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[sim-yuh-ley-shuh n]
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noun

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.

RELATED WORDS

reproduction, likeness, reflection, image, duplicate, replica, counterfeit, fake, facsimile, copy, clone, match, sham, duplication, mirroring, paralleling

Nearby words

  1. simulacrum,
  2. simulant,
  3. simular,
  4. simulate,
  5. simulated,
  6. simulator,
  7. simulatory,
  8. simulcast,
  9. simulium,
  10. simultanagnosia

Origin of simulation

1300–50; Middle English simulacion < Latin simulātiōn- (stem of simulātiō) a pretense. See simulate, -ion
Related formsnon·sim·u·la·tion, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for simulation

simulation

noun

the act or an instance of simulating
the assumption of a false appearance or form
a representation of a problem, situation, etc, in mathematical terms, esp using a computer
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
psychiatry the conscious process of feigning illness in order to gain some particular end; malingering
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Word Origin and History for simulation

simulation

n.

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.

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Medicine definitions for simulation

simulation

[sĭm′yə-lā′shən]

n.

Close resemblance or imitation, as of one symptom or disease by another.
Assumption of a false appearance.
Reproduction or representation, as of a potential situation or in experimental testing.
Related formssim′u•late′ (-lāt′) v.sim′u•la′tor (-lā′tər) n.
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