# MU

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'''MU''', '''Mu''' or '''μ''' may refer to:
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==Arts and entertainment==
===Film and television===
* [Aries Mu](/source/Aries_Mu), a character from the anime ''Saint Seiya''
* [Mu La Flaga](/source/Mu_La_Flaga), a character from the anime ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED''
* ''[Monsters University](/source/Monsters_University)'', a 2013 animated film by Disney and Pixar
* "μ's" (pronounced "Muse") is the name of the protagonist school idol group in the anime series ''[Love Live!](/source/Love_Live!_School_Idol_Project)''.

=== Gaming ===
* ''[Mu Online](/source/Mu_Online)'', a 2003 online role-playing game
* Mu, an ancient civilization from ''[Mega Man Star Force 2](/source/Mega_Man_Star_Force_2)''.
* Mu-12, a character from the ''[BlazBlue](/source/BlazBlue)'' series
* Colony Mu, a location from ''[Xenoblade Chronicles 3](/source/Xenoblade_Chronicles_3)''

===Music===
* [''Mu'' (album)](/source/Mu_(album)), a pair of free jazz albums by Don Cherry, released in 1969 and 1970
* Mu, an album by [Jah Wobble](/source/Jah_Wobble).
* [Mu Performing Arts](/source/Mu_Performing_Arts), an Asian-American theater company and taiko drumming ensemble
* [MU (musician)](/source/MU_(musician)), Mutsumi Kanamori, a Japanese-British musician
* MU, musical group formed by [Merrell Fankhauser](/source/Merrell_Fankhauser) and [Jeff Cotton](/source/Jeff_Cotton)
* ''[M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull](/source/M.U._%E2%80%93_The_Best_of_Jethro_Tull)'', a greatest hits album
* [Planet Mu](/source/Planet_Mu), an electronic music label
* Mu Vol. I, is an EP album by [Richard Henshall](/source/Richard_Henshall), released in 2024. It is part of a trilogy.

==Business==
* [Mu Dynamics](/source/Mu_Dynamics), a company which makes hardware and software to test network services
* [MU Press](/source/MU_Press), an independent comic book publisher
* [Isuzu MU Wizard](/source/Isuzu_MU_Wizard), a compact sport/utility vehicle
* [Micron Technology](/source/Micron_Technology), Boise, Idaho, US, NASDAQ symbol
* [China Eastern Airlines](/source/China_Eastern_Airlines), Shanghai, China, IATA code

== Language and scripts ==
* [Mu (letter)](/source/Mu_(letter)) (Μ or μ), the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet
::[Micro-](/source/Micro-) (μ), metric prefix for one millionth
* [Mu (kana)](/source/Mu_(kana)), む or ム, a Japanese kana
* [Mu (cuneiform)](/source/Mu_(cuneiform)), a sign in cuneiform writing
* [Mu (negative)](/source/Mu_(negative)), a word meaning "no" or "without" (Japanese: 無; Korean: 무)
* Middle Ukrainian, [Ukrainian language](/source/Ukrainian_language) 16th–18th century

==Organisations==
* [Mothers' Union](/source/Mothers'_Union), a global Anglican women's organisation
* [Musicians' Union (UK)](/source/Musicians'_Union_(UK))
* ''[Groupe μ](/source/Groupe_%CE%BC)'', Belgian linguistics group

== Places ==
* [Mu River (Irrawaddy)](/source/Mu_River_(Irrawaddy)), a river in Burma (Myanmar)
* [Mu River (Hokkaidō)](/source/Mu_River_(Hokkaid%C5%8D)), a river in Japan
* Mù, a village in the [Edolo](/source/Edolo) municipality of Italy
* [Mauritius](/source/Mauritius) (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code MU)
** [.mu](/source/.mu), the country code top-level domain for Mauritius

===Mythical places===
* [Mu (mythical lost continent)](/source/Mu_(mythical_lost_continent)), a mythical continent in the Pacific Ocean

