emu
see also: EMU
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈiːmjuː/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈim(j)u/
Noun

emu (plural emus)

  1. (obsolete) A cassowary (genus Casuarius). [from early 17th c.]
  2. A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae. [from 18th c.]
    • 1791, Oliver Goldsmith, An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature. [...] In Eight Volumes, volume V, new edition, London: Printed for F[rancis] Wingrave, successor to Mr. [John] Nourse, […], OCLC 877622212 ↗, part I (An History of Birds), pages 59 and 60 ↗:
      [page 59 ↗] The Emu, though not ſo as large as the oſtrich, is only ſecond to it in magnitude. It is by much the largeſt bird in the New Continent; and is generally found to be ſix feet high, meaſuring from its head to the ground. […] [page 60 ↗] [T]he emu runs with ſuch a ſwiftneſs, that the fleeteſt dogs are thrown out in the purſuit.
Translations Pronunciation
  • (RP, GA) IPA: /ˈiːɛmˌjuː/
Noun

emu (plural emu)

  1. (physics) Initialism of electromagnetic unit
    Synonyms: EMU
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈɛmjuː/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈɛmju/
Noun

emu (plural emus)

  1. (computing, video games, informal) Clipping of emulator#English|emulator.

EMU
Proper noun
  1. Initialism of European Monetary Union
  2. Initialism of Eastern Mennonite University}.
Noun
  1. (computing) Initialism of English Metric Units.
  2. (rail transport) Initialism of Electric Multiple Unit.
  3. Initialism of electromagnetic#English|Electromagnetic unit#English|unit.
  4. (automotive engineering) Initialism of Engine Management Unit.



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