Etym. mobile (adj.) late 15c., from Middle French mobile (14c.), from Latin mobilis “movable, easy to move; loose, not firm,” “pliable, flexible. contraction of *movibilis, from movere “to move.”
Etym. simulation (n.) noun of action from past participle stem of simulare “imitate,” from stem of similis “like.” Meaning “a model or mock-up for purposes of experiment or training” is from 1954.
Definition
- The ability to move a simulator from one teaching location to another or to teach a scenario on the move (F.C. Forrest, Bristol Medical Simulation Center).