simulerad

Simulerad is a Swedish adjective meaning simulated or produced by simulation. It is the past participle of the verb simulera, which means to simulate or imitate. The term can be traced to Latin simulare and entered Swedish via French and English; it is widely used in technical, scientific and everyday language to indicate that something is created by a model, algorithm, or procedure rather than occurring naturally.

In technical and scientific contexts, simulerad describes outputs, environments, or processes generated by computational or physical modeling. Examples include simulerad data (data produced by a computer simulation), simulerad miljö (a simulated environment, such as a training simulator), and simulerad modell (a model used in a simulation). The word is often contrasted with verklig or faktisk to clarify that the thing is a representation, not the real object or event.

In broader discourse, simulerad appears in discussions of simulated reality and the simulationsteorin, topics in philosophy and media studies. The Swedish term is used in both neutral, descriptive senses and in evaluative ones, depending on context. In practice, simulerade miljöer are widely used in education, research, and industry for testing, training, and experimentation before applying results to real systems.