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Definition: Simulation |
SimulationNoun1. (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated". 2. The act of simulating. 3. Representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale). 4. The act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "simulation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Etymology: Simulation \Sim`u*la"tion\, noun. [French expression simulation, from Latin expression simulatio.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Simulation Attempting to predict aspects of the behaviour of some system by creating an approximate (mathematical) model of it. This can be done by physical modelling, by writing a special-purpose computer program or using a more general simulation package, probably still aimed at a particular kind of simulation (e.g. structural engineering, fluid flow). Typical examples are aircraft flight simlators or electronic circuit simulators. A great many simulation languages exist, e.g. Simula. See also emulation, Markov chain. Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.simulation. (1995-02-23). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Electrical Engineering | The process of using software to model an electronic system. Source: European Union. (references) |
Statistics | An operations research technique that represents physical or natural systems by models(generally mathematical and processed by electronic computer)in order to study the factors affecting the system and to aid decision-making. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A simulation is an imitation of some real device or state of affairs. Simulation attempts to represent certain features of the behavior of a physical or abstract system by the behavior of another system.
Simulation is used in many contexts, including the modeling of natural systems, and human systems to gain insight into the operation of those systems; and simulation in technology and safety engineering where the goal is to test some real-world practical scenario. Simulation, using a simulator or otherwise experimenting with a fictitious situation can show the eventual real effects of some possible conditions.
Physical and interactive simulation
Physical simulation refers to simulation in which physical objects are substituted for the real thing, these physical objects are often chosen because they are smaller or cheaper, than the actual object or system.
Interactive simulation, which is a special kind of physical simulation, and often referred to as human in the loop simulations, are physical simulations that include humans, such as the model used in a flight simulator
Simulation in training
Simulation is often used in the training of civilian and military personnel. This usually occurs when it is prohibitively expensive or simply too dangerous to allow trainees to use the real equipment in the real world. In such situations they will spend time learning valuable lessons in a "safe" virtual environment. Often the convenience is to permit mistakes during training for a safety-critical system.
Training simulations typically come in one of three categories:
- "live" simulation (where real people use simulated (or "dummy") equipment in the real world);
- "virtual" simulation (where real people use simulated equipment in a simulated world (or "virtual environment")), or
- "constructive" simulation (where simulated people use simulated equipment in a simulated environment). Constructive simulation is often referred to as "wargaming" since it bears some resemblance to table-top war games in which players command armies of soldiers and equipment which move around a board.
Flight simulators
Main article: Flight simulator
A flight simulator is used to train pilots on the ground. It permits a pilot to crash his simulated "aircraft" without being hurt. Flight simulators are often used to train pilots to operate aircraft in extremely hazardous situations, such as landings with no engines, or complete electrical or hydraulic failures. The simulator is normally cheaper to operate than a real trainer aircraft.
Engineering simulation
Simulation is an important feature when engineering systems. For example in electrical engineering, delay lines may be used to simulate propagation delay and phase shift caused by an actual transmission line. Similarly, dummy loads may be used to simulate impedance without simulating propagation, and is used in situations where propagation is unwanted. A simulator may imitate only a few of the operations and functions of the unit it simulates. Contrast with: emulate.
Source: Federal Standard 1037C
Computer simulation
Main article: Computer simulation
Related article: ModelComputer simulation, has become a useful part of modeling many natural systems in physics, chemistry and biology, and human systems in economics and social science as well as in engineering to gain insight into the operation of those systems. In such simulations the model behaviour will change according to a set of initial parameters such as a meteorological model. Computer simulations are often considered human out of the loop simulations.
Traditionally, the formal modeling of systems has been via a mathematical model, which attempts to find analytical solutions to problems which enables the prediction of the behaviour of the system from a set of parameters and initial conditions. Computer simulation is often used an adjunct to, or substitution for, modeling systems for which simple closed form analytic solutions are not possible. There are many different types of computer simulation, the common feature they all share is the attempt to generate a sample of representative scenarios for a model in which a complete enumeration of all possible states of the model would be prohibitive or impossible.
