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
    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]

	

	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

	

	simulation
simulate

    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, 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.