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mimicking

[mim-ik]

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verb (used with object)

to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.

to imitate in a servile or unthinking way; ape.

to be an imitation of; simulate; resemble closely.

noun

a person who mimics, especially a performer skilled in mimicking others.

a copy or imitation of something.

a performer in a mime.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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adjective

imitating or copying something, often on a smaller scale: a mimic battle.

apt at or given to imitating; imitative; simulative.

Origin:
1580–90; < Latin mīmicus < Greek mīmikós. See mime, -ic

Related forms

mim·ick·er, noun

un·mim·icked, adjective

Synonyms
1. follow, mock; impersonate; simulate, counterfeit. 7. mock, simulated.

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Niedenthal argues, people recognize smiles by mimicking them.

Young coyotes lure their prey by mimicking their sounds and actions.

Mimicking the behaviour of ants, bees and birds started as a poor man's version of artificial intelligence.

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Niedenthal argues, people recognize smiles by mimicking them.

Young coyotes lure their prey by mimicking their sounds and actions.

Mimicking the behaviour of ants, bees and birds started as a poor man's version of artificial intelligence.

If eyespots worked by mimicking eyes, then the paper insects with circular spots presented in pairs should be preyed on least.

Similar to us, birds learn to sing by mimicking the adults, and the early chirps are akin to a baby's babble.

Computers are coming closer and closer to mimicking the human brain.

The field's trailblazers believed success lay in mimicking the logic-based reasoning.

Rubner reported success in mimicking the beetle, finding a way to print superhydrophilic patterns on a superhydrophobic surface.

They have selected some brain-teasing but practical problems in the hope that these would get closer to mimicking real insight.

Bartels ceased struggling, mimicking dead prey, and fooled the lion into relaxing his jaws.

They zapped it with electricity, mimicking lightning.

Neural networks are computer systems designed to find patterns in data by mimicking human thought processes.

Ellett works with traditional glaze recipes, mimicking the color and sheen without using lead.

Tourists who visit other countries find themselves mimicking the.

Biomimetics is the concept of industrial design and engineering mimicking characteristics found in nature.

Over the decade, more litter covered the tacked-down containers as well, mimicking natural conditions.

Branching patterns, mimicking tree-tops or roots, are one of many examples of fractals seen in nature.

The author delights in mimicking the gauche naivete of folk narrative.

The government sues constantly, mimicking its counterparts in neighbouring countries.

The boys stay close by his side, mimicking his every move.

Bates reasoned that by mimicking the toxic heliconids' warning colors, the harmless pierids were escaping predation.

Black-brown spots mark the leaves of the orchid, mimicking the diseased look of a plant covered with fungus.

Bland onstage, mimicking that singer's languid, bluesy croon.

Other researchers are applying nanotechnology and molecular chemistry to solar power, with the aim of mimicking photosynthesis.

And a mimicking octopus not only changes colors but can emulate anything from rocks to snakes.

That's mimicking but he also knows what event it will create.

They work by mimicking nerve impulses from the brain:.

Butley is deft at self-mockery, as well as mimicking others.

Since time immemorial, would-be aviators have tried to fly by mimicking birds and bees.

Only once or twice has one ever responded to my mimicking calls.

Mary you can buy special glazing mediums for acrylic paint which work hard at mimicking oils.

Laboratory attempts at mimicking diamonds have been largely unsuccessful.

The students may be paying homage to favorite movies or mimicking the world around them.

Second, if your prior comment was really your attempt at mimicking me to make me see the error of my ways, you completely failed.

The mileage ratings come from running cars on machinery in labs that do only a fair job of mimicking actual road conditions.

While some engineers are mimicking the brain, others are going after the eye.

But in conveying the song's silly lyrics, that was as close as he came to mimicking a turkey.

Then they shook half their beehives, mimicking a predator attack.

The machine starts to spin, again, mimicking the natural knee joint motion a player makes when changing direction.

The program has already designed a vision system that is capable of mimicking the visual pathway in mammals.

But a huge part of that is mimicking the style of the videos, the excitement and glossiness.

Boeing's thought is mimicking the light schedule of your destination, some of the dreaded jet lag can be.

Then there's the difficulty of explaining that mimicking the cerebral cortex isn't exactly the same as recreating the brain.

Cook a multi-course meal of dishes mimicking food from geeky movies and television shows.

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Word Origin & History

mimic

1580s (n.), 1590s (adj.), 1680s (v.), from L. mimicus, from Gk. mimikos "of or pertaining to mimes," from mimos "mime." Related: Mimicked; mimicking.

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Medical Dictionary

mimic mim·ic (mĭm'ĭk)
v. mim·icked, mim·ick·ing, mim·ics

To resemble closely; simulate.
To take on the appearance of.

mim'ic adj. & n.

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