Simulation in computer science
In computer science, simulation has an even more a specialized meaning: Turing uses the term "simulation" to refer to what happens when a digital computer runs a state transition table (runs a program) that describes the state transitions, inputs and outputs of a subject descrete-state machine. The computer simulates the subject machine.
In computer programming, a simulator is often used to execute a program that has to run on some inconvenient type of computer. For example, simulators are usually used to debug a microprogram. Since the operation of the computer is simulated, all of the information about the computer's operation is directly available to the programmer, and the speed and execution of the simulation can be varied at will.
Simulators may also be used to interpret fault trees, or test VLSI logic designs before they are constructed. Many video games are also simulators, implemented inexpensively. These are sometimes called "sim games".
See also
- emulation, emulate, emulator
- simulated reality
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Simulation."
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| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| SIMDIS | English | SIMulation DISposition | Computer - (MBAG) |
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Synonyms: SimulationSynonyms: computer simulation (n), feigning (n), model (n), pretence (n), pretending (n), pretense (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Falsehood | Perversion of truth, suppression of truth; suppressio veri; perversion, distortion, false coloring; exaggeration; prevarication, equivocation, shuffling, fencing, evasion, fraud; suggestio falsi; (lie); mystification; (concealment); simulation; (imitation); dissimulation, dissembling; deceit; blague. |
Imitation | Mockery, mimicry; simulation, impersonation, personation; representation; semblance; copy; assimilation. |
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Screenplays | Simulation terminated (Monsters, Inc.; writing credit: Robert L. Baird; Jill Culton) My breathing is only a simulation. (Star Trek: Voyager; writing credit: Douglas Day Stewart) | |
Clever | Adult Education Topic: Is it genetically impossible to sit quietly as she parallel parks? Driving simulation. (references; author: unknown) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | "Tsunami at the Shore Simulation" (movie) by Сергей Бирюков (Sergei Biryukov). |  | Effect of TwinJet Exhausts in Simulation Take Off. Credit: NASA. |
 | Mercury 3 Flight Simulation. Credit: NASA. |  | Updated modeling and simulation tools, such as the Advanced Flight Propulsion Data Validation/Analysis System, will allow the F-22 Combined Test Force here to make further predictions when the Raptor begins to step out of the flight envelope during future. |
 | [Aviation medicine] : [Space simulation equipment]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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| "Railway far away" by Zoltan Szalay Commentary: "Depth of field simulation." | "High Key" by Erika Thorpe Commentary: "High key light simulation with 1 lamp and high exposure, diffused and contrast increased in photoshop." |
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Health | Monitors with improved self-testing algorithms must be developed, and standards and methods of signal simulation and testing must be established. (references) | |
Computer simulation produces an accurate image of the tumor and surrounding organs so that multiple radiation beams can be shaped exactly to the contour of the treatment area. Because the radiation beams are precisely focused, nearby normal tissue is spared. (references) | ||
Business | In addition, CSIST has built up its capability in system simulation design, software development, integrated engineering, and full logistical support. (references) | |
The navy is interested in full-range combat simulation training and plans to procure war game simulators that are capable of simulating combat situations and coordinating all the armed forces, from the strategic level down to the operational and tactical levels. (references) | ||
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OPERA, n. A play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no speech but song, no motions but gestures and no postures but attitudes. All acting is simulation, and the word simulation is from simia, an ape; but in opera the actor takes for his model Simia audibilis (or Pithecanthropos stentor) -- the ape that howls. The actor apes a man -- at least in shape; The opera performer apes and ape. |
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| "Simulation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.78% of the time. "Simulation" is used about 454 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.78% | 453 | 12,868 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.22% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 454 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "simulation": behavioral simulation ♦ behavioural simulation ♦ Computer Simulation ♦ digital Simulation Language ♦ dynamic load computer simulation model ♦ fault simulation ♦ Patient Simulation ♦ process simulation ♦ simulation ANalysis ♦ simulation Language for Alternative Modeling ♦ simulation model ♦ simulation Oriented Language ♦ simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis ♦ Space Simulation ♦ Weightlessness Simulation. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "simulation": simulation-based. | |
