Sample sentences for PROTOTYPE

2 meanings

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1 —as in:
prototype of the new machine

Definition

the first example of something upon which future instances will be based — such as a new machine or process

prototype = the first example of something upon which future instances will be based

Other Uses (with this meaning)

prototype = the first example of something upon which future instances will be based

We've had positive response to a prototype of the new game.
All around him early prototypes of Redd's numerous inventions were on display in spotlit alcoves:
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars

prototypes = the first examples of various products that serve as models from which future machines are developed or copied

Night Wolves was, technically, the Granadica Design and Prototyping Center.
John Ringo -- Live Free or Die

2 —as in:
prototypical response

Definition

a standard example

prototypical = a standard example

Other Uses (with this meaning)

prototype = a standard example

He is a prototypical comic book hero.
He was the antithesis of the prototypical cadet leader.
Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
I began my second letter to Piedmont in prototypical Conrack style—self-righteous, angry, undiplomatic, unapologetic, and flaming.
Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
"I was, like, the prototypical white Hoosier kid," he said.
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars
She was a prototypical suburban mom, minus the SUV.
Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars
Half a century later, in his path-breaking book The Mask of Sanity, Dr. Hervey Cleckley described the prototypical psychopath as "a subtly constructed reflex machine which can mimic the human personality perfectly....
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City

Less commonly:

More rarely, prototype can reference a primitive example containing essential features of later examples.

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