EMU
See also: Appendix:Variations of "emu"
English
editProper noun
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- (European Union) Initialism of European Monetary Union.
- Initialism of Eastern Mennonite University.
Noun
editEMU (countable and uncountable, plural EMUs)
- (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.
- 2024 May 1, Mel Holley, “Network News: Elizabeth line '345s' offer a lifeline for Derby Works”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 8:
- The Government has thrown a lifeline to Alstom's Derby Works, with an offer of an order for ten Class 345 nine-car electric multiple units (EMUs) for the Elizabeth line - but only if the 'price is right'.
- (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”).
- Coordinate terms: EVA suit, EVA, IVA, IVA suit, space suit, pressure suit, flight suit, shipsuit
- (economics) Initialism of economic and monetary union.