noun
simulation
sim-yuh-LAY-shuhn/ˌsɪmjuˈleɪʃn/
An imitation of something real, or the act of creating it.
The miniature river provides a simulation of water flowing around obstacles.
Etymology
The pieces describe an act of imitating. Although simulation first meant a false show or pretence in English, it later came to mean a model that imitates a real process for experiment or training.
In context
we used the cosmo weather and climate model and we've done this for a simulation over europe so we have done three simulation one at 50 kilometer one a 12 kilometer and one a two kilometer
More examples
- Pilots trained in a simulation.
- Several simulations tested the design.
- The simulation reproduced changing weather.
Forms
simulation · simulations
simulate verb — imitate a real process or situation