Simulation

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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)
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  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.