Simulant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɪmjʊlənt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Simulant is a noun meaning Something that simulates something else such as a gemstone.
Meaning
Something that simulates something else such as a gemstone.
More Meanings
- (chiefly biology) Simulating, replacing, or having the form or appearance of something else.
Example Sentences
Due to its low cost and close visual likeness to diamond, cubic zirconia has remained the most gemologically and economically important diamond simulant since 1976.
He could invent a fictional restaurant for you to bite your burger at but any fictional restaurant would be, like Nomenex, a worthless simulant or inconcinne imitation, a placebic generic.
The soil sample, called LZS-1, is the latest in a list of lunar regolith simulants of varying quality that have been developed to help Nasa and other space agencies around the world prepare for missions to the Moon.
Word Forms
- simulants
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gemstone, moissanite, doublet, jewel, stone, zircon.
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