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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Emulation \Em`u*la"tion\, n. [L. aemulatio: cf. F.
     ['e]mulation.]
     1. The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or
        actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another;
        rivalry.
  
              A noble emulation heats your breast.  --Dryden.
  
     2. Jea?ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
  
              Such factious emulations shall arise. --Shak.
  
     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 for superiority, arising
          from competition, but now implying, of necessity, any
          improper feeling. Rivalry is a personal contest, and,
          almost of course, has a selfish object and gives rise to
          envy. ``Competition and emulation have honor for their
          basis; rivalry is but a desire for selfish
          gratification. Competition and emulation animate to
          effort; rivalry usually produces hatred. Competition and
          emulation seek to merit success; rivalry is contented
          with obtaining it.'' --Crabb.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  emulation
       n 1: ambition to equal or excel
       2: (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the
          same results as another
       3: effort to equal or surpass another

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  emulation
       
          <architecture> When one system performs in exactly the same
          way as another, though perhaps not at the same speed.  A
          typical example would be emulation of one computer by (a
          program running on) another.  You might use an emulation as a
          replacement for a system whereas you would use a simulation if
          you just wanted to analyse it and make predictions about it.
       
          (2003-05-22)
       
       

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