what does simulation mean?
SIMULATION as NOUN
- Meaning
- the act of giving a false appearance
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- his conformity was only pretending
Hypernyms(s) simulation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- 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)
Hypernyms(s) simulation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
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Hypernyms(s) simulation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program
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- a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated
Hypernyms(s) simulation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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