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Mu or MU may refer to:
Language
- Mu (letter), Μ or μ, a letter in the Greek alphabet
- Mu (kana), む or ム, a Japanese kana
- Mu (negative), 無, a Korean and Japanese word important in Zen practice
Sciences
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
- Arithmetic mean, of a statistical population
- Möbius function, a multiplicative function in number theory and combinatorics
- Least-fixed-point operator
- Degree of membership in a fuzzy set
- The standard measure function name in measure theory
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
- Groupe µ, an interdisciplinary Belgian group focusing on linguistics and rhetoric
- Evolutionary Algorithm - μ, population size from which in each generation λ offspring will generate. (the terms μ and λ originate from Evolution strategy notation)
- Mu (lost continent), A hypothetical continent that allegedly existed in the Pacific Ocean, but disappeared before human existence.
- Growth rate, a calculation of doubling time of an organism or population
- Centimorgan, or "map unit", a unit of recombinant frequency in genetics
- Monitor unit, the machine output of a linear accelerator in radiation therapy
- Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Record regulations in the U.S. linked to achieving measurable outcomes in patient engagement, care coordination, and population health
Places
- 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)
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's IATA code
- Multiple unit, such as a rail diesel car
- Isuzu MU Wizard, a compact sport/utility vehicle
- MU Press, an independent comic book publisher
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
- Mew (Pokémon), a legendary pokémon, sometimes misspelled Mu.
Fiction and myths
- Aries Mu, a character from the anime Saint Seiya
- Mu La Flaga, a character from the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
- Mù, a purported entrance near Edolo, Italy to the underground legendary city Agartha
- Mirror Universe (Star Trek), fictional parallel universe
- Miskatonic University, a fictional university
- Mu (lost continent), a mythical continent in the Pacific Ocean
Theater and music
- Mu chord (or mu major), a term coined by jazz-rock group Steely Dan to refer to various voicings of an add-9 chord
- 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
- Miss Universe, a beauty pageant
Other
- Megaupload, a one-click filehosting service
- MisUnderstood word, a term in Scientology
- MU puzzle, a puzzle in Gödel, Escher, Bach
- Mothers' Union, global Anglican women's organisation
- µTorrent, a freeware BitTorrent client for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X
- Musician (MU), an enlisted rating in the United States Navy
- Daikon, a mild, large, white, East Asian radish (Korean word)
See also
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