SIMULATION

/sɪmjʊleɪʃən/ Scrabble 12 Words With Friends 16

Scrabble letter values: S₁I₁M₃U₁L₁A₁T₁I₁O₁N₁ = 12

Definition

noun 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).
noun (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program. — synonyms: computer_simulation
noun representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale). — synonyms: model
noun the act of giving a false appearance. — synonyms: pretense, pretence, pretending, feigning

“a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated”
“his conformity was only pretending”
“The most reliable simulation predicts that the hurricane will turn north.”