simulation

5 definitions found

simulation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

simulation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  simulation
      n 1: 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)
      2: (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: simulation, computer simulation]
      3: representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
         [syn: model, simulation]
      4: the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was
         only pretending" [syn: pretense, pretence, pretending,
         simulation, feigning]

simulation - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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)
  

simulation - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  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. 
  
  

simulation - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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