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Dictionary: em·u·la·tion   (ĕm'yə-lā'shən) pronunciation
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n.
  1. Effort or ambition to equal or surpass another.
  2. Imitation of another.
  3. Computer Science. The process or technique of emulating.
  4. Obsolete. Jealous rivalry.

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noun

    A strong desire to achieve something: ambition, ambitiousness, aspiration. See desire.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: ambition to equal or excel

Meaning #2: (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another

Meaning #3: effort to equal or surpass another

 
 
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