I wouldn't consider the word "model" to be too precious. It does not have an expectation of fidelity in general. Also, of course: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

I wouldn't consider the word "model" to be too precious. It does not have an expectation of fidelity in general. Also, of course: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong