MIMICRY Synonyms

• ambition to equal or excel

• (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another

• effort to equal or surpass another

• the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations

• something copied or derived from an original

• copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else

• a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• similarity by virtue of corresponding

• a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

• the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface

• expression without words

• a likeness in which left and right are reversed

• the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)

• (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed

• a remark expressing careful consideration

• the ability to reflect beams or rays

• the act of making copies

• (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer

• the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves

• copy that is not the original; something that has been copied

• the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion

• similarity in appearance or external or superficial details

• the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)

• (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program

• representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

• the act of giving a false appearance

• Of an event, activity, behaviour, etc, to be identical to, to be a copy of.

• To create something identical to (a web site, etc.).

• To reflect, as in a mirror.

• A reflection or inversion.

• the act of mimicking; imitative behavior