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simulation
  1. Something that simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.
  2. The process of simulating.
  3. (informal) Computer game or video game.
  4. Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true.
  5. (soccer) The act of falling over in order to be awarded a foul, when a foul hasn't been committed.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “The postmodern media critic once asserted that this conflict did not happen and was only a televised simulation of a war.”
      “The principle of simulation wins out over the reality principle just as over the principle of pleasure.”
      “Despite its faults, it provides the best mix of playability and serious simulation yet seen in a computer war game.”
similitude
  1. (uncountable) Similarity or resemblance to something else.
  2. (countable) A way in which two people or things share similitude.
  3. (countable) Someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin.
  4. A parable or allegory.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The music here is certainly exciting, but its exhilaration does a lot to mask the core similitude of these songs.”
      “The canvases authored by van Gogh and Gauguin never approached indistinguishability, let alone striking similitude.”
      “With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude likeness of God.”
simulationism
  1. An art movement of the 1980s, somewhat akin to pop art.
  2. The imitation of characteristics of a certain genre in a roleplaying game.
  3. Belief in the simulation hypothesis.
simulationist
  1. An artist involved in the simulationism art movement.
  2. One who designs or uses a simulation.
  3. One who believes in the simulation hypothesis.
similar
  1. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
  2. (homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.
similarity
  1. Closeness of appearance to something else.
  2. (philosophy) The relation of sharing properties.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Looking back now, it was a strange choice, as the only similarity between the two animals was that they were dogs.”
      “I think there is a similarity to the attitude of many abused children who blame themselves for the abusive actions of their parents.”
      “However, to formalize this we require quantitative measures of the similarity of trees.”
simile
  1. A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like or as.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In those early books, the poems feel like perfectly calibrated contraptions of metaphor and simile.”
      “When we are done, we will have a purer English, free of all nasty things like metaphor and simile and aestheticism and colour.”
      “The Washington press corps is sometimes likened to a wolf pack, a simile which I find utterly absurd.”
simulant
  1. Something that simulates something else such as, for example, a gemstone.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Cerium is used as a chemical simulant of plutonium for development of containment, extraction, and other technologies.”
      “Or the simulant can be insane, blowing up both itself and you when you meet it head-on.”
      “In these cases it should be foreseen that the result in food simulant is corrected by a reduction factor.”
simulism
  1. (rare, formal) A tendency to be similar; resemblance.
simulatability
  1. The condition of being, or the extent to which something is simulatable
similarness
  1. The state or quality of being similar; similarity.
simulator
  1. One who simulates or feigns.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “One can easily identify a simulator by observing their behavior, as they often simulate emotions or reactions for personal gain.”
      “Maybe there'll be some virtual reality, maybe a flight simulator that spins you 360 degrees as you pursue an enemy fighter.”
      “Echelon is an aircraft simulator, and thus the player needs a considerable field of vision.”
simuland
  1. A thing to be simulated.
simily
  1. Obsolete form of simile.
simulationists
  1. plural of simulationist
similitudes
  1. plural of similitude
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Though full of similitudes and routine panegyrics, the book is valuable for its lack of originality and reflection of current views.”
      “The eschatology is similar to that taught in the similitudes of the Book of Enoch.”
      “Such are the similitudes which We propound to men, that they may reflect.”
simulations
  1. plural of simulation
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  3. Examples:
    1. “For numerical simulations, appropriate values of the various quantities must be determined.”
      “We ran multiple simulations of the model using parameter values sampled randomly from ranges defined by available information.”
      “We run simulations to compare the relative accuracies of our and previous methods.”
similarities
  1. plural of similarity
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In his presentation on the Baptist sects, Weber explores the similarities between Calvinist doctrine and Quakerism.”
      “The teenage appeal doubtless springs from the fact that all of the boys are pretty easy on the eye, but that's as far as the similarities go.”
      “Quinacrine is a planar tricyclic compound with structural similarities to DMMB, yet it does not absorb red light.”
simulators
  1. plural of simulator
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In addition, actors were used by 15 schools, volunteers by 14, manikins by all 19, videos by 11, and simulators by four.”
      “The astronauts practice on simulators such as a mock-up of the space shuttle's crew compartment.”
      “Constructive, virtual training simulations and simulators should replicate the threat realistically.”
simulands
  1. plural of simuland
simulants
  1. plural of simulant
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Gemologists use these needle inclusions found in natural rubies to distinguish them from synthetics, simulants, or substitutes.”
      “Cubic zirconia and moissanite are examples of common diamond simulants.”
      “King M, Gilboa A, Meyer FA, Silberberg A On the transport of mucus and its rheologic simulants in ciliated systems.”
similars
  1. plural of similar
  2. Examples:
    1. “In homeopathy, the Hahnemann's law of similars, defined two centuries ago, enables the determination of the curative remedy.”
      “These principles, observed thousands of times, have become the pivot points: the law of similars and infinitesimal dilutions.”
      “Very useful in every dental office, Hy-Drop is a practical hygienic liquid dispenser for medicines, antiseptics and similars.”
similes
  1. plural of simile
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  3. Examples:
    1. “There is a need, therefore, for animals used as farm background, similes, and metonymical suggestions.”
      “Initially, there was a much longer post here, full of no doubt very embarrassing similes and attempts at flowery poetic language.”
      “She's a race-walking instructor who bubbles with enthusiasm, armed with clever similes and a rigid attitude about ingraining proper technique.”
similia
similies
  1. plural of simily
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