simultaneous.html - adj.
(often foll. by with) occurring or operating at the same time.

simultaneous equations equations involving two or more unknowns that are to have the same values in each equation.

simultaneity n. simultaneously adv. simultaneousness n. [med.L simultaneus f. L simul at the same time, prob. after instantaneus etc.]

simultaneous.html - n.
(pl. simulacra)
1 an image of something.
2 a a shadowy likeness; a deceptive substitute. b mere pretence. [L (as SIMULATE)]

simultaneous.html - v.tr.
1 a pretend to have or feel (an attribute or feeling). b pretend to be.
2 imitate or counterfeit.
3 a imitate the conditions of (a situation etc.), e.g. for training. b produce a computer model of (a process).
4 (as simulated adj.) made to resemble the real thing but not genuinely such (simulated fur).
5 (of a word) take or have an altered form suggested by (a word wrongly taken to be its source, e.g. amuck).

simulation n. simulative adj. [L simulare f. similis like]

simultaneous.html - n.
1 a person or thing that simulates.
2 a device designed to simulate the operations of a complex system, used esp. in training.

simultaneous.html - n.
simultaneous transmission of the same programme on radio and television. [SIMULTANEOUS + BROADCAST]

simultaneous.html - adj.
(often foll. by with) occurring or operating at the same time.

simultaneous equations equations involving two or more unknowns that are to have the same values in each equation.

simultaneity n. simultaneously adv. simultaneousness n. [med.L simultaneus f. L simul at the same time, prob. after instantaneus etc.]