simulation Definition

simulate
verb simulated, simulating

1. To convincingly re-create (a set of conditions or a real-life event), especially for the purposes of training.
2. To assume a false appearance of someone or something.
3. To pretend to have, do or feel.

Example: She simulated anger
Thesaurus: imitate, affect, feign, assume, counterfeit, dissimulate, fabricate.

Derivative: simulated
adj

Not genuine; imitation.
Example: simulated leather
Thesaurus: artificial, synthetic, imitation, ersatz, pseudo, mock, bogus, phoney, man-made; Antonym: authentic, genuine, real.

Derivative: simulation

Simulating; something that is simulated.

Any model of a system or process.
Example: computer traffic simulation program

Etymology: 17c: from Latin simulare.