emu

IPA: ˈimju

noun

  • (obsolete) A cassowary (genus Casuarius).
  • A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae.
  • A dark constellation in Southern Celestial Hemisphere, Dome of the Sky; A constellation or asterism from Australian aborigine cultures, a dark constellation pattern formed by an arrangement of dark nebulae in the sky, blotting out background stars, appearing akin to the emu giant bird of Australia.
  • (physics) Initialism of electromagnetic unit. [Any of the various units to measure electricity and magnetism in the CGS (now replaced by SI) system of units; abbreviated emu, e.m.u., or EMU.]
  • (computing, video games, informal) Clipping of emulator. [A person or thing that emulates.]
  • (European Union) Initialism of European Monetary Union.
  • Initialism of Eastern Mennonite University.
  • (computing) Initialism of English metric unit (“1/360,000-th of a centimetre, or, 1/914400-th of an inch”).
  • (rail transport, countable) Initialism of electric multiple unit. [(rail transport) A multiple unit train powered by electricity, abbreviated EMU.]
  • (cgs) Alternative form of emu or e.m.u.; Initialism of electromagnetic unit.
  • (automotive engineering) Initialism of engine management unit.
  • (astronautics) Initialism of extravehicular mobility unit (“spacesuit”).
  • (economics) Initialism of economic and monetary union.
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