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Meaning of mimic in English

(Definition of mimic from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of mimic from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of mimic

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The atsaras were now having a merry time (photo right), mimicking the action of the warriors, who began to dance in a circle.
Cyanopolyynes: carbon chains formation in a carbon arc mimicking the formation of carbon chains in the circumstellar medium.
There has also been a report of tattoo pigments migrating to lymph nodes mimicking calcifications in an axillary node [3].
The rough-and-tumble of conversational interchange mimicked by the girl group songs offers two key elements to the girl group success.
As such, only the tendons essential for the index finger flexion/extension and abduction/adduction are studied and mimicked in our design.
By mimicking the compactness definition for domain elements, the notion of a finite object in a category is introduced.
The type constructor mimicking the external choice would be rather 'ad hoc'.
The current heuristics mimicking a player can react quickly to changes in conducting style, but the results can be unmusical.
He studied their ritualised vocal expressions in context, observing how their voices mimicked the rainforest birds.
How do we know that one process is better at mimicking conscious activity than another one?
Their study mimicked usual clinical practice and, on discharge from hospital, supplementation was discontinued.
We attempted to solve the issue concerning intrinsic versus synaptic factors by mimicking the stimulus-evoked hyperpolarization with a similar event evoked by current pulses.
The neurotoxic effects of glycolytic inhibition are not mimicked by simple removal of either glucose or oxygen from the media.
Theoretical models are derived by computationally mimicking the processing performed in nervous systems.
Around half the content is on aspects of carbon dioxide - a proportion that mimics its relative importance in radiative forcing.
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Translations of mimic

in Chinese (Traditional)
(為逗樂而)模仿,學…的樣子, 善於模仿的人…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(为逗乐而)模仿,学…的样子, 善于模仿的人…
in Spanish
remedar, imitar, imitador…
in Portuguese
arremedar, imitar, imitador…
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~をまねる, ものまねのうまい人, まねる…
taklidini yapmak, taklit etmek, mimiklerini taklit etmek…
imiter, singer, imitateur/-trice…
imitar, escarnir, imitador…
imiteren, imitator…
efterligne, parodiere, parodist…
härma, imitera, parodiera…
memimik, ahli mimik…
nachahmen, der Nachahmer / die Nachahmerin…
ligne på, fungere omtrent som, imitere…
передражнювати, пародіювати, імітатор…
передразнивать, пародировать, имитировать…
يُقَلِّد, مُقَلِّد…
napodobit, napodobitel, -ka…
meniru, peniru…
ล้อเลียน, นักล้อเลียน…
bắt chước, người có tài bắt chước…
naśladować, przedrzeźniać, imitować…
흉내를 내다, 흉내내는 사람…
imitare con gesti, mimare, imitatore…
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