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имитировать

Translation of имитировать

simulate

Russian word in Latin letters: imitirovat

Meaning of имитировать

Russian

Создавать условия или действия, похожие на настоящие.

English

to create conditions that look like real ones, for example for training or testing

имитировать

Pronunciation

Russian
[ɪmʲɪˈtʲirəvətʲ]

Traps and common mistakes

Имитировать or симулировать?

симулировать

симулировать ≠ simulate: usually to fake an illness

Don't mix them up. Creating conditions like real ones — имитировать; pretending to be ill — симулировать.

Тренажёр имитирует посадку самолёта.

The trainer simulates a plane landing.

Он симулировал простуду, чтобы не идти в школу.

He faked a cold to skip school.

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  1. The programme simulates real flight conditions.

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    Программа имитирует реальные условия полёта.

  2. This test simulates a fire in the building.

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    Это испытание имитирует пожар в здании.

  3. The program simulates real flight conditions.

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    Программа имитирует реальные условия полёта.

имитировать synonyms

Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between имитировать, моделировать, and воспроизводить

М
🇷🇺Russian
моделировать

Science and computers: build a model of a process.

В
🇷🇺Russian
воспроизводить

Reproduce real conditions, e.g. in a lab.

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имитировать meaning: what does it mean?

to create conditions that look like real ones, for example for training or testing

имитировать pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

имитировать is pronounced as [ɪmʲɪˈtʲirəvətʲ]. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

имитировать definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

The programme simulates real flight conditions. Translation: Программа имитирует реальные условия полёта.

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