simulant
- noun
- /ˈsɪmjʊlənt/
- Specialized
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simulante
- In the laboratory, they utilized a synthetic tissue simulant to study how different materials react to various types of trauma.
Examples
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In test after test, the Carcano bullet moves straight through tissue simulant, but tumbles when it reenters the air.
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To learn how muscle tissue parts when penetrated by a Carcano bullet, they'll use two different tissue simulants: ballistic gelatin and ballistic soap.
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I mean, I grew this in a Martian soil simulant and now I'm about to taste it.
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Okay, I've removed the cloth and the skin simulant.
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The Red Team uses very expensive chemical simulants in the test devices that look, smell, and taste like real explosives, except they do not explode.
Blog text (28) -
At 345 MPa, the system was quite effective at fragmenting a salt-cake simulant.
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The researchers tested the new spacecraft design using a Martian soil simulant to evaluate its effectiveness in a real-life environment.
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To ensure their experiments were safe, the scientists used chemical simulants that replicate the properties of hazardous materials without the risk.
Synonyms
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A thing made to look like something real to trick people
How Similar
Surface Forms
Morphology
simulant = simulate (transparent) = simul + ant
A material described as a 'simulant' is literally 'something that simulates' another substance, so the derivation is clear.
Etymology
Simulant comes from the Latin simulare, meaning 'to copy', and shares its root with simulate and similar. So a simulant in science is a material made to copy another material for tests, like a fake moon rock used to try out equipment.