Etymology

bisimulation

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Today it means: an equivalence relation between state transition systems, associating systems which behave in the same way in the sense that one system simulates the other and vice-versa Full definition →

English simulation ← Latin bi- ← Proto-Italic *dwi-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Englishsimulation
  7. English todaybisimulation

From bi- + simulation.

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