Ko te tāwhai i tētahi pūnaha tūturu, i tētahi mahinga tūturu rānei i roto i te taiwhanga pūtaiao, e kitea ai ngā āhuatanga me ngā whanonga matua o te mea tūturu. Hei tauira, ko te whaihanga i te amio haere o te marama i a Papatūānuku me te tāwhiowhio anō o Papa.
The imitation of a real system or an actual operation in the science laboratory in order to see the characteristics and behaviors of the real thing. An example is the simulation of the moon's orbit around the Earth and also the Earth's rotation.
whaihanga - make, construct, manipulate
whai (tāwhai) - copy
hanga - construct