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sim·u·la·tion

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–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, esp. a computer program designed for the purpose.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME simulacion < L simulātiōn- (s. of simulātiō) a pretense. See simulate, -ion

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sim·u·la·tion Audio Help (sĭm'yə-lā'shən) Pronunciation Key
n.

The act or process of simulating.
An imitation; a sham.
Assumption of a false appearance.
1. Imitation or representation, as of a potential situation or in experimental testing.
2. Representation of the operation or features of one process or system through the use of another: computer simulation of an in-flight emergency.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
simulation

1340, "a false show, false profession," from O.Fr. simulation, from L. simulationem (nom. simulatio) "an imitating, feigning," noun of action from simulare "imitate," from stem of similis "like" (see similar).

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simulation
noun
1.	the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)
2.	(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated"
3.	representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) [syn: model]
4.	the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending" [syn: pretense]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˌsimuˈlation1 noun

(an act of) simulating

Arabic:	تَظاهُر بِ، تَصَنُّع
Chinese (Simplified):	模仿
Chinese (Traditional):	模仿
Czech:	simulace
Danish:	simulering
Dutch:	nabootsing
Estonian:	simuleerimine
Finnish:	jäljitteleminen
French:	simulation
German:	die Vortäuschung
Greek:	απομίμηση, εξομοίωση
Hungarian:	tettetés
Icelandic:	uppgerð, látalæti
Indonesian:	simulasi
Italian:	simulazione

Japanese:	まねること
Korean:	흉내
Latvian:	simulācija; atdarināšana
Lithuanian:	apsimetimas, imitavimas
Norwegian:	etterlikning, simulering
Polish:	symulacja !!added meaning — imitacja
Portuguese (Brazil):	simulação
Portuguese (Portugal):	simulação
Romanian:	simulare
Russian:	симуляция
Slovak:	simulácia
Slovenian:	simulacija
Spanish:	simulación, simulacro
Swedish:	simulation, simulering
Turkish:	taklit etme, benzetim

ˌsimuˈlation2 noun

something made to resemble something else

Arabic:	تَقْليد، مُحاكاه
Chinese (Simplified):	假冒
Chinese (Traditional):	假冒
Czech:	nápodoba
Danish:	efterligning
Dutch:	imitatie
Estonian:	matkimine
Finnish:	jäljittely
French:	simulation
German:	die Nachahmung
Greek:	απομίμηση
Hungarian:	szimulálás
Icelandic:	eftirlíking
Indonesian:	tiruan
Italian:	simulazione

Japanese:	模擬
Korean:	모조품
Latvian:	imitācija; atdarinājums; pakaļdarinājums
Lithuanian:	netikras daiktas, imitacija
Norwegian:	etterlikning
Portuguese (Brazil):	imitação
Portuguese (Portugal):	simulação
Romanian:	simulare
Russian:	подделка, имитация
Slovak:	napodobnenina
Slovenian:	oponašanje
Spanish:	imitación
Swedish:	imitation, förfalskning
Turkish:	taklit

See also: simulated, simulate

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

simulation
Attempting to predict aspects of the behaviour of some system by creating an approximate (mathematical) model of it. This can be done by physical modelling, by writing a special-purpose computer program or using a more general simulation package, probably still aimed at a particular kind of simulation (e.g. structural engineering, fluid flow). Typical examples are aircraft flight simlators or electronic circuit simulators. A great many simulation languages exist, e.g. Simula.
See also emulation, Markov chain.
Usenet newsgroup: comp.simulation.
(1995-02-23)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Simulation

Sim`u*la"tion\, n. [F. simulation, L. simulatio.] The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true.

Syn: Counterfeiting; feint; pretense.

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