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æmulation

æmulation is the obsolete spelling of emulation.

Meaning of emulation

Noun

emulation (countable and uncountable, plural emulations)

  1. The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.
    • a great figure who is worthy of respect and emulation
  2. (obsolete) Jealous 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 […], New York Review Books 2001, p.263
  3. Execution of a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system.

Forms of æmulation

pluralæmulations

Questions about æmulation

What is æmulation the obsolete spelling of?
Æmulation is the obsolete spelling of emulation.

Words near æmulation in the dictionary

  1. ælurophobes
  2. æmulate
  3. æmulated
  4. æmulates
  5. æmulating
  6. æmulation
  7. æmulations
  8. æmulous
  9. Æneas
  10. Æneid
  11. Æneids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: æmulation (page history and authors); emulation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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