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Emulation

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em=u=la=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

Emulationn. [L. aemulatio: cf. F. émulation.].
  •  The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.  [1913 Webster]
    "A noble emulation heats your breast."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.  [1913 Webster]
    "Such factious emulations shall arise."
  •  imitation (of an admired model) for the purpose of improving one's own qualities.  [PJC]
    "[Chivalry was] an ideal which, if never met with in real life, was acknowledged by all as the highest model for emulation."  [PJC]
  •  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.  [PJC]
    "1996 marked the year that emulation became a mainstream design verification tool."
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 fo

ROGET THESAURUS

Emulation

Opposition

N opposition, antagonism, oppugnancy, oppugnation, impugnation, contrariety, contravention, counteraction, counterplot, cross fire, undercurrent, head wind, clashing, collision, conflict, competition, two of a trade, rivalry, emulation, race, absence of aid, resistance, restraint, hindrance, opposing, opposed, adverse, antagonistic, contrary, at variance, at issue, at war with, unfavorable, unfriendly, hostile, inimical, cross, unpropitious, in hostile array, front to front, with crossed bayonets, at daggers drawn, up in arms, resistant, competitive, emulous, against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes, against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide, with a headwind, with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth, in spite, in despite, in defiance, in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of, across, athwart, overthwart, where the shoe pinches, in spite of one's teeth, though, even, quand meme, per contra, nitor in adversum.


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