What does Manikin mean?
Definitions for Manikin
ˈmæn ɪ kɪnmanikin
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Princeton's WordNet
manikin, mannikin, homunculusnoun
a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, modelnoun
a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
"she was too fat to be a mannequin"
mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, formnoun
a life-size dummy used to display clothes
GCIDE
Manikinnoun
A mannequin.
Wiktionary
manikinnoun
a short person
manikinnoun
a life-size anatomical model used as a teaching aid
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Manikinnoun
A little man.
Etymology: manniken, Dutch.
This is a dear manikin to you, Sir Toby.
—— I have been dear to him, lad, some two thousand strong. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.
Wikipedia
Manikin
A mannequin (also called a dummy, lay figure, or dress form) is a doll, often articulated, used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, window dressers and others, especially to display or fit clothing and show off different fabrics and textiles. Previously, the English term referred to human models and muses (a meaning which it still retains in French and other European languages); the meaning as a dummy dating from the start of World War II.Life-sized mannequins with simulated airways are used in the teaching of first aid, CPR, and advanced airway management skills such as tracheal intubation. During the 1950s, mannequins were used in nuclear tests to help show the effects of nuclear weapons on humans. Also referred to as mannequins are the human figures used in computer simulation to model the behavior of the human body. Mannequin comes from the French word mannequincode: fra promoted to code: fr , which had acquired the meaning "an artist's jointed model", which in turn came from the Flemish word mannekencode: nld promoted to code: nl , meaning "little man, figurine", referring to late Middle Ages practice in Flanders whereby public display of even women's clothes was performed by male pages (boys). Fashion shops in Paris ordered dolls in reed from Flemish merchants. Flanders was in logistics the easiest region to import dolls in reed from, as transport on the rivers Schelde and Oise provide easy routes from Flanders to Paris. As the Flemish wrote 'manneke(n)code: nld promoted to code: nl ' for 'little man' on their invoices, the Parisians pronounced this as 'mannequen', hence shifted to 'mannequin'. A mannequin is thus masculine, not feminine.
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manikin
A manikin is a life-sized anatomical human model used in education, particularly in medical and art studies. It can also refer to a dummy used to display clothing in retail stores. It's a jointed model representing the human body, usually made from materials like plastic or fiberglass.
Webster Dictionary
Manikinnoun
a little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin
Manikinnoun
a model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different parts and organs, their relative position, etc
Etymology: [OD. manneken, dim. of man man. See Man, and -kin.]
Wikidata
Manikin
Manikin is a fictional mutant character featured in the publications of Marvel Comics. He is a super hero and former member of Alpha Flight.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Manikin
man′i-kin, n. a dwarf: a pasteboard model exhibiting the different parts and organs of the human body. [Old Dut. mann-ek-en, a double dim. of man, Eng. man.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Manikin in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Manikin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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