| EMU abbr. 1. also emu electromagnetic unit 2. European Monetary Union |
e·mu (  my )n. A large, flightless Australian bird (Dromiceius novaehollandiae) related to and resembling the ostrich and the cassowary. [Portuguese ema, rhea.] |
emu [ˈiːmjuː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large Australian flightless bird, Dromaius novaehollandiae, similar to the ostrich but with three-toed feet and grey or brown plumage: order Casuariiformes See also ratite
[changed from Portuguese ema ostrich, from Arabic Na-`amah ostrich]
EMU
(Economics)
abbreviation for European Monetary Union
(Physics / General Physics) See e.m.u
| EMU Abbreviation of electromagnetic unit |
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| Noun | 1. | emu - any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism unit, unit of measurement - any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume" capacitance unit - a measure of the capacity of a circuit component to store charge charge unit, quantity unit - a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows) conductance unit - a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electrical charge current unit - a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time elastance unit - the reciprocal of capacitance field strength unit - an electromagnetic unit of magnetic intensity flux density unit - a measure of the amount of flux per unit of cross sectional area inductance unit - a measure of the property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it light unit - a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation magnetomotive force unit - a unit of measurement of magnetomotive force potential unit - a measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground) power unit - a measure of electric power radioactivity unit - a measure of radioactivity resistance unit - the reciprocal of conductance |
| 2. |  emu - large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smallerflightless bird, ratite, ratite bird - flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds Dromaius, genus Dromaius - a genus of birds in the order Casuariiformes |
Translations
n emu [ˈiːmjuː]
a type of Australian bird which cannot fly. emoe طائِر أسْترالي لا يَطير ему emu emu der Emu εμού (στρουθοκάμηλος Αυστραλίας) emú emu ایمو emu émeu אֶמוּ एक तरह की आस्ट्रेलियाई चिड़िया जो उड़ नहीं सकती है emu, australski kazuar emu (madár) burung emu emúi emù エミュー 에뮤(오스트레일리아에 사는 타조 비슷한 새) emu emu burung emu emoe emu emu avestruz emu эму emu emu emu emu นกอีมู emu 鴯鶓(一種澳大利亞的不能飛的鳥) ему آسٹریلیا کا ایک بے پرواز پرندہ đà điểu Úc 鹂鹊, 鸸鹋（一种澳大利亚的不能飞的鸟）
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