(astronomy) A scenario for the dynamical evolution of the Solar System, proposing the migration of the giant planets from an initial compact configuration into their present positions, long after the dissipation of the initial protoplanetary gas disk.

A program designed to reduce domestic violence against women, based on feminist theory positing that such violence is the result of patriarchal ideology.

plural of model number

A stochastic model for randomly changing systems, where it is assumed that future states depend only on the current state and not those that preceded it.

Alternative letter-case form of Standard Model

(Internet) A cross-platform, language-independent convention for representing and interacting with objects in HTML, XHTML and XML documents.

(shipbuilding) a model of a vessel formed of boards which are shaped according to the water lines as shown in the plans and laid upon each other to form a solid model

A model of microprocessor production in which each microarchitecture change is followed with a die shrink of the process technology.

An approach which extends hyperelastic material models to allow for the Mullins effect.

(historical, physics) An obsolete scientific model of the atom, devised shortly after the discovery of the electron but before the discovery of the atomic nucleus, and according to which the atom is composed of electrons surrounded by a soup of positive charge to balance the electrons' negative charges. It was disproved in 1909.