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aemulation

aemulation is the archaic 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.

Questions about aemulation

What is aemulation the archaic spelling of?
Aemulation is the archaic spelling of emulation.

Words near aemulation in the dictionary

  1. AEM
  2. Aemilian Way
  3. AEMs
  4. AEMT
  5. AEMTs
  6. aemulation
  7. aemule
  8. aemuled
  9. aemules
  10. aemuling
  11. aenach

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