emu

Noun
  1. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism (synset 113623769)
    is a type of: unit, unit of measurement - any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: electromagnetic unit
  2. Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller (synset 101522514)
    is a type 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
    belongs to: dromaius, genus dromaius - a genus of birds in the order Casuariiformes
    same as: dromaius novaehollandiae, emu novaehollandiae

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