EMU
Dictionary entry overview: What does emu mean?
• EMU (noun)
The noun EMU has 2 senses:
1. any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
2. large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
Familiarity information: EMU used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EMU (noun)
Meaning:
Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
electromagnetic unit; emu
Hypernyms ("emu" is a kind of...):
unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emu"):
radioactivity unit (a measure of radioactivity)
power unit (a measure of electric power)
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))
magnetomotive force unit (a unit of measurement of magnetomotive force)
light unit (a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation)
inductance unit (a measure of the property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it)
flux density unit (a measure of the amount of flux per unit of cross sectional area)
field strength unit (an electromagnetic unit of magnetic intensity)
elastance unit (the reciprocal of capacitance)
current unit (a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time)
conductance unit (a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electrical 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))
capacitance unit (a measure of the capacity of a circuit component to store charge)
resistance unit (the reciprocal of conductance)
Meaning:
Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Dromaius novaehollandiae; Emu novaehollandiae; emu
Hypernyms ("emu" is a kind of...):
flightless 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)
Holonyms ("emu" is a member of...):
Dromaius; genus Dromaius (a genus of birds in the order Casuariiformes)
