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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Examples of "emu" in Sentences
- Emus forage in a diurnal pattern.
- EMU will not be able to prove this.
- The head of the emu is the Coalsack.
- Nor is there an emu history to be lost.
- A good example is the Albatross or the Emu.
- I thought the largest bird after the ostrich was the emu.
- Each two EMU sets are not connected to other EMU sets in the train.
- I have the Emu and the Game as Emu file if you like to have a peek.
- Emu farming also became popular for similar reasons and for their emu oil.
- The first new EMU will come into service in late 2010, the last EMU in 2013.
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