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Simbang Gabi
Simbang Gabi is a Filipino Catholic devotion of nine consecutive dawn Masses from December 16 to 24 in preparation for Christmas, with evening Masses also permitted.
Simbar-shipak
Simbar-shipak, also written Simbar-Šiḫu, was a king of Babylon and the first ruler of the Second Dynasty of the Sealand, which took over after the Kassite dynasty fell.
Simbe Robotics, Inc.
Simbe Robotics is an American retail-robotics company founded in 2014 and based in South San Francisco, California, known for Tally, an autonomous robot that scans store shelves for out-of-stock items and pricing errors.
Simbi Khali
Simbi Khali, also credited as Simbi Kali, American actress born 1971 in Jackson, Mississippi; played Nina Campbell on 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), Laquita on Martin, and voiced Amanda in Detroit: Become Human.
Simbionix
Simbionix is an Israeli medical simulation company founded in the late 1990s that develops virtual reality simulators for training surgeons, including the LAP Mentor and GI Mentor.
Simbody
Simbody is an open-source C++ multibody dynamics library developed at Stanford under NIH funding; it serves as the dynamics engine behind OpenSim and is used in the Gazebo robotics simulator.
Simca
Simca (Société Industrielle de Mécanique et de Carrosserie Automobile) was a French carmaker founded by Fiat in 1934, led by Henri Pigozzi, sold to Peugeot in 1978 and renamed Talbot in 1979.
Simcenter
Simcenter is a portfolio of engineering simulation and physical testing software from Siemens Digital Industries Software, launched in 2016 and expanded by the roughly $10 billion Altair acquisition in 2025.
Simcere CDH6 antibody-drug conjugate
SIM0505 (SCR-9359), Simcere Zaiming's CDH6-targeting antibody-drug conjugate with CPT116 topoisomerase 1 inhibitor payload; Phase 1 (NCT06792552) in advanced solid tumors, licensed ex-Greater China to NextCure for up to $745M, FDA Fast Track for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
Simcere Zaiming
Simcere Zaiming, formally Hainan Simcere Zaiming Pharmaceutical, is a Chinese oncology drug company founded in 2020, selling five cancer medicines and planning a Hong Kong spin-off listing.
Simcha Bunim Alter (Lev Simcha)
Simcha Bunim Alter (Hebrew: שמחה בונים אלתר), known as Lev Simcha, was the fifth Rebbe of the Ger Hasidic dynasty from 1977 until his death in 1992.
Simcha Eichenstein
Simcha Eichenstein is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly from Brooklyn's 48th district, elected in 2018 as the first Chassidic Jewish member of the state legislature.
Simchat Torah (שמחת תורה)
Simchat Torah (שמחת תורה), or Rejoicing of the Torah, is a Jewish holiday on which the annual Torah reading is completed and begun again, celebrated with dancing and processions.
Simcheongga
Simcheongga (심청가) is one of the five surviving Korean pansori epics, telling of the filial daughter Sim Cheong, who sacrifices herself in the Indang Sea.
SimCity
SimCity (originally Micropolis) is Will Wright's 1989 Maxis city-building simulation where the player-mayor zones residential, commercial, and industrial land; it spawned a series, The Sims, and widespread classroom use in urban planning education.
SimCity (1989 video game)
SimCity (1989), aka Micropolis, is Maxis and Will Wright's open-ended city-building simulation that founded the city-builder genre, was published via Broderbund, ported widely including SNES, won 1989 awards, and was later GPL-released.
SimCity (2013 video game)
SimCity (2013) is a city-building simulation developed by Maxis Emeryville and published by Electronic Arts, the first mainline SimCity entry since SimCity 4 in 2003.
SimCity 2000
SimCity 2000 is Maxis's 1993/1994 isometric city-building simulation, sequel to SimCity. Sold over 300,000 copies in four months, topped world charts for half a year, and was ported widely.
SimCity 4
SimCity 4 (2003), Maxis/EA city-building simulation, fourth main SimCity, designed by Will Wright. Known for regional play with neighbor deals, a statistical spreadsheet simulation, Rush Hour expansion, and a lasting NAM modding community.
SimCLR
SimCLR is a self-supervised learning method that trains an image encoder by contrasting two augmented views of the same image, reported by Ting Chen and colleagues in 2020.
Simcoe
Lake Simcoe, southern Ontario's largest lake outside the Great Lakes (722 km², 42 m max depth), a Trent-Severn Waterway lake with a major ice fishery, Protection Plan since 2009, and invasive-species and chloride stressors.
SimCopter
SimCopter (SimCopter: Fly Missions in the Metropolis) is Maxis's 1996 Windows helicopter simulation, designed by Will Wright, letting players fly emergency missions in imported SimCity 2000 cities; now abandonware with a community Unreal Engine 5 remake.
SIMD
SIMD (single instruction, multiple data) is a class of computer architecture, defined in Flynn's 1966 taxonomy, in which one instruction operates on many data elements simultaneously, exploiting data-level parallelism.
Sime Darby
Sime Darby Berhad is a Malaysian trading conglomerate listed on Bursa Malaysia that distributes automotive and industrial equipment across Asia Pacific, operating in 18 countries and partnering with more than 60 brands.
Šime Fantela
Šime Fantela, Croatian sailor born 1986 in Zadar, Olympic 470 gold medalist at Rio 2016 with Igor Marenić, later 49er world champion 2018 with brother Mihovil, competing in five Olympics from 2008 to 2024.
Šime Vrsaljko
Šime Vrsaljko, born 1992 in Rijeka, Croatian right back; Dinamo Zagreb, Genoa, Sassuolo, Atlético Madrid (100 matches, Europa League 2018, LaLiga 2020/21), 52 caps, 2018 World Cup runner-up; retired March 2023 after knee injuries.
Simeconazole
Simeconazole (シメコナゾール, also SF 9607, mongarit) is a systemic triazole DMI fungicide inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis, introduced in Japan in 2001 for rice, fruit, vegetable, and turf diseases; not EU-approved.
Simēn
Simēn (Simien Mountains, Semien) is a high mountain region in Amhara Region, northern Ethiopia, a flood-basalt massif containing Ras Dejen (4,543 m) and Simien Mountains National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed in 1978.
Simen Agdestein
Simen Agdestein (born 1967, Oslo) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster (1985, then world's youngest), eight-time Norwegian champion, former Norway national football team striker, and Magnus Carlsen's coach at NTG Bærum.
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Simen Spieler Nilsen (born 1993, Arendal) is a Norwegian long-track speed skater, Arendal SK, Olympic gold in the 2018 Pyeongchang men's team pursuit; distinct from footballer Simen Vidtun Nilsen.