noun
any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
• Syn: ↑emu
• Hypernyms: ↑unit of measurement, ↑unit
• Hyponyms:
↑capacitance unit, ↑charge unit, ↑quantity unit, ↑conductance unit, ↑current unit, ↑elastance unit, ↑field strength unit, ↑flux density unit, ↑inductance unit, ↑light unit, ↑magnetomotive force unit, ↑potential unit, ↑power unit, ↑radioactivity unit, ↑resistance unit
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noun : any of a system of electrical units based primarily upon the magnetic properties of electric currents, the fundamental cgs unit being the abampere
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a unit, as an abampere, in the system of units derived from the magnetic effects of an electric current. Abbr.: emu, EMU
[1910-15]
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electromagnetic unit,
any one of a group of units in the centimeter-gram-second system which are based on electromagnetism, such as the abampere, abcoulomb, abfarad, and abhenry.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.