mimic

adj : constituting an imitation; "the mimic warfare of the opera

stage"- Archibald Alison

n : someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress) [syn: {mimicker}]

v : imitate (a person, a manner, etc.), esp. for satirical

effect [syn: {mock}]

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)