Definition of Simulation

1. Noun. 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).

Specialized synonyms: War Game
Generic synonyms: Model, Modeling, Modelling

2. Noun. (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"
Exact synonyms: Computer Simulation
Generic synonyms: Technique, Framework, Model, Theoretical Account
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Examples of category: Time-scale Factor, Extended Time Scale, Slow Time Scale, Fast Time Scale
Derivative terms: Simulate

3. Noun. Representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale).
Exact synonyms: Model
Specialized synonyms: Figure, Globe, Mock-up, Planetarium, Restoration, Roughcast
Generic synonyms: Representation
Derivative terms: Model, Model, Model

4. Noun. The act of giving a false appearance. "His conformity was only pretending"

Definition of Simulation

1. n. The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true.

Definition of Simulation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Simulation

1. Imitation; said of a disease or symptom that resembles another, or of the feigning of illness as in factitious illness or malingering; in radiation therapy, using a geometrically similar radiographic system or computer to plan the location of therapy ports. Origin: L. Simulatio, fr. Simulo, pp. -atus, to imitate, fr. Similis, like (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Simulation

simulacres
simulacrum
simulacrums
simulant
simulants
simular
simulars
simulate
simulated
simulated annealing
simulated hypertrophy
simulated military operation
simulates
simulating
simulation (current term)
simulation (current term)
simulations
simulative
simulative electronic deception
simulator
simulator
simulators
simulcast
simulcasted
simulcasting
simulcasts
simuliidae
Simuliidae
Simulium
Simulium

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