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Mu may refer to:Mu may refer to:

Language

Mu (letter), or , a letter in the Greek alphabet

Mu (kana), represented by the Japanese kana or

, Mu (negative), a Japanese and Korean word important in Zen practice

(hanyu pinyin: M), a Chinese character meaning wood

Groupe , an interdisciplinary Belgian group focusing on linguistics and rhetoric

Sciences

Measurement

Micro-, SI (metric) prefix denoting a factor of 106 (one millionth)

Micrometre (deprecated as a single-character symbol)

Deformation (mechanics), as the "unit" of strain

Parts per million (relative proportion)

Mu (unit of area) ( or ), a Chinese unit of area

Mathematics

Arithmetic mean, of a statistical population

Mbius function, a multiplicative function in number theory and combinatorics

Least-fixed-point operator

Degree of membership in a fuzzy set

Physics

Coefficient of friction, used to approximate the force of friction

Electron mobility, relating the drift of electrons to the applied electric field across a material

Permeability (electromagnetism) coefficient, degree of magnetization of a material

Muon, an elementary particle

Standard gravitational parameter of a celestial body

Reduced mass, the "effective" inertial mass appearing in the two-body problem

Magnetic dipole moment, a measure of the strength of a system's net magnetic source

Linear density, a measure of mass per unit of length

Viscosity, the resistance of a fluid which is being deformed by stress

Mu-metal, a nickel-iron alloy with high magnetic permeability,

Muonium, exotic atoms made up of an antimuon and an electron

Chemistry

Chemical potential

Bridging ligand, an atom that connects two or more metal centers in a complex (molecule)

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

M () is a Chinese surname

Mauritius (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code)

Mediterranean Union

Mu River, a river in Burma (Myanmar)

Ziq, alias of Mike Paradinas, a British musician in the field of electronic music

Mu Dan, 20th century Chinese poet and translator

Universities

Mahidol University, Thailand

Manipal University, Karnataka, India

Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US

Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, US

Masaryk University, the Czech Republic,

McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, US

Middlesex University, London, UK

Millersville University of Pennsylvania, US

Misamis University, Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental, Philippines

Mzumbe University Mzumbe, Tanzania

University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, US

University of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (formerly University of Bombay)

Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Manipur University, Manipur, India

Mondragon University, Mondragon, Spain

Business and industry

Mu Dynamics, a company which makes hardware and software to test network services

Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, US, known for producing semiconductor devices

Mu (rocket), a Japanese rocket

China Eastern Airlines (IATA code)

Multiple unit, such as a rail diesel car

Isuzu MU Wizard, a compact sport/utility vehicle (automobile)

Popular culture

Sports and games

Mu Online, an online role-playing game

Magic-User, a class type in D&D, HackMaster, and many fantasy RPGs

Manchester United F.C., a football (soccer) club

Fiction

Aries Mu, a character from the anime Saint Seiya

Mu La Flaga, a character from the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

Mu (lost continent), a mythical continent in the Pacific Ocean

M, a purported entrance near Edolo, Italy to the underground legendary city Agartha

Mirror Universe (Star Trek), fictional parallel universe

Miskatonic University, a fictional university

Theater and music

Mu Performing Arts, an Asian-American theater company and taiko drumming ensemble.

MU (00's band), an electro-punk group made up of producer Maurice Fulton and his wife Mutsumi Kanamori

MU (70's band), a psychedelic group led by Merrell Fankhauser and Jeff Cotton

/mu/, the music board on 4chan

Other

Megaupload, a one-click filehosting service

MisUnderstood word, a term in Scientology

MU puzzle, a puzzle in Gdel, Escher, Bach

Mothers' Union, global Anglican women's organisation

Torrent, a freeware BitTorrent client for Microsoft Windows

Musician (MU), an enlisted rating in the United States Navy

Daikon, a mild, large, white, East Asian radish (Korean word)

A gusset in the traditional Korean dress of hanbok

See also

Moo

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