Simulation - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌsɪmjəˈleɪʃən|  American pronunciation of the word simulation
Brit.  |ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪʃən|  British pronunciation of the word 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
a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) (syn: model)
- the act of giving a false appearance (syn: pretence, pretending, pretense)

Extra examples

They use computer simulation to predict weather conditions.

Word forms

noun
singular: simulation
plural: simulations
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