emulation

plural emulations · alternative obsolete æmulation

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

   a great figure who is worthy of respect and emulation

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   Allur'd, not forc'd, encourag'd, not compell'd; The shrinking eye look'd up, the soul was cheer'd, Felt as it learnt, confided e'er it fear'd; And first by emulation's ardour mov'd, Prest onward in the path which soon it lov'd.

   1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, Tribute to an Instructor, page 210

2. countableobsoleteuncountableJealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.

   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 […]

   1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 263

3. countableuncountablecomputingExecution of a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system.