imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing.
the act or process of pretending; feigning.
an assumption or imitation of a particular appearance or form; counterfeit; sham.
Psychiatry. a conscious attempt to feign some mental or physical disorder to escape punishment or to gain a desired objective.
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
1300–50;Middle Englishsimulacion < Latinsimulātiōn- (stem of simulātiō) a pretense. See simulate, -ion
a representation of a problem, situation, etc, in mathematical terms, esp using a computer
mathsstatisticscomputingthe 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
psychiatrythe conscious process of feigning illness in order to gain some particular end; malingering
mid-14c., "a false show, false profession," from Old French simulation "pretence" and directly from Latin simulationem (nominative simulatio) "an imitating, feigning, false show, hypocrisy," noun of action from past participle stem of simulare "imitate," from stem of similis "like" (see similar). Meaning "a model or mock-up for purposes of experiment or training" is from 1954.
