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Emirates fleet

The Emirates fleet is the all-widebody fleet of the Dubai-based airline Emirates, long consisting only of Airbus A380s and Boeing 777s, with the Airbus A350 added in 2025.

Emirates Flight 521

Emirates Flight 521 was a flight from Trivandrum to Dubai that crashed while landing at Dubai on 3 August 2016; all 300 aboard evacuated safely.

Emirates Global Aluminium

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is an aluminum producer in the United Arab Emirates, formed in 2014 by merging Dubai Aluminium and Emirates Aluminium, with smelters in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Emirates Global Aluminum Smelter power station

The Emirates Global Aluminum Smelter power stations are two natural gas captive plants at Jebel Ali, Dubai, and Al Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, serving aluminum smelters.

Emirates Mars Mission

The Emirates Mars Mission, also known as Hope Probe and Al-amal, is the UAE's first uncrewed orbiter to study the dynamics of the Martian atmosphere. It launched in 2020.

Emirates National Oil Company

Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) is a Government of Dubai-owned oil and gas company established in 1993, with more than 30 subsidiaries serving 60 markets.

Emirates NBD (بنك الإمارات دبي الوطني)

Emirates NBD (بنك الإمارات دبي الوطني) is a Dubai government-backed banking group created in 2007 by merger, the UAE's second-largest bank with operations in 13 countries.

Emirates Park Zoo

Emirates Park Zoo (Al Bahyah, Abu Dhabi) is the UAE's first private zoo, opened 2008 as a feeding farm and a full zoo from 2012, with 1,500+ animals, 200+ species, a resort, and Middle East-first AZA accreditation.

Emirates SkyCargo Flight 9788

Emirates SkyCargo Flight 9788 was a Boeing 747 freighter flown by ACT Airlines that veered off a Hong Kong runway on 20 October 2025, killing 2 security staff.

Emirates Stadium

Emirates Stadium (Ashburton Grove) is Arsenal FC's 60,704-seat home in Highbury, north London, opened July 2006 at a cost of £390m, with a 27,200 m² roof on 204 m trusses; major expansion plans were shelved in 2026.

Emirates Writers Union

The Emirates Writers Union (اتحاد كتّاب وأدباء الإمارات) is a public-benefit cultural association for writers in the United Arab Emirates, founded in Sharjah on 26 May 1984.

Emirati literature

Emirati literature is the literary production of the United Arab Emirates, written mainly in Arabic, spanning poetry, drama, short stories, and novels, and developing around the 1971 federation.

Emiratis

Emiratis are the citizens of the United Arab Emirates, about 11% of the population, defined by patrilineal citizenship, Arab-Islamic official identity, and diverse Indian Ocean family origins.

Emirichu

Emirichu is the online alias of Emily Sim, a South Korean-American YouTuber and voice actor known for storytime animation, with about 3.59 million subscribers and 443 million views.

Emis Killa

Emis Killa is the stage name of Emiliano Rudolf Giambelli, born 1989 in Vimercate, an Italian rapper who rose from freestyle battles to number-one albums like Supereroe.

Emishi

Emishi (蝦夷) was the Yamato court's label for peoples beyond its northern frontier in Tohoku, first recorded in the 4th century; a political category, not a single ethnicity, related to but distinct from the Ainu.

Emishi–Yamato relations

Emishi–Yamato relations were the political, diplomatic, and commercial dealings between the ritsuryō state of Yamato Japan and the Emishi of the northeastern Tōhoku region, combining tribute, trade, court ranks, and military campaigns until 1189.

Emissarium of Lake Nemi

Emissarium of Lake Nemi (Emissario del lago di Nemi): ancient underground drainage tunnel, about 1,650 m long, regulating the volcanic lake near Rome; probably 5th-4th century BC, reused in 1928 to recover Caligula's ships.

Emission computed tomography

Emission computed tomography (ECT) is a nuclear medicine method that reconstructs 3D images of injected radioactive tracers for diagnosis and treatment planning, with SPECT and PET as its two branches.

Emission Control Area

An Emission Control Area is a sea area designated under MARPOL Annex VI where ships must meet stricter limits on sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide emissions.

Emission level

An emission level is the altitude from which radiation escaping a planet's atmosphere originates, or, in air-quality modeling, the height at which a pollutant is released.

Emission microscopy

Emission microscopy, also called photon emission microscopy (PEM) or EMMI, is a non-destructive technique that locates defects in integrated circuits by imaging their faint light emission.

Emission spectrum

An emission spectrum, also called a line spectrum, is the pattern of light emitted by excited atoms and molecules, with wavelengths unique to each element.

Emission standard

Emission standard: legal limit on the quantity, rate, or concentration of air pollutant emissions, defined by the US Clean Air Act and implemented via NAAQS, NSPS, NESHAPs, vehicle tailpipe standards, Euro 6, and continuous emission monitoring.

Emissions Gap Report

The Emissions Gap Report is an annual assessment by the United Nations Environment Programme, published since 2010, that measures the gap between countries' climate pledges and Paris Agreement goals.

Emissions trading

Emissions trading, also called cap-and-trade or tradeable emission permits, is a market-based policy in which a government caps emissions and firms trade allowances to emit.

Emissivity

Emissivity, defined as a dimensionless ratio, compares the thermal radiation a real surface gives off with an ideal blackbody at the same temperature.

Emisum

Emisum, also written Emišum, was the second ruler of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, credited with a 28-year reign around 2004–1977 BC, though scholars doubt he ruled independently.

EMIT

EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation) is a NASA imaging spectrometer on the International Space Station that maps minerals in Earth's arid dust regions, launched in 2022.

Emitter wrap through solar cell

The emitter wrap through (EWT) solar cell is a crystalline silicon back-contact cell whose emitter connects to rear contacts through laser-drilled vias, first published by Sandia researchers in 1993.