simulation

American  

[sim-yuh-ley-shuhn] / ˌsɪm yəˈleɪ ʃən /

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.

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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

But it’s clear at this point that what we’re watching is meant to be understood as a flagrant simulation.

From Los Angeles Times

They paired these measurements with detailed ab initio simulations that tracked thousands of possible atomic pathways and calculated how likely decay was along each one.

From Science Daily

They will also test its manual piloting capabilities during docking simulations.

From Barron's

To uncover this process, the team relied on hydrodynamical simulations, which model how material flows inside stars in three dimensions.

From Science Daily

Now, companies are training AI models on the output of thousands of simulations they already have, so they can learn to predict the right outcome in seconds.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• reproduction