Ending with "simulation": computer-simulation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "simulation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | simulim (dissimulation, false pretences, malingering), përngjasim, imitim (burlesque, echo, imitation, impersonation, miming, mockery, take off). (various references) | |
Arabic | محاكاة (burlesque, copying, echo, emulation, imitation, mimesis, mimicry), تظاهر (affect, assume, counterfeit, demonstrate, dissemble, dissimulate, fake, feign, feint, make believe, march, pose, posture, pretence, pretend, put on, seem, sham, show, simulate), شىء زائف (cheat, falsity, gold brick, imitation). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | симулация (dissimulation, sham), симулиране (malingering), преструване (affectation, disguise, dissemblance, make believe, pretence, pretension, sham, show), имитация (counterfeit, ersatz, fake, imitation, mock, pinchbeck, repetition, replication, sham), имитиране (imitation, mimicry). (various references) | |
Chinese | 模仿 (Aped, Aping, imitative, impersonator, mimicry, simulate, simulated, Simulating). (various references) | |
Czech | napodobení (imitation, mock, sham, simulacrum). (various references) | |
Danish | simulering (experimental acting, feigning, malingering), simulation (feigning, malingering). (various references) | |
Dutch | simuleren (feign, pretend), simulatie (feigning, malingering, simulated training, simulation training), voorwenden (feign, give as an excuse, pretend), veinzerij (feint), nabootsing (imitation), fingering (feint), bedrieglijk voorgeven (feint), analogievorming. (various references) | |
Finnish | simulointi, simulaatio (feint), valeoikeustoimi (feint, fictitious transaction, sham contract, sham deed, sham transaction). (various references) | |
French | simulation (simulate). (various references) | |
German | Vortäuschung (fake, fakery, pretence, pretense), Simulation (concealment, feigning, feint, malingering), Nachahmung (copy, copying, emulation, imitation, impersonation, impression, mimicking, mimicry, take off, takeoff, take-off). (various references) | |
Greek | προσομοίωση (Monte Carlo method). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חקוי (imitation, impersonation, mimesis, mimicry), התחפשות (disguise, dressing up), העמדת פנים (affectation, feigning, make believe, pose, pretence), הדמיה (imaging), דמוי (comparison, imagery, like, likeness, resemblance, simile, similitude). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tettetés (affectation, assumption, dissimulation, feint, pretence, sham), utánozás (imitation), szimulálás (counterfeit, pretence), színlelés (affectation, assumption, counterfeit, disingenuousness, dissimulation, feint, make-believe, pose, pretence, pretense), mutatás (pointing), megjátszás. (various references) | |
Italian | simulazione (faking, feigning, pretence, pretense). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | シフト演算機構 (chaconne, chanson, chassis, chemise, Chevrolet, crisp, dish, good time to take a picture, hat, look sharp!, precise, propelling or mechanical pencil, shaggy carpet, shaman, shamanism, shark skin, sharp, sharpener, sherbet, Sherlockian, shift arithmetic unit, shining, shirring, shuffle, shuffling, shut, shutdown, shutout, shutter, shy, Siberia, simoon, simulate, simulator, vehicle with body lowered). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | シミュレーション . (various references) | |
Korean | 가장 (Disguising, Pretending). (various references) | |
Manx | lhiggey er (affectation, affectedness, counterfeit, dissimulate, dissimulation, feign, feigning, feint, make-believe, pose, pretence, pretend, profess, sham, simulate). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | imulationsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | simulação (affectation, bluff, disguise, leg pull, make-believe, pretence, pretense, simulacrum). (various references) | |
Romanian | simulare (affectation, assumption, feint, make believe), prefãcãtorie (acting, cant, disguise, dissimulation, double dealing, feint, felinity, hypocrisy, make believe, pretence, sham, simulacrum). (various references) | |
Russian | симуляция (dissimulation, malingering), симулирование, моделирование имитационный, притворство (affectation, affectations, airs, assumption, dissemblance, dissimulation, false pretences, feint, hypocrisy, make believe, make-believe, sham). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | simuliranje (dissemblance, malingering, pretending), pretvaranje (affectation, conversion, converting, guise, pretence, pretense, transformation). (various references) | |
Spanish | simulación (affectation, dummy, pretence, pretense). (various references) | |
