MU

MU

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Mu may refer to:

Language

  • Mu (letter), Μ or μ, a letter in the Greek alphabet
  • Mu (kana), represented by the Japanese kana む or ム
  • 無, Mu (negative), a Japanese and Korean word important in Zen practice
  • Groupe µ, an interdisciplinary Belgian group focusing on linguistics and rhetoric

Sciences

Geography

  • Mu (lost continent), hypothetical continent that allegedly existed in one of Earth's oceans, but disappeared

Measurement

  • Micro-, SI (metric) prefix denoting a factor of 10−6 (one millionth)
  • Micrometre (deprecated as a single-character symbol)
  • Deformation (mechanics), as the "unit" of strain
  • Parts per million (relative proportion)
  • Million units of energy, a term used in India for a gigawatt hour
  • Mu (unit of area) (亩 or 畝), a Chinese unit of area

Mathematics

Physics

Chemistry

Biology

  • Growth rate, a calculation of doubling time of an organism or population

Other sciences

  • Centimorgan, or "map unit", a unit of recombinant frequency in genetics
  • Monitor unit, the machine output of a linear accelerator in radiation therapy

Real people and places

  • Mù (穆) is a Chinese surname
  • Mauritius (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code)
  • .mu, the country code top-level domain for Mauritius.
  • Mediterranean Union
  • Mu River, a river in Burma (Myanmar)
  • μ-Ziq, alias of Mike Paradinas, a British musician in the field of electronic music
  • Mu Dan, 20th century Chinese poet and translator

Universities

Business and industry

Popular culture

Sports and games

Fiction and myths

Theater and music

  • Mu Performing Arts, an Asian-American theater company and taiko drumming ensemble.
  • MU (musician), real name Mutsumi Kanamori
  • MU (70's band), a psychedelic group led by Merrell Fankhauser and Jeff Cotton
  • /mu/, the music board on 4chan

Other

See also

  • Moo (disambiguation)

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