Mu

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Mu can be:

• Mu (letter), M or μ, a letter in the Greek alphabet pronounced "mew" (/mju/). μ is used as a symbol for:
  • The SI prefix micro
  • In mathematics,
    • The arithmetic mean of a statistical population
    • The Möbius function
    • The least-fixed-point-operator
  • In physics,
    • The friction coefficient
    • The mobility coefficient
    • The permeability (electromagnetism) coefficient
    • The muon
    • The standard gravitational parameter
    • The magnetic dipole moment
    • Reduced mass
  • µTorrent, a freeware BitTorrent client for Microsoft Windows written in C++.

In Asian languages:

• Mù, (穆), a Chinese surname
• Mu (unit of area) (亩/畝), a Chinese unit of area
• Mu (kana), represented by the Japanese kana む or ム
• Mu (negative) (無), a Japanese word important in Zen koan practice

Mu may also refer to:

• Muonium's atomic symbol
• Mu-metal, an alloy used for screening magnetic fields
• Mu (lost continent), a mythical continent in the Pacific Ocean subsequently appearing in several books, films, and games
• River Mu in Myanmar
• Mu (rocket), a Japanese rocket
• Mu Dan, Chinese poet and translator
• Mu, a women's Ultimate frisbee team based in England called Midlands Ultimate
• Mu Online, an online role-playing game
• Mu La Flaga, a character from the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
• Aries Mu, a character from the cartoon Saint Seiya
• Mu phage, a bacteriophage
• Groupe Mu, an interdisciplinary Belgian group focusing on linguistics and rhetoric

MU may stand for:

• Manipal University, a deemed university in Karnataka, India
• Mauritius' ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
• China Eastern Airlines's IATA code
• Manchester United Football club
• The Mothers' Union, global Anglican women's organisation
• Monitor unit, a unit used in radiation therapy
• Centimorgan or "map unit", a unit of recombinant frequency in genetics
• Multiple unit, such as a rail diesel car
• MU puzzle, a puzzle in Gödel, Escher, Bach
• University of Mumbai, formerly called the University of Bombay
• Marquette University
• Marshall University
• Miami University
• Millersville University of Pennsylvania
• University of Missouri–Columbia
• Mahidol University, University in Thailand
• MU (band), an early 1970s psychedelic group led by Merrell Fankhauser and Jeff Cotton
• MisUnderstood word, a term in Scientology
• Mirror Universe (Star Trek), fictional parallel universe in which the plots of several Star Trek television episodes take place
• Magic-User, a class type in D&D, HackMaster, and many fantasy RPGs
• Musician, an enlisted rating in the United States Navy
• Isuzu MU Wizard