Swedish | simulering (affectation, malingering). (various references) | |
Turkish | sahte tavır (imposture, Masquerade), yalandan yapma (pretence, pretense), taklit (affectation, bastard, bogus, counterfeit, echo, fake, false, gold brick, hit off, imitated, imitation, imitative, impression, mimesis, mimic, mimicry, mock, mockery, pinchbeck, repetition, reproduction, sham, simulacrum, simulated, snide, take off), benzer şartları oluşturma, benzeme (kindred, likeness, mimesis, mimicry), benzeşme (affinity, assimilation, correspondence, similitude). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | удавання (acting, affectation, affectedness, assumption, comedy, dissimulation, feint, hypocrisy, make believe, pose, pretension, sham), симуляція (malingering, postiche), відтворення (creation, picture, playback, reconstitution, reproduction), моделювання (modeling, modelling). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự thủ vai sự bắt chước, sự giả vờ (dissimulation, make-believe, sham), sự giả cách sự đóng vai, sự dựa theo. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "simulation": simulations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "simulation": dissimulation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "simulation": dissimulations. (additional references) | |
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"Simulation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: canullation, similation, simulatio, simultation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "simulation" (pronounced si'myulā"shun) |
| 9 | -i' m y u l ā" sh u n | stimulation. |
| 8 | -m y u l ā" sh u n | accumulation, emulation, formulation. |
| 7 | -y u l ā" sh u n | articulation, calculation, coagulation, confabulation, depopulation, deregulation, granulation, inoculation, manipulation, miscalculation, overpopulation, overregulation, ovulation, population, recalculation, regulation, reregulation, speculation, stipulation, strangulation, tabulation, tribulation. |
| 6 | -u l ā" sh u n | fibrillation, adulation, annihilation, appellation, assimilation, cancellation, capitulation, compilation, congratulation, consolation, constellation, correlation, demodulation, desolation, distillation, elation, escalation, exhalation, extrapolation, gastrulation, inhalation, installation, insulation, isolation, jubilation, modulation, mutilation, oscillation, revelation, titillation, vacillation, ventilation, violation. |
| 5 | -l ā" sh u n | contemplation, deflation, dilation, disinflation, ejaculation, hyperinflation, inflation, legislation, reflation, relation, stagflation, translation, triangulation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, accreditation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, aspiration, assassination, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calibration, cannibalization, capitalization, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolidation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, elaboration, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, information, inhabitation, initiation, innovation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overvaluation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, stabilization, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, toleration, transformation, transillumination, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-i-l-m-n-o-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: laminous, luminist, manitous, minutial, simulant, solatium, tinamous. | |
-3 letters: alumins, amounts, animist, intimal, intimas, ioniums, latinos, liaison, malison, manitos, manitou, manitus, minutia, mislain, moulins, nautili, nimious, outlain, outmans, outsail, santimi, solanum, somital, stimuli, talions, tinamou, tsunami, ultimas. | |
-4 letters: aiolis, almost, aloins, alumin, alumni, amnios, amount, animis, animus, autism, inmost, insoul, instal, instil, insult, intima. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-i-l-m-n-o-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: mutilations, simulations, stimulation, sublimation. | |
+2 letters: culminations, fulminations, humiliations, illuminators, multinomials, stimulations, sublimations, unmoralities. | |
+3 letters: calumniations, columniations, communalities, dissimulation, functionalism, illuminations, malnutritions, manipulations, misevaluation, restimulation, umbilications. | |
+4 letters: dissimulations, emulsification, functionalisms, matriculations, micropulsation, miscalculation, misevaluations, misutilization, multinationals, musicalization, mutualizations, restimulations, semifunctional, somnambulistic, subnormalities, vermiculations. | |
+5 letters: aluminosilicate, communistically, emulsifications, maldistribution, masculinization, micropulsations, miscalculations, misutilizations, monumentalities, multidivisional, multiplications, musicalizations, overstimulating, overstimulation, poststimulation, sanctimoniously. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Abbreviations 14. Acronyms 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Bibliography |
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