simulative

Variant of simulation

noun

  1. the act of simulating; pretense; feigning
    1. a simulated resemblance
    2. an imitation or counterfeit
  2. the use of a computer to calculate, by means of extrapolation, the effect of a given physical process
  3. the duplicating or reproducing of certain characteristics or conditions, as of a system or physical process, by the use of a model or representation, for study, training, etc.

Origin: ME simulacion < MFr < L simulatio

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