Simulator
noun
A machine or software that copies real conditions to create scenarios for training or testing.
The pilot practiced on a flight simulator before flying a real plane.
Often appears as...
- flight simulator
- driving simulator
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Technical
noun
A person pretending to be something they are not.
He was accused of being a simulator, pretending to be sick to avoid work.
Often appears as...
- simulator of illness
- simulator of injury
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Disapproving
Neutral
noun
A machine or software that copies real conditions to create scenarios for training or testing.
The pilot practiced on a flight simulator before flying a real plane.
Often appears as...
- flight simulator
- driving simulator
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person pretending to be something they are not.
He was accused of being a simulator, pretending to be sick to avoid work.
Often appears as...
- simulator of illness
- simulator of injury
Usage tips
Disapproving
Neutral
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Pro Tip 1/3Immersive Learning
Simulators create a realistic environment to learn complex skills safely.
Medical students use a surgery simulator to practice operations.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Training
Simulators are often used in technical fields to replicate real-world scenarios.
Engineers use building simulators to test structural designs.
Pro Tip 3/3Safe Testing
Simulators provide a controlled environment for testing, limiting risk.
Car manufacturers use crash simulators for safety testing.
Pro Tip 1/3Immersive Learning
Simulators create a realistic environment to learn complex skills safely.
Medical students use a surgery simulator to practice operations.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Training
Simulators are often used in technical fields to replicate real-world scenarios.
Engineers use building simulators to test structural designs.
Pro Tip 3/3Safe Testing
Simulators provide a controlled environment for testing, limiting risk.
Car manufacturers use crash simulators for safety testing.
Pro Tip 1/3Immersive Learning
Simulators create a realistic environment to learn complex skills safely.
Medical students use a surgery simulator to practice operations.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Training
Simulators are often used in technical fields to replicate real-world scenarios.
Engineers use building simulators to test structural designs.
Pro Tip 3/3Safe Testing
Simulators provide a controlled environment for testing, limiting risk.
Car manufacturers use crash simulators for safety testing.
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Michael Dickinson: How a...
another neuromodulator, another set of cells, a different pattern, and you can imagine you could extrapolate to a very, very complicated system. Is there any evidence that flies do this? Well, for many years in my laboratory and other laboratories around the world, we've been studying fly behaviors in little flight simulators.
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Are we living in a...
and how those constraints could lead to detectable signs in the world. So where might we look for those glitches? One idea is that as a simulation runs, it might accumulate errors over time. To correct for these errors the simulators could adjust the constants in the laws of nature. These shifts could be tiny—
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The incredible potential...
And this was actually used by surgeons to see what they were doing with other instruments from different points of view, without caring that much about what was touched around. And here you see the soft robot in action, and it just goes inside. This is a body simulator, not a real human body.
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This virtual lab will...
We basically set out to create a fully simulated, one-to-one, virtual reality laboratory simulator, where the students could perform experiments with mathematical equations that would simulate what would happen in a real-world lab. But not just simple simulations --
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Why are we happy? Why...
but one of the most important things it does is it's an experience simulator. Pilots practice in flight simulators so that they don't make real mistakes in planes. Human beings have this marvelous adaptation that they can actually have experiences in their heads
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People Don’t Listen PIPE...
this 19 million dollar simulator is as near as these people will ever get to being in a plane crash without leaving the ground so we just had an evacuation if this were a real-life horrible situation how would people have fared what everyone have survived
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The surprising science...
does lots of things but one of the most important things it does is it is an experience simulator you know flight pilots practice in flight simulators so that they don't make real mistakes and planes human beings have this marvelous adaptation
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Want to be a better...
to the ventilator that helps to breathe for you getting his tube inside of a patient requires a high level of skill so what we did was build a simulator that has sensors in the airway and there are sensors in places where the tube should
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Lifelike simulations...
they would be prepared for the worst. In fact, the airline industry has gone as far as to create fuselages of simulation environments, because of the importance of the team coming together. This is an evacuation drill simulator.
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How do we learn to work...
And they spent hundreds of extra hours with simulators and recordings of surgery, when you were supposed to learn in the OR. And maybe most importantly, they found ways to struggle
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Michael Dickinson: How a...
another neuromodulator, another set of cells, a different pattern, and you can imagine you could extrapolate to a very, very complicated system. Is there any evidence that flies do this? Well, for many years in my laboratory and other laboratories around the world, we've been studying fly behaviors in little flight simulators.
Video examples
Are we living in a...
and how those constraints could lead to detectable signs in the world. So where might we look for those glitches? One idea is that as a simulation runs, it might accumulate errors over time. To correct for these errors the simulators could adjust the constants in the laws of nature. These shifts could be tiny—
Video examples
The incredible potential...
