1. The act of imitating the behaviour of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)
   "The flight simulator provided realistic simulation of various weather conditions"
    
2. Representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
   "The architect presented a simulation of the proposed building";
   - model
    
3. (computing) 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";
   - computer simulation, sim [informal]
    
4. The act of giving a false appearance
   "Her simulation of illness didn't fool the doctor";
   - pretense [N. Amer], pretence [Brit, Cdn], pretending

Derived forms: simulations

Type of: deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, framework, model, modeling [US], modelling [Brit, Cdn], representation, technic [N. Amer], technique, theoretical account

Encyclopedia: Simulation