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• n  the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)
• n  (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program
  a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated
• n  representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
• n  the act of giving a false appearance

• Remarkably, the new simulation is gaining quickly on Google Zeitgeist, which charts growing search query trends.
• And this particular simulation is unique in that, unlike the hundreds of drills that happen all year round, it involves senior officials (hence the name, TOPOFF, which is short .
• After Thomas left, I watched a nurse with more than 25 years' experience go through the same simulation.

• computer simulation
• model
• pretense
• pretence
• pretending
• feigning

News & Articles

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• Simulation and Software Technology II Virtual Industry Day Synopsis
  Simulation and Software Technology II Virtual Industry Day Synopsis
  June 12, 2013 - SpaceRef
• Healthcare/Medical Simulation Market Worth $1.9 Billion by 2017
  DALLAS, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The " Healthcare/Medical Simulation Market   -   By Product s   (Patient Simulator, Surgical Simulator, Imaging Simulation, Task Trainer), Technology (Haptic, ...
  June 11, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• MLS Disciplinary Committee fines Real Salt Lake midfielder Ned Grabavoy for simulation
  Real Salt Lake midfielder Ned Grabavoy was fined an undisclosed amount by the MLS Disciplinary Committee on Tuesday for an act of simulation against the LA Galaxy this past Saturday.
  June 11, 2013 - MLS via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• Jimmie Johnson in San Francisco Chronicle
  I think it's a mistake,Johnson said. "I do understand and recognize that we need to cut expenses. ...... Now we're going to need to focus on other ways to collect data or create simulation programs or machines to create on-track activity...
• Danica Patrick in International Herald Tribune
  It was a hell of a lot worse than what I thought,Patrick said. "I honestly thought that I was maybe going to be pole. My qualifying simulation this morning was the same as Tony's, for the most part. I don't know what happened. If I knew, I...
• Michel Platini in ic Wales
  We have wide-ranging debates internally on the regulations that have been enforced that simulation can be reviewed after the match and the player can be punished after the event,Platini said. "That is what the regulations state. I am not...