in silico
In computer simulation or in virtual realityIn computer simulation or in virtual reality.
Meaning
1 sensesIn computer simulation or in virtual reality.
He was able to dissect the frog in silico.
Origin
Pseudo-Latinism, derived from in and silicon (from Latin silex (“flint, pebble, stone; craPseudo-Latinism, derived from in and silicon (from Latin silex (“flint, pebble, stone; crag, rock”)) + Latin -ō, by analogy with English in vitro (“in glass, referring to an experiment conducted in a test tube”). The silico component refers to silicon chips which were used for computing at the time when the term was coined.
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