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simulant

/ˈsɪmjʊlənt/

simulant noun: something that simulates something else such as a gemstone.

Noun

simulant (plural simulants)

  1. Something that simulates something else such as a gemstone.
    • 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.2012, Joshua Cohen, Four New Messages

Adjective

simulant (not comparable)

  1. Simulating, replacing, or having the form or appearance of something else.

Forms of simulant

pluralsimulants

Origin of simulant

From simulate + -ant.

Questions about simulant

What does simulant mean?
Simulant means something that simulates something else such as a gemstone.
What part of speech is simulant?
Simulant can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce simulant?
Simulant is pronounced /ˈsɪmjʊlənt/.
What is the plural of simulant?
The plural of simulant is simulants.

Words near simulant in the dictionary

  1. simulacres
  2. simulacrum
  3. simulacrums
  4. simuland
  5. simulands
  6. simulant
  7. simulants
  8. simular
  9. simulars
  10. simulatability
  11. simulatable

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