And this was actually used by surgeons to see what they were doing with other instruments from different points of view, without caring that much about what was touched around. And here you see the soft robot in action, and it just goes inside. This is a body simulator, not a real human body.
Video examples
This virtual lab will...
We basically set out to create a fully simulated, one-to-one, virtual reality laboratory simulator, where the students could perform experiments with mathematical equations that would simulate what would happen in a real-world lab. But not just simple simulations --
Video examples
Why are we happy? Why...
but one of the most important things it does is it's an experience simulator. Pilots practice in flight simulators so that they don't make real mistakes in planes. Human beings have this marvelous adaptation that they can actually have experiences in their heads
Video examples
People Don’t Listen PIPE...
this 19 million dollar simulator is as near as these people will ever get to being in a plane crash without leaving the ground so we just had an evacuation if this were a real-life horrible situation how would people have fared what everyone have survived
Video examples
The surprising science...
does lots of things but one of the most important things it does is it is an experience simulator you know flight pilots practice in flight simulators so that they don't make real mistakes and planes human beings have this marvelous adaptation
Video examples
Want to be a better...
to the ventilator that helps to breathe for you getting his tube inside of a patient requires a high level of skill so what we did was build a simulator that has sensors in the airway and there are sensors in places where the tube should
Video examples
Lifelike simulations...
they would be prepared for the worst. In fact, the airline industry has gone as far as to create fuselages of simulation environments, because of the importance of the team coming together. This is an evacuation drill simulator.
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How do we learn to work...
And they spent hundreds of extra hours with simulators and recordings of surgery, when you were supposed to learn in the OR. And maybe most importantly, they found ways to struggle
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Chris Hadfield
Canadian Astronaut
The best simulator for spacewalking is underwater - it allows full visuals and body movement in 3D. Virtual reality is good, too, and has some advantages, like full Station simulation, not just part. Like all simulators, they have parts that are wrong and misleading: an important thing to remember when preparing for reality.
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Michael Dickinson
American Scientist
For many years in my laboratory and other laboratories around the world, we've been studying fly behaviors in little flight simulators. You can tether a fly to a little stick. You can measure the aerodynamic forces it's creating. You can let the fly play a little video game by letting it fly around in a visual display.
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Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
I started with CB radio, ham radio, and eventually went into computers. And I was just fascinated with it. And back then, when I was in school, computer hacking was encouraged. It was an encouraged activity. In fact, I remember one of the projects my teacher gave me was writing a log-in simulator.
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Nigel Mansell
British Athlete
We didn't have any simulators. We had to do it on the track all the time. Now they've got simulators for everything. And, if they have an accident or go off, then you just press a button, re-set, and away you go again.
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Vernor Vinge
American Writer
Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as its own simulator in the case of natural selection.
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Sally Ride
American Astronaut
Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same.
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Lando Norris
British Driver
The first time I used a simulator was in 2014 when I was competing in the Ginetta Junior Championship.
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Susie Wolff
Scottish Driver
I'm a development driver, which means I'll be doing a lot of work in the simulator.
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Bruce Schneier
American Scientist
There's an entire flight simulator hidden in every copy of Microsoft Excel 97.
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James May
English Journalist
I don't play a lot of games. I play flight simulators, mostly.
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Chris Hadfield
Canadian Astronaut
The best simulator for spacewalking is underwater - it allows full visuals and body movement in 3D. Virtual reality is good, too, and has some advantages, like full Station simulation, not just part. Like all simulators, they have parts that are wrong and misleading: an important thing to remember when preparing for reality.
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Michael Dickinson
American Scientist
For many years in my laboratory and other laboratories around the world, we've been studying fly behaviors in little flight simulators. You can tether a fly to a little stick. You can measure the aerodynamic forces it's creating. You can let the fly play a little video game by letting it fly around in a visual display.
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Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
I started with CB radio, ham radio, and eventually went into computers. And I was just fascinated with it. And back then, when I was in school, computer hacking was encouraged. It was an encouraged activity. In fact, I remember one of the projects my teacher gave me was writing a log-in simulator.
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Nigel Mansell
British Athlete
We didn't have any simulators. We had to do it on the track all the time. Now they've got simulators for everything. And, if they have an accident or go off, then you just press a button, re-set, and away you go again.
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Vernor Vinge
American Writer
Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as its own simulator in the case of natural selection.
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Sally Ride
American Astronaut
Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same.
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Lando Norris
British Driver
The first time I used a simulator was in 2014 when I was competing in the Ginetta Junior Championship.
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Susie Wolff
Scottish Driver
I'm a development driver, which means I'll be doing a lot of work in the simulator.
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Bruce Schneier
American Scientist
There's an entire flight simulator hidden in every copy of Microsoft Excel 97.
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James May
English Journalist
I don't play a lot of games. I play flight simulators, mostly.
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