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Synonyms for simulation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sim-yuh-ley-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɪm yəˈleɪ ʃən

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Définition of simulation

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "a false show, false profession," from Old French simulation "pretence" and directly from Latin simulationem (nominative simulatio) "an imitating, feigning, false show, hypocrisy," noun of action from past participle stem of simulare "imitate," from stem of similis "like" (see similar). Meaning "a model or mock-up for purposes of experiment or training" is from 1954.
  • noun imitation
Example sentences :
  • One of its most deadly weapons is fatigue, or the simulation of fatigue.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • In line with this, a simulation of the military is a favorite device.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • The simulation of death, therefore, implies a certain knowledge of death.
  • Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
  • The Italian did not overrate that craft of simulation proverbial with her country and her sex.
  • Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
  • "They were bad enough," he said, with a simulation of shame.
  • Extract from : « The Folly Of Eustace » by Robert S. Hichens
  • I urged, with as near a simulation of his own manner in saying the words as I could affect.
  • Extract from : « That Affair Next Door » by Anna Katharine Green
  • There remained the possibility that Anderson might be capable of simulation.
  • Extract from : « Anderson Crow, Detective » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • There is no mind quite so nimble, adaptive, or capable of simulation as that of the Pole.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Ration » by George Abel Schreiner
  • Ludovico was practised in the simulation of diplomatic faintness.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci » by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
  • There is a simulation of intelligence, just as there is a simulation of virtue.
  • Extract from : « Philosophic Nights In Paris » by Remy De Gourmont

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