simulation
Americannoun
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imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing.
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the act or process of pretending; feigning.
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an assumption or imitation of a particular appearance or form; counterfeit; sham.
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Psychiatry. a conscious attempt to feign some mental or physical disorder to escape punishment or to gain a desired objective.
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the representation of the behavior or characteristics of one system through the use of another system, especially a computer program designed for the purpose.
Other Word Forms
- nonsimulation noun
Etymology
Origin of simulation
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English simulacion, from Latin simulātiōn- (stem of simulātiō ) “a pretense”; simulate, -ion
Example Sentences
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One of the core characteristics of the simulation genre is its soothingly repetitive jobs.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Researchers still lack detailed databases describing the mechanical properties of DNA structures, and simulation tools for predicting behavior at this scale are not yet fully developed.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
The company housed Sora under its world simulation team, led by Aditya Ramesh.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
They directly compared those results with a simulation run on an IBM quantum computer.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Of course, I wasn’t exactly historically accurate, since unchaperoned twelve-year-olds weren’t a common sight at Ford’s Theatre, but that didn’t matter for a simulation.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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