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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

mimic
     adj : constituting an imitation; "the mimic warfare of the opera
           stage"- Archibald Alison
     n : someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress) [syn: mimicker]
     v : imitate (a person, a manner, etc.), esp. for satirical
         effect [syn: mime, mock]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Mimic \Mim"ic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mimicked; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Mimicking.]
   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. (Biol.) To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of
      a totally different nature, or some surrounding object),
      as a means of protection or advantage.

   Syn: To ape; imitate; counterfeit; mock.
Mimic \Mim"ic\, Mimical \Mim"ic*al\, a. [L. mimicus, Gr. ?, fr.
   ? mime: cf. F. mimique. See Mime.]
   1. Imitative; mimetic.

            Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes To imitate
            her.                                  --Milton.

            Man is, of all creatures, the most mimical. --W.
                                                  Wotton.

   2. Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as,
      mimic gestures. ``Mimic hootings.'' --Wordsworth.

   3. (Min.) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other
      forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble
      simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.

   Note: Mimic often implies something droll or ludicrous, and
         is less dignified than imitative.

   Mimic beetle (Zo["o]l.), a beetle that feigns death when
      disturbed, esp. the species of Hister and allied genera.
Mimic \Mim"ic\, n.
   One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for
   sport; a copyist; a buffoon. --Burke.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

MIMIC

   <language> 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].

   (1995-01-19)