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simulant, a. and n.|ˈsɪmjʊlənt|
[ad. L. simulant-em, pres. pple. of simulāre to simulate.]
A. adj. Simulating; presenting the appearance of something else.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 348 Simulant,..when the mesothorax is covered by the prothorax, and the Metathorax only is visible, under the form of an elongated or enlarged scutellum. 1891Cent. Dict. s.v., A good many parts and organs..are thus simulant of others from which they are morphologically different.
B. n. One who, or that which, simulates something else.
1860W. H. Russell Diary India I. 103 These are, indeed, solemn processions, which not even youth and beauty, or their simulants, can make gay. 1979Mills & Mansfield Genuine Article vii. 110 The studio audience were challenged to tell the difference between a genuine diamond and an imitation. A tray of simulants containing a genuine diamond..was produced. 1979Nature 6 Dec. 655/3 Yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) and cubic zirconia are both used as diamond simulants. |