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em⋅u⋅la⋅tion

  [em-yuh-ley-shuhn]
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–noun
1. effort or desire to equal or excel others.
2. Obsolete. jealous rivalry.
Origin:
1545–55; < L aemulātiōn- (s. of aemulātiō). See emulate, -ion

Synonyms:
1. imitation, competition.
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em·u·la·tion   (ěm'yə-lā'shən)   
n.  
  1. Effort or ambition to equal or surpass another.
  2. Imitation of another.
  3. Computer Science The process or technique of emulating.
  4. Obsolete Jealous rivalry.
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Emulation

Em`u*la"tion\, n. [L. aemulatio: cf. F. ['e]mulation.]

1. 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. --Dryden.

2. Jea?ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.

Such factious emulations shall arise. --Shak.

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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emulation 
1552, from L. æmulationem, from æmulari "to rival, strive to excel," from æmulus "striving, rivaling," from PIE *aim-olo, from base *aim- "copy." Related to L. imitari "imitate," and to L. imago "image."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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emulation architecture
When one system performs in exactly the same way as another, though perhaps not at the same speed. A typical example would be emulation of one computer by (a program running on) another. You might use an emulation as a replacement for a system whereas you would use a simulation if you just wanted to analyse it and make predictions about it.
(2003-05-22)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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