simulator

noun

sim·u·la·tor ˈsim-yə-ˌlā-tər

: one that simulates

especially : a device that enables the operator to reproduce or represent under test conditions phenomena likely to occur in actual performance

Example Sentences

a flight simulator used by pilots

Recent Examples on the Web Student debt holders can use a loan simulator at the Federal Student Aid site to figure out which plan is best for them. —

Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 14 June 2023 Visitors can get a look at vintage aircrafts, tour the first Boeing 747-400, and experience a flight simulator. —

Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2023 With the $15 million, Feyten said, the university will also be able to get its own flight simulators, saving students money for flight hours. —

Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 16 May 2023 Not to be missed, the Lounge by Top Golf is the place to post up and enjoy golf simulators, arcade games, and sweet and savory bar style bites to boot. —

Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 2 May 2023 Scientists built an analog quantum simulator that could answer important unsolved questions in the field of physics. —

Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 31 Jan. 2023 Right after the loss, the Giants’ odds of reaching the postseason dropped to 53 percent from 64 percent, according to The Upshot’s playoff simulator. —

Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2022 Enlarge / People look inside an Orion spacecraft simulator, which is used to train for docking to the Gateway space station, at the Johnson Space Center's System Engineering Simulator facility in Houston. —

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2022 So far, the team has announced three drivers for its TPC program, Herta, Will Stevens (the F1 team’s simulator driver) and O’Ward – though McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown told IndyStar last week that O’Ward’s test is likely to come after the IndyCar season ends in mid-September. —

Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2022 See More

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