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.

Other Words From

• nonsim·u·lation noun

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

Example Sentences

Describing the rules governing the regions and turning them into computer simulations required the input of the many experts that have found and know these rules.

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Other research labs have used simulations to show that reducing population-level food consumption can lower energy costs, preserve land and water resources, and reduce greenhouse gas creation by keeping discarded food out of landfills.

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Under status quo conditions, the model shows continued declines in groundwater levels, dropping by 14 feet on average, with declines up to 65 feet in some areas over the 30-year simulation.

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Conventional approaches to storm forecasting involve large numerical simulations run on supercomputers incorporating mountains of observational data, and they still often result in inaccurate or incomplete predictions.

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The studies discovered that favorable nanoparticle-protein interactions can be predicted from machine learning models that are trained from atom-scale molecular dynamics simulations.

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Related Words

• reproduction