mimetic
11Mimetic — The adjective for mimesis imitation or mimicry. A radiomimetic drug is one that imitates the effects of radiation as in the case of chemicals such as nitrogen mustards which are used in cancer chemotherapy. Mimetic and mimesis come from the Greek …
12mimetic — mi•met•ic [[t]mɪˈmɛt ɪk, maɪ [/t]] adj. characterized by, exhibiting, or of the nature of mimicry: mimetic gestures[/ex] • Etymology: 1625–35; < Gk mīmētikós imitative =mīmē (see mimesis) + tikos tic mi•met′i•cal•ly, adv …
13mimetic — /məˈmɛtɪk/ (say muh metik) adjective 1. characterised by, exhibiting, or of the nature of mimicry or mimesis: mimetic gestures. 2. mimic or make believe. {Greek mīmētikos} –mimetically, adverb …
14Mimetic drift — describes the flow of ideas (memes) across a social group. A typical usage can be seen in the edition of The Harrow Technology Report dated 22 December 2003.[1] The phrase was used as the title of a short story by science fiction author Glenn… …
15Mimetic isomorphism — in organization theory refers to the tendency of an organization to imitate another organization s structure because of the belief that the structure of the latter organization is beneficial. An example for this is a family company transforming… …
16Mimetic (mathematics) — The goal of numerical analysis is to approximate the continuum, so instead of solving a partial differential equation one aims in solve a discrete version of the continuum problem. A numerical method is called mimetic when it mimics (or imitates) …
17mimetic — pertaining to or exhibiting mimicry …
18mimetic — adj. [Gr. mimikos, initative] Characterized by mimicry …
19-mimetic — a word termination indicating simulation of a function, process, etc., designated by the root to which it is affixed, as sympathomimetic …
20mimetic — Synonyms and related words: apish, delineatory, depictive, echoic, embodying, emulative, figurative, graphic, ideographic, illustrational, illustrative, imitative, incarnating, limning, mimic, mimish, onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic, personifying,… …
