The activity of making models, miniature representations of things.

plural of modern language

An independent branch in the Semitic languages, niece to the Old South Arabian lects, situated in the east of Yemen and in Oman, the largest being the Mehri language extending over both countries with a six-digit speaker number, bordering, while thus embosoming the intermediary Hobyot, the Shehri (syn.: Jibbali) language in Oman, and further containing the small Bathari and Harsusi languages in Oman, + the larger Soqotri language on Soqotra.

Related or belonging to the aforementioned language group

plural of model railway

(UK) A railway in miniature built as a hobby.

plural of model shop

A retail outlet that sells models (noun, sense 3), or kits to make them.

(economics) A mathematical model for the dynamics of a financial market containing derivative investment instruments.

Synonym of dual-sector model