paradigm
noun(par-a-digm)
example, pattern; especially : an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype
paradigm
noun(par-a-digm)
an example of a conjugation or declension showing a word in all its inflectional forms
paradigm
noun(par-a-digm)
a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated; broadly : a philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind
paradigm
noun(par-a-digm)
an important change that happens when the usual way of thinking about or doing something is replaced by a new and different way