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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simul?crum (“image, likeness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?simj??le?k??m/

Noun

simulacrum (plural simulacrums or simulacra)

1. An image or representation.
2. A faint trace or semblance.

Translations

Further reading

• simulacrum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From simul? +? -crum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /si.mu?la?.krum/, [s??m????ä?k????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si.mu?la.krum/, [simu?l??k?um]

Noun

simul?crum n (genitive simul?cr?); second declension

1. an image, likeness

   Synonyms: effigies, im?g?, statua

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

• ? English: simulacrum
• ? French: simulacre
• ? Spanish: simulacro

References

• simulacrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• simulacrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• simulacrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• simulacrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

English

Etymology

First attested in 1340. From Middle English simulacion/simulacioun, from Old French simulation/simulacion, from Latin simul?ti?nem, from simul? (“imitate”).

Morphologically simulate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

Noun

simulation (countable and uncountable, plural simulations)

1. Something that simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.

   This exercise is a simulation of actual battle conditions.

   The most reliable simulation predicts that the hurricane will turn north.

2. The process of simulating.

   Despite extensive simulation in the design phase, the aircraft failed to behave as expected.

3. (video games) A video game designed to convey a more or less realistic experience, as of a sport or warfare.

   Some kids in the classroom will be playing simulations after school.

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 no foul has been committed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?mj?le???n/, IPA^(key): /?s?m.j?.?le?.??n/

Derived terms

Synonyms

• imitation
• replica

Related terms

• simulator

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin simul?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

simulation f (plural simulations)

1. simulation

Related terms

• simuler

Further reading

• “simulation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).