simulation

[sim-yuh-ley-shuhn]

noun

1. imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing.

2. the act or process of pretending; feigning.

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

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

5. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of simulation¹

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

Example Sentences

More than 20 million adults have had active shooter training, learning how to keep doors shut or disarm a shooter, participating in multiplayer video simulations.

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The simulations track how gas in the plumes behaves on very small scales, where individual particles move, collide, and transfer energy in a way similar to marbles bouncing into one another.

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They used methods such as exact diagonalization, density matrix renormalization group, and Monte Carlo simulations to test how electrons behave under various scenarios.

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Their model includes 100 times more stars than the most sophisticated earlier simulations and was generated more than 100 times faster.

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Ultimately, these results are aggregate summaries of many simulations over many market conditions and tax rates.

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Related Words

• reproduction