emulation

[ em-yuh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

1. effort or desire to equal or excel others.

   Synonyms: competition, imitation

2. Obsolete. jealous rivalry.

Other Words From

• nonem·u·lation noun
• over·emu·lation noun

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

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.

From Popular-Science

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

From Popular-Science

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

From Ars Technica

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.

From Ars Technica

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.

From Ars Technica

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• simulation