Definitions for simulation

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simulation sim·u·la·tion

Spelling: [sim-yuh-ley-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌsɪm yəˈleɪ ʃən/

Simulation is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 774 anagrams from letters in simulation (aiilmnostu).

Definitions for simulation

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.

Origin of simulation

1300-50; Middle English simulacion Latin simulātiōn- (stem of simulātiō) a pretense. See simulate, -ion

Examples for simulation

In line with this, a simulation of the military is a favorite device.

Of course, the fact that Tris faces and eviscerates her own anxiety lends the simulation scene a veneer of victory and autonomy.

One of its most deadly weapons is fatigue, or the simulation of fatigue.

The Italian did not overrate that craft of simulation proverbial with her country and her sex.

Like its strange predecessor, the first kiss scene, this simulation nightmare strikes a false note.

In the simulation, there were multiple attackers, including a truck bomb, suicide bombers and the home-made bombs known as IEDs.

"They were bad enough," he said, with a simulation of shame.

It crashed after a simulation in which just a few hundred people tried to log on simultaneously.

The simulation of death, therefore, implies a certain knowledge of death.

It was unpleasant and discombobulating: a simulation of hostage-taking, mental asylum and demented dreamscape all rolled into one.