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(computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another
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emulation
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n. 1 The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions. 2 (context obsolete English) Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention. 3 (context computing English) Running a program or other software designed for a different system.
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, from Middle French émulation (13c.) and directly from Latin aemulationem (nominative aemulatio ) "rivalry, emulation, competition," noun of action from past participle stem of aemulari "to rival, strive to excel," from aemulus "striving, rivaling" ...
Usage examples of emulation.
And behind it all I saw the ineffable malignity of primordial necromancy, black and amorphous, and fumbling greedily after me in the darkness to choke out the spirit that had dared to mock it by emulation.
It seemed that Flach and Weva were the naturally sexed forms, while Nepe and Beman were emulations from neuter stock.
I can conceive of no life more delightful than that of a lawyer in good health, and with good capacity, and with a sufficient clientage, spent in that manly emulation and honorable companionship.
CLER: Ay, if we can hold up the emulation betwixt Foole and Daw, and never bring them to expostulate.
The simplicity and purism of the tea-room resulted from emulation of the Zen monastery.
The satisfaction which Constantius had received from this journey excited him to the generous emulation of bestowing on the Romans some memorial of his own gratitude and munificence.
They were now confirming for the two emulations that they were indeed associating with each other, for this was better than being subject to the breeding program of this realm.
Yet the emulation of Trajan and Julian was awakened by the trophies of Alexander, and the sovereigns of Persia indulged the ambitious hope of restoring the empire of Cyrus.
Christian fellowship as against the prevailing folly of sectarian divisions, emulations, and jealousies.
If Constantine had the advantage of erecting the standard of the cross, the emulation of his successor assumed the merit of subduing the Arian heresy, and of abolishing the worship of idols in the Roman world.
That any one should have the energy to come ashore when he was comfortable on board, or leave the shore when amply provided there with sunshine, elbowroom, and other necessaries of life, presented itself to them as a fact worthy of note but not of emulation.
The emulation, and sometimes the discord, which reigned between two professions of opposite interests and incompatible manners, was productive of beneficial and of pernicious consequences.
MICHAEL: And storms roar in emulation From sea to land, from land to sea, And make, raging, a chain Of deepest operation round about.
That was all very well, but was this the place for a young man of eighteen to live in, without a good library, without good society, without emulation and literacy intercourse?
The common method in such cases is this: as soon as a foreign potentate enters into a province, those who are weaker or disobliged join themselves with him out of emulation and animosity to those who are above them, insomuch that in respect of these inferior lords, no pains is to be omitted that may gain them.