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simulation

[ sim-yuh-ley-shuhn ]

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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  • nonsim·u·lation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of simulation1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English simulacion, from Latin simulātiōn- (stem of simulātiō ) “a pretense”; simulate, -ion
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Example Sentences

The problem is that they did not do a full race simulation - and Verstappen appeared not to do a race run at all.

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Simmer Amira says it's especially important for a life simulation game such as The Sims to include as many people as possible.

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The last three and a half weeks have convinced Griffin Goldsmith that he might, as he puts it, be “living in a simulation.”

In April, he and colleagues published a paper detailing the results of computer simulations that showed how a different oxygen-extracting process might be hindered by the moon’s relatively feeble gravitational pull.

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Before this season's competition, Opta calculated each team's projected points tallies and likelihood of progressing based on 50,000 simulations of the league phase.

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simulatedˌsimuˈlation