simulation
Word parts
[change]Pronunciation
[change]- IPA (key): /sɪmjuːˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: si‧mu‧la‧tion
Noun
[change]- (countable) A simulation of an event is when people make something that looks like the event happening, but it isn't real.
- Before we watched them land on the moon, we watched a simulation so we would know what it would look like.
- Doctors sometimes learn surgery in a simulation of a real operation.
- To make movies you have to set up a lot of simulations.