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Simulation

noun

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).

(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program. Synonym: computer simulation.

Representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale). Synonym: model.

The act of giving a false appearance. Synonyms: feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense.

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"Simulation" Quotes from Famous Books

... here again he seemed to be disappointed. To his great discomfiture, a large man not only returned his salutation with powerful levity, but with equal playfulness seized him in his arms, and after an ingenious simulation of depositing him in the horse-trough set him down in affected amazement. "Bleth't if I didn't think from the weight of your hand it wath my old friend, Thacramento Bill," said Curson apologetically, ...

— Frontier Stories • Bret Harte

... secular character by strong ecclesiastical suggestions in the shape of the furniture, the pattern of the carpet, and the prints on the wall; where, if a nap is taken, it is an easy-chair with a Gothic back, and the very feet rest on a warm and velvety simulation of church windows; where the pure art of rigorous English Protestantism smiles above the mantelpiece in the portrait of an eminent bishop, or a refined Anglican taste is indicated by a German print from Overbeck; where the walls are lined with choice divinity in sombre binding, and the light ...

— Scenes of Clerical Life • George Eliot

... an effort to hide the pain he really felt. His utmost endeavor was to control his feelings. With no idea of simulation, he wanted time to think. Altogether it would have been impossible for him to have chosen a course more perplexing to Demedes, who found himself driven to ...

— The Prince of India - Or - Why Constantinople Fell - Volume 2 • Lew. Wallace

... sentinel. It was a fine simulation of outraged discipline, and so life-like that when he spoke of a court martial, the culprit weakened. He opened his mouth. At that Lopez's stern anger became real. He feared the sentinel would ...

— The Missourian • Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle

... who entered first, declared afterwards that she was positive she saw him close his eyes like a flash and lapse into an appearance of drowsiness, but if she was not in error, his subsequent manner was a very clever simulation of midday slumber. Three or four times in the course of the next hour he shifted his position and half opened his eyes, but drooped back quickly into the most ...

— Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes - The Quest of a Summer Vacation • Stella M. Francis

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