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单词 simulator
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simulatorn.

/ˈsɪmjʊleɪtə/
Etymology: < Latin simulātor a copier, a feigner, agent-noun fromsimulāre to simulate adj. Compare French simulateur, Spanish simulador, Portuguese simulador, Italian simulatore.
1. One who practises simulation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > one who or that which dissembles
feigner1382
pseudo1402
simular1526
simuler1534
colourer1554
counterfeiter1561
truphane1568
counterfeit1574
put-forth1581
pretender1583
impostor1586
idol1590
would-be1607
phantasm1622
farce1696
imposture1699
Barmecide1713
simulator1835
fraud1850
sham1850
fake1855
swindle1858
shammer1861
make-believe1863
hoax1869
economizer1874
make-believer1884
ringer1896
phoney1902
faker1910
shill1976
1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 343 Churchmen and women are of necessity simulators.
1843 H. Gavin Feigned & Factitious Dis. 30 That severe pain of the body will not influence some simulators to return to their duty, may be still farther evidenced.
1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 147 If a simulator..is outwardly courteous to his friends, but inwardly bears them malice, can he..be a doer of proper works?
2.
a. A thing which simulates another.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > simulation > [noun] > one who or that which simulates
simular1526
image1548
simulacrum1833
simulant1860
simulator1899
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 687 Myoma and fibro~myoma are also possible simulators [of keloid].
b. An apparatus designed to simulate the behaviour of a more complicated system; esp. one for training purposes that simulates the response of a vehicle, craft, or the like, having a similar set of controls and giving the illusion to the operator of responding like the real thing.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > [noun] > for performing other processes
purchase1711
adjuster1747
concentrator1804
steamer1814
isolator1855
spacer1857
tumbler1857
plough1860
aspirator1863
trap1877
tumbling-box1877
plicater1880
comparator1883
tumbler-drum1883
rumbling barrel1894
copier1917
programmer1945
simulator1947
tensioner1950
platformer1953
hydrogasifier1966
snubber1972
1947 F. C. Williams & F. J. U. Ritson in Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 94 iia. 112 The paper presents an outline of a method which will allow automatic control systems to be studied experimentally by means of an electronic apparatus called a ‘simulator’, which is constructed so as to have the same characteristic equation as the control system.
1950 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 54 600/1 One recent development which should help both to raise the standard of training and reduce the time and cost of non-revenue flying involved in crew training is the ‘flight simulator’. This ground equipment is designed to reproduce exactly the control cabin of the selected aircraft type, with all instruments and controls.
1958 Engineering 21 Mar. 374/1 A colour print simulator will be demonstrated... The basis of the new equipment is a closed-circuit colour-television system, whose characteristics can be adjusted to match those of a desired printing system.
1967 Guardian 6 Mar. 12/2 The world's first locomotive simulator for driver training at the Willesden electric depot.
1970 Daily Tel. 16 Feb. 3/3 For the make-believe flight, Prince Philip and Young had climbed into a lunar-landing craft simulator.
1972 Sci. Amer. Apr. 106/3 Both mathematical and experimental demonstrations have established that the behavior of ethyl alcohol in the simulator closely approximates the behavior of propellants such as liquid hydrogen in full~scale, three-dimensional tanks that are subjected to comparable gravitational fields.
1980 P. Ableman Shoestring's Finest Hour i. 13 Motorways have never appealed to me. It's like driving in a simulator.
c. Computing. Also simulator program. A program enabling a computer to execute programs written for a different computer.
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society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > system or utility programmes > emulator
simulator program1960
1960 R. H. Gregory & R. L. Van Horn Automatic Data-processing Syst. viii. 272 A simulator program is essentially a group of subroutines.
1960 R. H. Gregory & R. L. Van Horn Automatic Data-processing Syst. viii. 272 A simulator is useful when changing from one computer to another.
1977 Sci. Amer. Sept. 153/1 Thus users of large computer systems and time-sharing services have access to cross-software assemblers, compilers and simulators (programs that enable a computer of one make or model to duplicate the actions of another).
1978 J. C. Cluley Programming for Mini~computers ix. 216 In order to help tracing errors, the simulator program has many of the features of a minicomputer debugging program.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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