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im⋅i⋅ta⋅tion
[im-i-tey-shuh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | a result or product of imitating. |
| 2. | the act of imitating. |
| 3. | a counterfeit; copy. |
| 4. | a literary composition that imitates the manner or subject of another author or work. |
| 5. | Biology. mimicry. |
| 6. | Psychology. the performance of an act whose stimulus is the observation of the act performed by another person. |
| 7. | Sociology. the copying of patterns of activity and thought of other groups or individuals. |
| 8. | Art.
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| 9. | Music. the repetition of a melodic phrase at a different pitch or key from the original or in a different voice part. |
mod⋅el⋅ing
[mod-l-ing] –noun
| 1. | the act, art, or profession of a person who models. |
| 2. | the process of producing sculptured form with some plastic material, as clay. |
| 3. | the technique of rendering the illusion of volume on a two-dimensional surface by shading. |
| 4. | the treatment of volume, as the turning of a form, in sculpture. |
| 5. | the representation, often mathematical, of a process, concept, or operation of a system, often implemented by a computer program. |
| 6. | Also called imitation. Psychology. therapy in which a particular behavior is elicited by the observation of similar behavior in others. |
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| im·i·ta·tion (ĭm'ĭ-tā'shən) n.
im'i·ta'tion·al adj. |
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Imitation
Im"i*ta"tion\, n. [L. imitatio: cf. F. imitation.]1. The act of imitating. Poesy is an art of imitation, . . . that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance. Both these arts are not only true imitations of nature, but of the best nature. --Dryden. 3. (Mus.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon. 4. (Biol.) The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3. Note: Imitation is often used adjectively to characterize things which have a deceptive appearance, simulating the qualities of a superior article; -- opposed to real or genuine; as, imitation lace; imitation bronze; imitation modesty, etc.
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Language Translation for : Imitation
Spanish:
imitación,
German:
die Nachahmung,
Japanese:
模倣
imitation
1502, from O.Fr. imitacion, from L. imitationem (nom. imitatio) "imitation," from imitari "to copy, portray, imitate," from PIE *im-eto-, from base *aim- "copy." (Related to L. imago, see image). The verb imitate is first recorded 1534.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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imitation
in psychology, the reproduction or performance of an act that is stimulated by the perception of a similar act by another animal or person. Essentially, it involves a model to which the attention and response of the imitator are directed
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