emulation — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

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

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   a great figure who is worthy of respect and emulation

   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

2. Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • obsoleto
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

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

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

Sostantivo

1. ambition to equal or excel

   Termini più generali

   ambitionaspirationdream

2. (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another

   Termini più generali

   technique

3. effort to equal or surpass another

   Termini più generali

   imitation