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simulate

verb
/ˈsɪm.jʊˌleɪt/UK/ˈsɪm.jəˌleɪt/CA/ˈsɪm.jʊˌlæɪt//ˈsɪm.jʊ.lɪt/UK/ˈsɪm.jə.lət/US

Etymology

First attested in c. 1425, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English symulat(e), simulat(e), similat(e) (“feigned; similar”), borrowed from Latin simulātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

  1. derived from simulātus
  2. inherited from symulat — “feigned; similar”
  3. inherited from symulat

Definitions

  1. To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.

    • We will use a smoke machine to simulate the fog you will actually encounter.
    • This video game simulates a pinball machine.

  2. Feigned

    Feigned; pretended.

    • under simulate religion

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at simulate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at simulate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at simulate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA