Crossword clues for emulation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Emulation \Em`u*la"tion\, n. [L. aemulatio: cf. F.
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The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.
A noble emulation heats your breast.
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Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
Such factious emulations shall arise.
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imitation (of an admired model) for the purpose of improving one's own qualities.
[Chivalry was] an ideal which, if never met with in real life, was acknowledged by all as the highest model for emulation.
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(Computers) the imitation of the actions of a computer system or component, especially a processor, by means of a computer program, with the goal of predicting the behavior and performance characteristics of that system without actually manufacturing it.
1996 marked the year that emulation became a mainstream design verification tool.
--Computer Design (editorial, 1998)Syn: Competition; rivalry; contest; contention; strife. -- Emulation, Competition, Rivalry. Competition is the struggle of two or more persons for the same object. Emulation is an ardent desire for superiority, arising from competition, but now implying, of necessity, any improper feeling. Rivalry is a personal contest, and, almost of course, has a selfish object and gives rise to envy. ``Competition and emulation have honor for their basis; rivalry is but a desire for selfish gratification. Competition and emulation animate to effort; rivalry usually produces hatred. Competition and emulation seek to merit success; rivalry is contented with obtaining it.''
--Crabb.
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" (also as a noun, "a rival," fem. aemula), from Proto-Italic *aimo-, from PIE *aim-olo, suffixed form of root *aim- "copy" (see imitation).
Wiktionary
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.
WordNet
n. ambition to equal or excel
(computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another
effort to equal or surpass another
Wikipedia
Emulation may refer to:
In emulation learning, subjects learn about parts of their environment and use this to achieve their own goals. Observational learning (sometimes called social learning) is based primarily on the work of Albert Bandura. First coined by child psychologist David Wood in 1988. In 1990 “emulation” was taken up by Michael Tomasello to explain the findings of an earlier study on ape social learning. The meaning of the term emulation has changed gradually since.
Emulation is a form of observational learning, different from imitation, which focuses on the action's environmental results instead of a model's action. Simpler form of observational learning is expected to have profound implications for its capacity for cultural transmission. Emulation produces only fleeting fidelity compared with the opportunity to copy a conspecific, when considerable conformity is displayed even with a simple task. This was observed through a study, ghost-conditions, in chimpanzees and children.
Emulation is a football club of Martinique, based in the westcoast-town Schœlcher.
They play in the Martinique's first division, the Martinique Championnat National, since they gained promotion at the end of the 2007/2008 season.
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.