Simulation
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of giving a false appearance
"His conformity was only pretending"
(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)
(4) (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"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
First attested in 1340. From / < / < from .
Noun
- Something which simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.
- This exercise is a simulation of actual battle conditions.
- The most reliable simulation predicts that the hurricane will turn north.
- The process of simulating.
- Despite extensive simulation in the design phase, the aircraft failed to behave as expected.