simulate
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
simulate
v 1: reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated
the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or
older siblings" [syn: {imitate}, {copy}, {simulate}]
2: create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained
in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" [syn:
{model}, {simulate}]
3: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though
she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn:
{simulate}, {assume}, {sham}, {feign}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Simulate \Sim"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Simulated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Simulating}.]
To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to
assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit;
to feign.
[1913 Webster]
The Puritans, even in the depths of the dungeons to
which she had sent them, prayed, and with no simulated
fervor, that she might be kept from the dagger of the
assassin. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
simulation
simulate
<simulation, system> 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)
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
100 Moby Thesaurus words for "simulate":
act, act a part, act like, adopt, affect, ape, appear like,
approach, appropriate, approximate, assume, be like,
be redolent of, bear resemblance, bluff, borrow, bring to mind,
call to mind, call up, chorus, come close, come near, compare with,
copy, correspond, counterfeit, cover up, crib, derive from,
dissemble, dissimulate, ditto, do, do a bit, do like, dramatize,
echo, evoke, fake, favor, feature, feign, follow, forge,
four-flush, gammon, go like, histrionize, hoke, hoke up, imitate,
infringe, let on, let on like, look like, make a pretense,
make like, make out like, make use of, match, mimic, mirror, mock,
near, nearly reproduce, not tell apart, overact, parallel,
partake of, pirate, plagiarize, play, play a part, play a scene,
play possum, playact, pose, pretend, profess, put on, put on airs,
reecho, reflect, remind one of, repeat, resemble, savor of,
seem like, sham, smack of, sound like, stack up with, steal,
suggest, take, take after, take on, take over,
tug the heartstrings, wear
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