Model and Trace

Model

Model verb - Create a representation or model of.

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Trace and model are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trace" instead a verb "Model".

Trace verb - To draw or make apparent the outline of.

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Model and trace are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Model" instead a verb "Trace".

Nearby Words: track, traced, tracing, traceable, tracking

physical	physical model	physical trace
particular	particular model	particular trace
complete	complete model	complete trace
original	original model	original trace
Other adjectives: single, small, entire, real, unique, final, last.

Similarly to the protoss example above, the recovered adjutant is not the same model as the ones shown in the original game—though it does have a trace of a Southern accent, in contrast to your normal adjutant.

Source: Video Game / StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
In the sister franchise Portal, there is a related Shout-Out to this same model in the swirling particles seen when the portal gun is fired: their paths trace out a simple 3d cross-section of a Calabi-Yau manifold.

Source: More Than Three Dimensions
In layout, animation and assistant animation you had to trace the model sheets.

Source: Creator Backlash

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Trace and Model. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/model/trace

Model & Trace. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/model/trace>.

Trace or Model. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/model/trace.

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