SIMULATION as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the act of giving a false appearance
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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 Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. 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 Hyponym(s)
  3. Meaning
    • representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) simulation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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 Derived(s)