(n) 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)
(n) (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program, Syn.computer simulation, Example: a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated
a. [ L. simulatus, p. p. of simulare to simulate; akin to simul at the same time, together, similis like. See Similar, and cf. Dissemble, Semblance. ] Feigned; pretended. Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Simulated p. pr. & vb. n. Simulating. ] To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit; to feign. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Puritans, even in the depths of the dungeons to which she had sent them, prayed, and with no simulated fervor, that she might be kept from the dagger of the assassin. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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