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What do you call the "things" that you used in experiment, but not in real life? Things that are made for experiment/simulation purpose. For example, phantom for human body.

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    What do you mean by "phantom"? Are you referring to the "mannequins" or "dummies" that are used in place of real people (e.g. in crash testing)? – user2390246 Mar 04 '16 at 12:06

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At the most general term, you would call it a model. An animal model, a mannequin that models human movement/bones/flesh/weight, a drug that models the effects of XYZ in vivo. Whenever we can't use/describe nature directly, we use/describe a model.

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