imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing.
the act or process of pretending; feigning.
an assumption or imitation of a particular appearance or form; counterfeit; sham.
Psychiatry. a conscious attempt to feign some mental or physical disorder to escape punishment or to gain a desired objective.
the representation of the behavior or characteristics of one system through the use of another system, especially a computer program designed for the purpose.
Origin of simulation
1300–50; Middle English simulacion<Latin simulātiōn- (stem of simulātiō) a pretense. See simulate, -ion
This simulation is repeated 140,605 times to get the probability and distribution of states won by each candidate.
The Forecast: The Methodology Behind Our 2020 Election Model|Daniel Malloy|September 10, 2020|Ozy
When the researchers chose an epidemiological simulation as one of the settings for their study, they didn’t know that the entire world would soon grapple with the very questions they were asking participants to answer.
What a study of video games can tell us about being better decision makers|Walter Frick|September 6, 2020|Quartz
Next, both groups ran computer simulations to figure out how the system formed.
A weirdly warped planet-forming disk circles a distant trio of stars|Lisa Grossman|September 3, 2020|Science News
In 2018, Amazon published a paper about using the software to create synthetic e-commerce transactions so that the data could eventually be used for “product recommendation, targeting deals, and simulation of future events.”
Why American Express is trying technology that makes deepfake videos look real|jonathanvanian2015|September 3, 2020|Fortune
Although technology scored a resounding victory, the controlled conditions of the F-16 simulation doesn’t mean that the program could have beaten a human in real combat.
An F-16 pilot took on A.I. in a dogfight. Here’s who won|Aaron Pressman|August 20, 2020|Fortune
It was unpleasant and discombobulating: a simulation of hostage-taking, mental asylum and demented dreamscape all rolled into one.
Sex, Blood, and Screaming: Blackout’s Dark Frights|Tim Teeman|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Of course, the fact that Tris faces and eviscerates her own anxiety lends the simulation scene a veneer of victory and autonomy.
Sex Won’t Kill Young Adult Heroines: ‘Divergent’ and Rape Culture|Amy Zimmerman|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like its strange predecessor, the first kiss scene, this simulation nightmare strikes a false note.
Sex Won’t Kill Young Adult Heroines: ‘Divergent’ and Rape Culture|Amy Zimmerman|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It crashed after a simulation in which just a few hundred people tried to log on simultaneously.
Obama Can’t Blame the Republicans This Time|Kirsten Powers|October 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the simulation, there were multiple attackers, including a truck bomb, suicide bombers and the home-made bombs known as IEDs.
The Suspect Remains at Large, But the Lockdown Was a Big Success|Eli Lake|April 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Here, however, I saw one instance where indeed no simulation could be suspected.
The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes|Toms de Comyn
The discussion is thus one big tissue of simulation, and is carried on in succession by the elders on each side.
The Manbos of Mindano|John M. Garvan
Beautiful as is Delft, it is really only a simulation in earthenware of blue-and-white porcelain.
Chats on Royal Copenhagen Porcelain|Arthur Hayden
It is not a matter of artifice and simulation; it is a matter of being genuine and not a sham.
Shadows of the Stage|William Winter
Here we have a simulation, at least, of a diandromorphic species.
Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila|Thomas Hunt Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for simulation
simulation
/ (ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪʃən) /
noun
the act or an instance of simulating
the assumption of a false appearance or form
a representation of a problem, situation, etc, in mathematical terms, esp using a computer
mathsstatisticscomputingthe construction of a mathematical model for some process, situation, etc, in order to estimate its characteristics or solve problems about it probabilistically in terms of the model
psychiatrythe conscious process of feigning illness in order to gain some particular end; malingering