MU

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 term and concept in Buddhism

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
• Million units of energy, a term used in India for a gigawatt-hour
• Mu (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
• Complex cobordism, an extraordinary cohomology 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, a form of potential energy that can be absorbed or released during a chemical reaction
• Bridging ligand, an atom that connects two or more metal centers in a complex (molecule)

Other sciences

• Mu phage, a bacteriophage of the Myoviridae family of double-stranded DNA non-enveloped contractile tail bacterial viruses
• Groupe µ, an interdisciplinary Belgian group focusing on linguistics and rhetoric
• μ, the population size from which in each generation λ offspring will generate in evolutionary algorithms in computer science
• Population 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 United States linked to achieving measurable outcomes in patient engagement, care coordination, and population health
• Mu, in the Perl 6 programming language is the root of the language's type hierarchy

Places

• Mediterranean Union
• Mu River, a river in Burma (Myanmar)
• Mu River (Hokkaidō), a river in Japan
• Mù, a village in the Edolo municipality of Italy
• Mauritius's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
  • .mu, the country code top-level domain for Mauritius

Universities

• Mahidol University, Thailand
• Manipal University, Karnataka, India
• Macquarie University, Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
• Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
• Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, US
• Masaryk University, Czech Republic
• McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Meiho University, Pingtung, Taiwan
• 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, 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 family), a Japanese rocket family launched between 1966 and 2006
• China Eastern Airlines (IATA code: MU), an airline headquartered in Shanghai, China
• Multiple unit, self-propelled train carriages capable of coupling with other units of similar type
• Isuzu MU Wizard, a compact sport/utility vehicle
• MU Press, an independent comic book publisher

Popular culture

Sports and games

• Manchester United F.C., an English association football club
• Magic-User, a class type in D&D, HackMaster, and many fantasy RPGs
• Mew (Pokémon), a legendary Pokémon
• Mu Online, a 2003 online role-playing game

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

Film

• Monsters University, a 2013 animated film by Disney and Pixar

People

• Mu family, a powerful Chinese family from the 14th to the 18th century
• Mu of Baekje (580–641), king of Baekje
• Mu of Balhae (died 737), king of Balhae from 718 to 737
• Marquis Mu of Cai, ruler of the state of Cai from 675 to 646 BC
• King Mu of Chu (died 614 BC), king of the state of Chu from 625 to 614 BC
• Emperor Mu of Jin (343–361), emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
• Marquis Mu of Jin (died 812 BC), ruler of the state of Jin from c. 798 to 776 BC
• King Mu of Zhou (died 922 BC), king of the state of Zhou from c. 976 to 922 BC
• Mu Dan (1918–1977), Chinese poet and translator

Other

• Mu (shaman), a Korean priest
• Megaupload, a one-click filehosting service
• MisUnderstood word, a term in Scientology
• MU puzzle, a puzzle in Gödel, Escher, Bach
• Mothers' Union, a 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
• Movement for Unification (Albanian: Lëvizja për Bashkim), a nationalist Albanian political party in Kosovo

See also

• Moo (disambiguation)