dictionary help| MIMIC | computing dictionary |
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].
(01 Jan 1995)
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| mimic | medical dictionary |
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. <biology> To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of protection or advantage.
Synonyms: To ape, imitate, counterfeit, mock.
Origin: Mimicked; Mimicking.
(01 Mar 1998)
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