Part of the one-tenth scale model of Bourton-on-the-Water at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England

A scale model of the Singapore City Centre.

Model of a war scene — Australian War Memorial, Canberra.

Main article: scale model

A physical model is used in various contexts to mean a physical representation of some thing. That thing may be a single item or object (for example, a bolt) or a large system (for example, the Solar System). Part of the model village at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. ... Part of the model village at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. ... A view of Bourton-on-the-Water Location within the British Isles Bourton-on-the-Water is a town in Gloucestershire, England. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1067, 358 KB) Model of battle - Australian War Memorial, Canberra File links The following pages link to this file: Model (physical) ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1067, 358 KB) Model of battle - Australian War Memorial, Canberra File links The following pages link to this file: Model (physical) ... A scale model of the Tower of London. ... This article is about the Solar System. ...

The geometry of the model and the object it represents are often similar in the sense that one is a rescaling of the other; in such cases the scale is an important characteristic. However, in many cases the similarity is only approximate or even intentionally distorted. Sometimes the distortion is systematic with e.g. a fixed scale horizontally and a larger fixed scale vertically when modelling topography of a large area (as opposed to a model of a smaller mountain region, which may well use the same scale horizontally and vertically, and show the true slopes). Several equivalence relations in mathematics are called similarity. ... A scale is either a device used for measurement of weights, or a series of ratios against which different measurements can be compared. ... A distortion is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic) of an object, image, sound, waveform or other form of information or representation. ... For discussion of land surfaces themselves, see Terrain. ... Look up Slope in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Physical models in science and technology allow us to simulate or visualize something about the thing it represents. A model in this sense is a physical object such as an architectural model of a projected building or an existing one. Possible technical uses of an architectural model is to facilitate visualization of internal relationships within the structure or external relationships of the structure to the environment. Other uses of models in this sense are as toys. A teddy bear A toy is an object used in play. ...

A physical model of something large is usually smaller, and of something very small is larger. A physical model of something that can move, like a vehicle or machine, may be completely static, or have parts that can be moved manually, or be powered. A physical model may show inner parts that are normally not visible. The purpose of a physical model on a smaller scale may be to have a better overview, for testing purposes, as hobby or toy. The purpose of a physical model on a larger scale may be to see the structure of things that are normally too small to see properly or to see at all, for example a model of an insect or of a molecule. The Trikke is a Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) This article is about the means of transport. ... This article is about devices that perform tasks. ... A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. ... A teddy bear A toy is an object used in play. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Archaeognatha (bristletails) Thysanura (silverfish) Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic) Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Superorder Exopterygota Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Embioptera (webspinners) Zoraptera (angel insects) Dermaptera (earwigs) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (stick insects) Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Psocoptera... 3D (left and center) and 2D (right) representations of the terpenoid molecule atisane. ...

A physical model of an animal shows the animals physical composition without it walking or flying away, and without danger, and if the real animal is not available. A soft model of an animal is popular among children and some adults as cuddly toy. For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ... Stuffed animals of ducks A stuffed animal of a bunny A stuffed animal describes a toy animal stuffed with straw, beans, cotton, and other similar materials. ...

A model of a person may e.g. be a doll, a statue, and in fiction a robotic humanoid, e.g. the mechas in the movie A.I.. For other uses, see Person (disambiguation). ... Look up doll in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see robot (disambiguation). ... The term humanoid refers to any being whose body structure resembles that of a human. ... A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (actual on-screen title: Artificial Intelligence: A.I.) (2001) was the last project that filmmaker Stanley Kubrick worked on. ...

A model is a 3D alternative for a 2D representation such as a drawing or photograph, or in the case of a globe, a 3D, undistorted alternative for a flat world map. The space we live in is three-dimensional space. ... Drawing is a visual art which makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... World globe A Baroque era celestial globe A globe is a three-dimensional scale model of a spheroid celestial body such as a planet, star or moon, in particular Earth, or, alternatively, a spherical representation of the sky with the stars (but without the Sun, Moon, or planets, because their... For other uses, see Map (disambiguation). ...

Even compared with a set of drawings of photographs, it better enables looking at it from all sides, and it also allows feeling it. The former is sometimes also enabled by certain computer software.

See also

• Model organism
• Model nation
• Metamodel

A model organism is a species that is extensively studied to understand particular biological phenomena, with the expectation that discoveries made in the organism model will provide insight into the workings of other organisms. ... This article is about small nations that are not recognized by any world government. ... In general, a metamodel is a model which describes a model. ...

Physical models

• Model airplane
• Model car
• Model radio-controlled car
• Model railway
• Model rocket
• Model ship
• Models of buildings:
  • a model of a city, e.g. Madurodam, models of real buildings on scale 1:25, but the arrangement does not represent a real city
  • models of the Eiffel Tower, scales 1.04:1, 1:2, 1:3, etc. (and much smaller ones bought as souvenir)
  • the Atomium, a model of an iron crystal, scale 150 billion:1.