simulation

[ sim-yuh-ley-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing.

  2. the act or process of pretending; feigning.

  1. an assumption or imitation of a particular appearance or form; counterfeit; sham.

  2. Psychiatry. a conscious attempt to feign some mental or physical disorder to escape punishment or to gain a desired objective.

  3. the representation of the behavior or characteristics of one system through the use of another system, especially a computer program designed for the purpose.

Origin of simulation

1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English simulacion, from Latin simulātiōn- (stem of simulātiō ) “a pretense”; see simulate, -ion

Other words from simulation

  • non·sim·u·la·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for simulation

simulation

/ (ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the act or an instance of simulating

  2. the assumption of a false appearance or form

  1. a representation of a problem, situation, etc, in mathematical terms, esp using a computer

  2. maths statistics computing the construction of a mathematical model for some process, situation, etc, in order to estimate its characteristics or solve problems about it probabilistically in terms of the model

  3. psychiatry the conscious process of feigning illness in order to gain some particular end; malingering

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