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: (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: computer
          simulation]
     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)
        [syn: model]
     4: the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was
        only pretending" [syn: pretense, pretence, pretending,
         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
     
        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.