Hypertext Webster Gateway: "simulation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Syn: Counterfeiting; feint; pretense.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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 simulating
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}]
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