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emulations

emulations is the plural 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 emulations

What is emulations the plural of?
Emulations is the plural of emulation.

Words near emulations in the dictionary

  1. emulates
  2. emulateth
  3. emulating
  4. emulation
  5. emulational
  6. emulations
  7. emulative
  8. emulatively
  9. emulator
  10. emulators
  11. emulatory

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