meaning of mimic

1. Alt. of Mimical
2. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.
3. To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of protection or advantage.
4. One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for sport; a copyist; a buffoon.
5. MIMIC 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].
6. someone who mimics especially an actor or actress

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