary

  1. pseudominerals
  2. pseudoministerial
  3. pseudomiraculous
  4. pseudomitosis
  5. pseudomnesia
  6. pseudomodel
  7. pseudomodels
  8. pseudomodern
  9. pseudomodernist
  10. pseudomodest
  11. pseudomolecular

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