MIMIC : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: MIMIC	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for MIMIC
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mimic adj constituting an imitation; "the mimic warfare of the opera stage"- Archibald Alison n someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress) [syn: mimic, mimicker] v imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately" Synonym(s): mimic, mime
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mimic \Mim"ic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mimicked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mimicking}.] 1. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation. The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply, The habit mimic, and the mien belie. --Dryden. 2. (Biol.) To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of protection or advantage. Syn: To ape; imitate; counterfeit; mock.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mimic \Mim"ic\, n. One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for sport; a copyist; a buffoon. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mimic \Mim"ic\, Mimical \Mim"ical\, a. [L. mimicus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] mime: cf. F. mimique. See {Mime}.] 1. Imitative; mimetic. Oft, in her absence, mimic* fancy wakes To imitate her. --Milton. Man is, of all creatures, the most mimical. --W. Wotton. 2. Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as, mimic gestures. [bd]Mimic hootings.[b8] --Wordsworth. 3. (Min.) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry. Note: Mimic often implies something droll or ludicrous, and is less dignified than imitative. {Mimic beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a beetle that feigns death when disturbed, esp. the species of {Hister} and allied genera.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
MIMIC An early language designed by J.H. Andrews of the NIH in 1967 for solving engineering problems such as differential equations that would otherwise have been done on an {analog computer}. ["MIMIC, An Alternative Programming Language for Industrial Dynamics, N.D. Peterson, Socio-Econ Plan Sci. 6, Pergamon 1972]. (1995-01-19)