emulation

See also: émulation

English

Alternative forms

• æmulation (archaic)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French émulation, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin aemulātiōnem, accusative singular form of aemulātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛmjʊˈleɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

emulation (countable and uncountable, plural emulations)

1. The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.

   a great figure who is worthy of respect and emulation

2. (obsolete) Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
   • Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York Review Books 2001, p.263:

     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 […]

3. (computing) Running a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system.

Related terms

• emulate
• emulative
• emulator

Translations

endeavour or desire to equal or excel

• Finnish: jäljittely (fi)
• Swedish: efterföljd (sv) c
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Tagalog: amban, pag-amban

jealous rivalry

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software

• Finnish: emulointi (fi)
• Hawaiian: hoa māhuʻi
• Greek: εξομοίωση (el) f (exomoíosi), προσομοίωση f (prosomoíosi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: lagak, pelagakan
• Russian: эмуляция (ru) (emuljacija)
• Swedish: emulering c

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