SIMULATE


Meaning of SIMULATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sɪmjʊleɪt ]

( simulates, simulating, simulated)

1.

If you simulate an action or a feeling, you pretend that you are doing it or feeling it.

They rolled about on the Gilligan Road, simulating a bloodthirsty fight...

He performed a simulated striptease.

VERB : V n , V-ed

2.

If you simulate an object, a substance, or a noise, you produce something that looks or sounds like it.

The wood had been painted to simulate stone...

VERB : V n

3.

If you simulate a set of conditions, you create them artificially, for example in order to conduct an experiment.

The scientist developed one model to simulate a full year of the globe’s climate...

Cars are tested to see how much damage they suffer in simulated crashes.

VERB : V n , V-ed

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