Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that simulates, especially an apparatus that generates test conditions approximating actual or operational conditions.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who simulates or feigns.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who simulates, or feigns.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who simulates or feigns.
  • noun A machine or system that simulates an environment (such as an aircraft cockpit), often for training purposes.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a machine that simulates an environment for the purpose of training or research

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Examples

  • New simulator is next step on the road to developing quantum computers

    November 27th, 2006 2006

  • The proposed simulator is unique because it could let researchers control how individual particles move and interact with each other.

    November 27th, 2006 2006

  • Since this simulator is so intricate and complex, and since the asking price seems fairly high, I have created a website that describes, in great detail, every aspect of every item included in the auction.

    Boing Boing: August 18, 2002 - August 24, 2002 Archives 2002

  • One major problem is simply the cost and complex production of the actual submersibles and training on running equipment to get an operation going, but there’s huge potential in simulator programs for basic training purposes.

    “REDISCOVERED” WOOD & THE TRITON SAWFISH | Inhabitat 2006

  • The simulator is a large metal box that sits high on a lift inside NASA's Johnson Space Center.

    Mark Kelly preps for space launch 2011

  • A very promising candidate comes from the University of Florida: the world's largest portable hurricane wind and rain simulator.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • A very promising candidate comes from the University of Florida: the world's largest portable hurricane wind and rain simulator.

    Portable Hurricane 2007

  • When our airline does not own its own simulator, which is often the case, every six months we are flown to a facility where a simulator is located, and where our company rents time on machine owned and operated by a third party.

    Why a Cormorant crashed 2008

  • CHIAO: Well, you know, I mean, the simulator is a great training ground.

    CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2007 2007

  • Here's an accurate description : The simulator is a big red box that moves around on hydraulics while the 10 people inside look at a frighteningly real computer simulation on a screen where the front window ought to be.

    Archive 2005-03-01 Zoe Brain 2005

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