Definition of "simulant" []

• Something that simulates something else such as, for example, a gemstone. (noun)

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• "Initial lots will weigh just tens of pounds to ensure that the simulant is made correctly."
• ""I've been through all the major airports and the security systems of the State Department, the Pentagon, even the CIA, and nobody has stopped me," Mr. Patrick said, noting that if his simulant had been real anthrax, it could "take care of the Rayburn building and all the people in it.""
• "In a 1999 appearance before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, he pulled out a small plastic bottle filled with 7.5 grams of an inert anthrax simulant."