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.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Counterfeiting; feint; pretense.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
simulation
n 1: (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" [syn: computer
simulation]
2: 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)
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, pretence, pretending,
feigning]
WordNet (r) 2.0
110 Moby Thesaurus words for "simulation":
accordance, acting, adoption, affectation, agreement, alikeness,
alliance, analogy, aping, appearance, approach, appropriation,
approximation, assimilation, assumption, attitudinizing, bluff,
bluffing, borrowed plumes, cheating, closeness, color, coloring,
community, comparability, comparison, conformity, copying,
correspondence, counterfeiting, deception, delusion, derivation,
deriving, disguise, dissemblance, dissembling, dissimulation,
emulation, facade, face, fakery, faking, false air, false front,
false show, falsity, feigning, feint, following, forgery,
four-flushing, fraud, front, gilt, gloss, hit-off, humbug,
humbuggery, identity, imitation, impersonation, imposture,
impression, infringement, likeness, likening, masquerade,
meretriciousness, metaphor, mimesis, mimicking, mirroring, mocking,
nearness, onomatopoeia, ostentation, outward show, parallelism,
parity, parody, pasticcio, pastiche, pirating, plagiarism,
plagiary, playacting, pose, posing, posture, pretense, pretension,
pretext, repetition, representation, resemblance, sameness,
seeming, semblance, sham, show, similarity, simile, similitude,
simulacrum, speciousness, takeoff, taking, varnish,
window dressing
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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: news:comp.simulation.
(1995-02-23)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
SIMULATION, French law. This word is derived from the Latin simul, together.
It indicates, agreeably to its etymology, the concert or agreement of two or
more persons to give to one thing the appearance of another, for the purpose
of fraud. Merl. Repert. h.t.
2. With us such act might be punished by indictment for a conspiracy;
by avoiding the pretended contract; or by action to recover back the money
or property which may have been thus fraudulently obtained.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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