EMU

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 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)

Sense 1

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"):

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dromaius novaehollandiae; emu; Emu novaehollandiae

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)

 Context examples 

Emu oil is used for its anti-inflammatory and wound healing properties.

(Emu Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

An oil rendered from the fat of the emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae.

(Emu Oil, NCI Thesaurus)