1. simulant - Noun
2. simulant - Adjective
simulant (plural simulants)
Something that simulates something else such as a gemstone.
Due to its low cost and close visual likeness to diamond, cubic zirconia has remained the most gemologically and economically important diamond simulant since 1976.
simulant (not comparable)
(chiefly biology) Simulating, replacing, or having the form or appearance of something else.
Advertising suggests that such a coating would transfer some of these diamond-like properties to the coated stone, hence enhancing the diamond simulant. Source: Internet
Or perhaps it was Jeong that developed the caretaker in this simulant, paradoxically stitching this primary directive into the young recipient of his relentless goading: as a living, breathing organism, it is your obligation to protect life at all costs. Source: Internet
The gemstone moissanite (silicon carbide) can be treated as a diamond simulant, though more costly to produce than cubic zirconia. Source: Internet
Due to its fairly high refractive index, YAG was used as a diamond simulant in the 1970s until the methods of producing the more advanced simulant cubic zirconia in commercial quantities were developed. Source: Internet
Will the simulant be ready?” Source: Internet