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(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated"

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)

(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated"

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)

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

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

The act of pretending that which is not true; feigning.

Feigning illness.

The act of simulating or putting on what is not true.

The assumption by some animals of features or structures intended to deceive enemies and so protect themselves, as the forms of leaf and stick Insects, and all the varieties of protective coloration.

The act of counterfeiting an illness.

Imitation of one disease by another.

Malingering.

Mimicry. [Lat.]

n. Act of simulating or putting on what is not true; assumption of a false or unreal character; pretending to be what one is not.