Found 3 items, similar to archetype.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: archetype pola dasar
English → English (WordNet) Definition: archetype archetype n : an original model on which something is patterned [syn: original, pilot]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Archetype Archetype \Ar"che*type\ ([aum]r"k[-e]*t[imac]p), n. [L. archetypum, Gr. 'arche`typon, fr. 'arche`typos stamped first and as model; 'arche = 'archi + ty`pos stamp, figure, pattern, ty`ptein to strike: cf. F. arch['e]type. See Arch-, pref.] 1. The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed. [1913 Webster] The House of Commons, the archetype of all the representative assemblies which now meet. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Types and shadows of that glorious archetype that was to come into the world. --South. [1913 Webster] 2. (Coinage) The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted. [1913 Webster] 3. (Biol.) The plan or fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the vertebrate archetype. [1913 Webster]