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emulation

[ em-yuh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

  1. effort or desire to equal or excel others.

    Synonyms: competition, imitation

  2. Obsolete. jealous rivalry.


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Other Words From

  • nonem·u·lation noun
  • over·emu·lation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of emulation1

First recorded in 1545–55, emulation is from the Latin word aemulātiōn- (stem of aemulātiō ). See emulate, -ion
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Example Sentences

This setup lets you game without the keyboard, whether you’re playing retro titles with the ultimate emulation app, you’ve downloaded a few favorites from Steam, or you’ve bought games from the App Store.

The Alesis Recital offers a robust emulation of the piano-playing experience thanks to its five premium voices and 88 touch-adjustable keys.

You'll still need to deal with the performance penalty of code emulation.

Windows 10 can only emulate 32-bit x86 apps, though beta versions of Windows 10 have supported x86-64 code emulation since late last year.

Today, Microsoft announced in a long-winded blog post that that limitation will soon change, as emulation of 64-bit Windows applications is going into a public-testing phase soon.

Being praised for false emulation is nearly as bad as being pilloried for false errors.

What's not clear is whether Platt will profit or finally suffer from all the adoration and emulation.

Eliphaz Laki had been someone worthy of emulation: a prominent civil servant, a regional administrator known as a saza chief.

It was very much the same way I believe Obama will seek to lead—partly by instinct and partly by emulation.

Norman lives, like all school-boys, a life of emulation, and has never met with anything but success.

The being at school has really been a good thing for her, for she feels herself that she is the better for emulation.'

She did not issue an order; and in emulation of her quiet manner, his instructions to his satellites were inaudible to the guests.

The emulation between the French and English troops at the diggings was immense, and at the same time most good-humoured.

This, as will be perceived, was skilfully designed to put him on his mettle, and rouse a useful spirit of emulation.

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