simulation

sim·u·la·tion  (smy-lshn)

n.

1. The act or process of simulating.

2. An imitation; a sham.

3. Assumption of a false appearance.

4.

a. Imitation or representation, as of a potential situation or in experimental testing.

b. Representation of the operation or features of one process or system through the use of another: computer simulation of an in-flight emergency.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	simulation - 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) war game - a simulation of a military operation intended to train military commanders or to demonstrate a situation or to test a proposed strategy modelling, modeling, model - the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
	2.	simulation - (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" computer simulation technique - a practical method or art applied to some particular task framework, model, theoretical account - a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems" computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures time-scale factor - the ratio of the simulation time to the time of the real process extended time scale, slow time scale - (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one fast time scale - (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one
	3.	simulation - representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) model figure - a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus" globe - a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented mock-up - full-scale working model of something built for study or testing or display planetarium - an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems restoration - a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc. representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something roughcast - a rough preliminary model
	4.	simulation - the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending" pretending, pretense, feigning, pretence dissimulation, deception, dissembling, deceit - the act of deceiving show, appearance - pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show" pretend, make-believe - the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend" affectation, affectedness, mannerism, pose - a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display masquerade - making a false outward show; "a beggar's masquerade of wealth"

Translations

simulation [sɪmjuˈleɪʃən] n → simulación f

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simulation [sɪmjuˈleɪʃən] n → simulation f

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simulation [sɪmjuˈleɪʃən] simulate n → Vortäuschung f;

(simulated object) → Imitation f;

(Tech) → Simulation f

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simulation [sɪmjuˈleɪʃən] n → simulazione f