simulation

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /sɪmjuːˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

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Noun

Singular simulation

Plural simulations

1. (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.

Related words

• simulator
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