simulation
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(noun) the act of simulating |
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Related Words: model, modeling, modelling, war game |
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(noun) a representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) |
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Synonyms: model |
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Related Words: figure, globe, mock-up, planetarium, representation, roughcast |
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(noun) a theoretical account based on a similarity between the model and the phenomena that are to be explained; "it was a computer simulation of problem solving" |
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Synonyms: analogy |
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Related Words: framework, model, theoretical account |
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(noun) the act of pretending |
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Synonyms: feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense |
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Related Words: affectation, appearance, deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, make-believe, mannerism, masquerade, pose, show |
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