SIMULATION, French law. This word is derived from the Latin simul, together. It indicates, agreeably to its etymology, the concert or agreement of two or more persons to give to one thing the appearance of another, for the purpose of fraud. Merl. Repert. h.t. 2. With us such act might be punished by indictment for a conspiracy; by avoiding the pretended contract; or by action to recover back the money or property which may have been thus fraudulently obtained.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

simulation

Attempting to predict aspects of the behaviour of some system by creating an approximate (mathematical) model of it. This can be done by physical modelling, by writing a special-purpose computer program or using a more general simulation package, probably still aimed at a particular kind of simulation (e.g. structural engineering, fluid flow). Typical examples are aircraft flight simlators or electronic circuit simulators. A great many simulation languages exist, e.g. Simula.

See also emulation, Markov chain.

Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.simulation.

(1995-02-23)

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
 

Simulation \Sim`u*la"tion\, n. [F. simulation, L. simulatio.]

The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Counterfeiting; feint; pretense. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

simulation

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Simulation \Sim`u*la"tion\, n. [F. simulation, L. simulatio.]

The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true.

Syn: Counterfeiting; feint; pretense.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)