simulant, a. and n.
(ˈsɪmjʊlənt)
[ad. L. simulant-em, pres. pple. of simulāre to simulate.]
A. adj. Simulating; presenting the appearance of something else.
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 348 Simulant,..when the mesothorax is covered by the prothorax, and the Metathorax only is visible, under the form of an elongated or enlarged scutellum. 1891 Cent. Dict. s.v., A good many parts and organs..are thus simulant of others from which they are morphologically different. |
B. n. One who, or that which, simulates something else.
| 1860 W. H. Russell Diary India I. 103 These are, indeed, solemn processions, which not even youth and beauty, or their simulants, can make gay. 1979 Mills & Mansfield Genuine Article vii. 110 The studio audience were challenged to tell the difference between a genuine diamond and an imitation. A tray of simulants containing a genuine diamond..was produced. 1979 Nature 6 Dec. 655/3 Yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) and cubic zirconia are both used as diamond simulants. |