simulate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin simulatus, past participle of simulare (“to make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”), from similis (“like”); see similar.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /sɪmjʉːleɪt/
[edit] Verb
simulate (third-person singular simple present simulates, present participle simulating, simple past and past participle simulated)
- To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of
- We will use a smoke machine to simulate the fog you will actually encounter.
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:imitate
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- simulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- simulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
simulate f.
- Feminine plural form of simulato
[edit] Verb
simulate
- second-person plural present indicative of simulare
- second-person plural imperative of simulare
- Feminine plural of simulato
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
simulāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of simulō
