simulated
pronunciation
How to pronounce simulated in British English:
UK [ˈsɪmjuleɪtɪd]
How to pronounce simulated in American English:
US [ˈsɪmjəˌletɪd]
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- Adjective:
- not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
- reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character
Word Origin
- simulated (adj.)
- 1620s, "feigned," past participle adjective from simulate (v.). Meaning "imitative for purposes of experiment or training" is from 1966 (agent noun simulator in the related sense dates from 1947; also see simulation). In commercial jargon, "artificial, imitation" by 1942.
Example
- 1. Lotus is adding simulated engine noises to the evora .
- 2. Coal is first gasified in a simulated underground environment .
- 3. He has even simulated being an investor in markets in those periods by reading daily papers from these eras , receiving data and " trading " as if in real time .
- 4. They are now able to stimulate this simulated brain with images .
- 5. They simulated a european recession but not a greek default .