simulator

Noun

1. One who simulates or feigns.
   • Even confessing to a crime, the man may be mad, or a knavish simulator. - 1858, Thomas De Quincey, “Schlosser's Literary History of the Eighteenth Century”, in De Quincey's works, page 82:
2. A machine or system that simulates an environment (such as an aircraft cockpit), often for training purposes.
   • The dummy rocket is being developed to permit the ground testing of missile controls. By the use of this “flight simulator” the control devices of missiles can be subjected to operational tests on the ground, thus...
   • A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean. - 2007 February 20, Tina Kelley, “A Wet Wind Tunnel So Ships Can Move Faster and Better”, in The New York...
   • Classroom sessions for drivers are under way, with each driver requiring a full day on the simulator before they then test a tram on the £350 million new line. - 2020 March 11, “Network News: Driver training on Trafford...
3. A game that attempts to reproduce an experience realistically.
   • a pinball simulator
   • While writing for Mastertronic, David had seen that sales figures were much better for 'simulators' compared to less realistic games […] - 2007, David Lester, How They Started: