Synonyms: simulation, pretence, pretending, pretense, feigning
Definition: the act of giving a false appearance
Usage: his conformity was only pretending
Similar words: dissembling, dissimulation, deceit, deception
Definition: the act of deceiving
Synonyms: simulation
Definition: 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)
Similar words: model, modeling, modelling
Definition: the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
Synonyms: model, simulation
Definition: representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
Similar words: representation
Definition: a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
Synonyms: simulation, computer simulation
Definition: (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program
Usage: a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated
Similar words: technique
Definition: a practical method or art applied to some particular task
Similar words: model, theoretical account, framework
Definition: a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
Usage: the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems