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Emulation

//ˌɛm.jʊˈleɪ̯.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions. countable, uncountable

    "a great figure who is worthy of respect and emulation"

  2. 2
    effort to equal or surpass another wordnet
  3. 3
    Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Scarce two gentlemen dwell together in the country […] , but there is emulation betwixt them and their servants, some quarrel or some grudge betwixt their wives or children […]"

  4. 4
    (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another wordnet
  5. 5
    Execution of a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    ambition to equal or excel wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French émulation, from Latin aemulātiō.

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