An exemplar is a person, a place, an object, or some other entity that serves as a predominant example of a given concept (e.g. "The heroine became an ''exemplar'' in courage to the children"). It may also refer to: * Exemplar, a well-known science problem and its solution, from Thomas Kuhn's ''

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions ''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'' (1962; second edition 1970; third edition 1996; fourth edition 2012) is a book about the history of science by philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn. Its publication was a landmark event in the history, philoso ...

'' * ''Exemplar'', the first name for the ship USS ''Dorothea L. Dix'' (AP-67) * Exemplar, in

exemplification theory Exemplification theory is a theory that states that an event is the exemplification of a property in an entity. This identity is often modeled as an "ordered triple" of an entity, property type, and time. Overview Much of exemplification theory is ...

, an illustrative representation of information or an event * Exemplar, a series of parallel-computing machines introduced in 1994 by

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* Exemplar (art history), an image or version upon which secondary or subsequent versions are dependent *

Exemplar (textual criticism) In textual criticism, an exemplar is the text used to produce another text. In the study of the history of a text an especially important exemplar is that which precedes any split in the tradition of that text, that is, before significant textual v ...

, the text used to produce another version of the text *

Handwriting exemplar A handwriting exemplar is a piece of writing that can be examined forensically, as in a handwriting comparison. The use of an exemplar is especially important to questioned document examination. History Use Handwriting exemplars are used by a do ...

, a writing sample that can be examined forensically * Exemplar theory, in psychology, a theory about how humans categorize objects and ideas * Exemplars (comics), a fictional group of eight humans in the Marvel Comics universe * '' Exemplars of Evil'', an accessory to the 3.5 edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' that shows how to build memorable villains * ''

The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars ''The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars'', also translated as ''The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety'' (), is a classic text of Confucian filial piety written by Guo Jujing ()() Wang, Qi (). ''Xu Wenxian Tongkao'' () vol. 71. during the Yuan dyn ...

'', a classic text of Confucian filial piety written by Guo Jujing during the Yuan dynasty

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