prototypic
Standard form representing
Prototypic means serving as an original model or standard example from which others derive.
A prototypic smartphone established features all later models would copy.
The word functions identically to prototypical, though prototypical is more common: the prototypic American suburb, a prototypic case of the disease.
Representing the ideal type
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- exemplarTypical perfect instance
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
- embodimentConcrete manifestation of idea
ideal · essence · archetypal · representative · definitive · classic · textbook · model
Standard for comparison
- criterionStandard for judgment
- yardstickThirty-six-inch ruler
- touchstoneStandard for evaluation
- gaugeStandard of measurement
measure · norm · baseline · reference · specification · canon · guideline · convention
One that comes before
- predecessorOne who came first
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- ancestorPredecessor in lineage
progenitor · originator · antecedent · harbinger · herald · vanguard · pathfinder · groundbreaker
quintessential
Representing the ideal type
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- exemplarTypical perfect instance
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
embodiment · ideal · essence · archetypal · representative · definitive · classic · textbook · model · characteristic
benchmark
Standard for comparison
- criterionStandard for judgment
- yardstickThirty-six-inch ruler
- touchstoneStandard for evaluation
gauge · measure · norm · baseline · reference · specification · canon · guideline · convention · template
forerunner
One that comes before
- predecessorOne who came first
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
ancestor · progenitor · originator · antecedent · harbinger · herald · vanguard · pathfinder · groundbreaker · innovator
prototypicatypical
Not conforming to type
unrepresentative · aberrant · anomalous · deviant · untypical
prototypicunconventional
Departing from standard practice
nonstandard · unorthodox · novel · experimental · innovative
- rapid prototypingQuick fabrication of preliminary models
- prototype testingAssessing initial design samples
- prototype vehicleEarly test version automobile
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