simulation
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- noun
- /ˌsɪmjuˈleɪʃən/
- Specialized
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simulación
- In our physics class, we used a computer simulation to model the movement of planets.
- computer simulation
- run simulations
- use simulations
OK, Don't blame me if you watch one of these simulations and get very nauseous.
- OK, Don't blame me if you watch one of these simulations and get very nauseous.
- And so anything that happens in it is kind of a simulation of reality.
- Can we make a hyper real and hyper perfect simulation of something that is real?
- Is it a simulation of Afghanistan?
- So it's like, it's like you're, you're doing this simulation of a path that someone actually flew.
- Sadly, both computer simulations and experiments show that it wouldn't go far.
- Then you can call that a quantum simulation of curved space-time.
- You know, it is a somewhat of a simulation of combat.
- We see the future, we take the present and do simulations into the future.
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As a science teacher, I too see the importance of utilizing simulations within the classroom.
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All right, I'm gonna run the simulation model on Belgium and Holland again just to be safe.
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So this is a simulation that does the right thing.
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You have a simulation with great detail.
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OK, I have another little movie, which is a simulation of this first event.
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So here what we see is a pretty typical kind of simulation of the type that we do.
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This is a simulation of a baking process.
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We performed multiple runs of the simulation for each scenario to gather population-level statistics.
Academic text (2013) -
The parameter values for the simulation were derived from empirical data and our expert judgment.
Academic text (2012) -
The training course included a simulation of emergency procedures to prepare the staff.
Synonyms
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A small copy of a real thing used to show or study it
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A computer program that shows how real systems behave
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A computer model that tests how something works in different situations
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Etymology
Simulation comes from the Latin verb simulare, meaning 'to make like', and is related to similar from similis, meaning 'like'. So a simulation as a model or computer test is something made to be 'like' the real system so we can study, train, or test it.