simulation
English Thesaurus
1. the act of giving a false appearance (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | appearance, show, |
| definition | : | pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | masquerade, |
| definition | : | making a false outward show (noun.act) |
2. 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) (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | model, modeling, modelling, |
| definition | : | the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | war game, |
| definition | : | a simulation of a military operation intended to train military commanders or to demonstrate a situation or to test a proposed strategy (noun.act) |
3. representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | representation, |
| definition | : | a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | figure, |
| definition | : | a model of a bodily form (especially of a person) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | globe, |
| definition | : | a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | mock-up, |
| definition | : | full-scale working model of something built for study or testing or display (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | planetarium, |
| definition | : | an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | restoration, |
| definition | : | a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc. (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | roughcast, |
| definition | : | a rough preliminary model (noun.artifact) |
4. (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | technique, |
| definition | : | a practical method or art applied to some particular task (noun.cognition) |
| domain category | : | computer science, computing, |
| definition | : | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | time-scale factor, |
| definition | : | the ratio of the simulation time to the time of the real process (noun.quantity) |
| domain member category | : | extended time scale, slow time scale, |
| definition | : | (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one (noun.time) |
| domain member category | : | fast time scale, |
| definition | : | (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one (noun.time) |
5. the act of giving a false appearance (noun.act)
6. representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | model, mold, mould, |
| definition | : | form in clay, wax, etc (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | mock up, model, |
| definition | : | construct a model of (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | model, pattern, |
| definition | : | plan or create according to a model or models (verb.creation) |
7. (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | model, simulate, |
| definition | : | create a representation or model of (verb.creation) |
8. the act of giving a false appearance (noun.act)
9. representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | model, mold, mould, |
| definition | : | form in clay, wax, etc (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | mock up, model, |
| definition | : | construct a model of (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | model, pattern, |
| definition | : | plan or create according to a model or models (verb.creation) |
10. (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | model, simulate, |
| definition | : | create a representation or model of (verb.creation) |
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