simulation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of copying a real situation or process, often to study or practice it.

   This exercise is a simulation of actual battle conditions.

2. 2
   noun

   A computer model that imitates a real system in order to predict how it will behave.

   Despite extensive simulation in the design phase, the aircraft failed to behave as expected.

3. 3
   noun

   A video game that recreates a realistic experience, such as a sport or flying a plane.

   He spends hours playing a flight simulation on his computer.

First attested in 1340 as Middle English symulacioun, from Middle French simulation, from Old French simulation/simulacion, from Latin simulātiōnem, from simulō (“imitate”). Morphologically simulate + -ion.

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