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Contents 1 Language 2 Sciences 2.1 Measurement 2.2 Mathematics 2.3 Physics 2.4 Chemistry 2.5 Other sciences 3 Real people and places 3.1 Universities 4 Business and industry 5 Popular culture 5.1 Sports and games 5.2 Fiction 5.3 Theater and music 6 Other

Mu may refer to:

[edit] 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
• 木 (hanyu pinyin : Mù), a Chinese character meaning tree
• Groupe µ, an interdisciplinary Belgian group focusing on linguistics and rhetoric

[edit] Sciences

[edit] 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)
• Mu (unit of area) (亩 or 畝), a Chinese unit of area

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
• 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
• Reduced mass, the "effective" inertial mass appearing in the two-body problem
• 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

[edit] Chemistry

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Real people and places

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Popular culture

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
• 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Other

• Megaupload, an 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
• 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

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