==People==
* [Mu (surname)](/source/Mu_(surname)) (穆, 牧, 慕, 木, 母, 目, 沐, 睦 and 暮), Chinese surnames
* [Mu family](/source/Mu_family), a powerful Chinese family from the 14th to the 18th century
* [Mu of Baekje](/source/Mu_of_Baekje) (580–641), king of Baekje
* [Mu of Balhae](/source/Mu_of_Balhae) (died 737), king of Balhae from 718 to 737
* [Marquis Mu of Cai](/source/Marquis_Mu_of_Cai), ruler of the state of Cai from 675 to 646 BC
* [King Mu of Chu](/source/King_Mu_of_Chu) (died 614 BC), king of the state of Chu from 625 to 614 BC
* [Emperor Mu of Jin](/source/Emperor_Mu_of_Jin) (343–361), emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
* [Marquis Mu of Jin](/source/Marquis_Mu_of_Jin) (died 812 BC), ruler of the state of Jin from c. 798 to 776 BC
* [King Mu of Zhou](/source/King_Mu_of_Zhou) (died 922 BC), king of the state of Zhou from c. 976 to 922 BC
* [Mu Dan](/source/Mu_Dan) (1918–1977), Chinese poet and translator
* [Athing Mu](/source/Athing_Mu) (born 2002), American middle-distance runner

== Religion and philosophy ==
* [Mu (negative)](/source/Mu_(negative)), 無, a concept in Buddhism
* [Muism](/source/Muism) (Korean shamanism), the native religion of Korea
* [Mu (shaman)](/source/Mu_(shaman)), a Korean priest
* Church of England in [Hunters Hill](/source/Hunters_Hill%2C_New_South_Wales), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), [Australia](/source/Australia) ("early church code" used by NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages)

== Science, technology, and mathematics ==
===Biology and medicine===
* [Mu phage](/source/Mu_phage), a bacteriophage of the family Myoviridae of double-stranded DNA non-enveloped contractile tail bacterial viruses
* [Centimorgan](/source/Centimorgan), or "map unit", a unit of recombinant frequency in genetics
* [Monitor unit](/source/Monitor_unit) (MU), a measure of absorbed dose from a linear accelerator in radiation therapy = 0.001 [Gray](/source/Gray_(unit))
* [SARS-CoV-2 Mu variant](/source/SARS-CoV-2_Mu_variant), one of the variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19
* [Mouse unit](/source/Mouse_unit), the amount of toxin required to kill a 20g mouse in 15 minutes via Intraperitoneal injection

=== Chemistry ===
* [Chemical potential](/source/Chemical_potential), a form of potential energy that can be absorbed or released during a chemical reaction
* [Bridging ligand](/source/Bridging_ligand), an atom that connects two or more metal centers in a complex (molecule)

=== Mathematics ===
* [MU puzzle](/source/MU_puzzle), a puzzle in the book ''Gödel, Escher, Bach''
* Minimalization operator ([M operator](/source/M_operator)), a function-building operator for [General recursive function](/source/General_recursive_function)
* [Möbius function](/source/M%C3%B6bius_function), a multiplicative function in number theory and combinatorics
* Degree of membership in a [fuzzy set](/source/fuzzy_set)
* The standard measure function name in [measure theory](/source/measure_theory)
* [Complex cobordism](/source/Complex_cobordism), an extraordinary cohomology theory
* μ, the symbol for [population mean](/source/population_mean)

=== Measurement ===
* [Micro-](/source/Micro-), SI (metric, "μ-") prefix denoting a factor of 10<sup>&minus;6</sup> (one millionth)
* [Micrometre](/source/Micrometre) (deprecated as a single-character symbol "μ" for micron) 
* Million units of energy, a term used in India for a gigawatt-hour, see [kilowatt-hour#Other related energy units](/source/kilowatt-hour)
* [Mu (land)](/source/Mu_(land)), a Chinese unit of area also spelled "mou", equivalent to about 0.066 hectares.

=== Physics ===
* [Coefficient of friction](/source/Coefficient_of_friction), used to approximate the force of friction
* [Deformation (physics)](/source/Deformation_(physics)), as the "unit" of strain
* [Electron mobility](/source/Electron_mobility), relating the drift of electrons to the applied electric field across a material
* [Linear density](/source/Linear_density), a measure of mass per unit of length
* [Magnetic dipole moment](/source/Magnetic_dipole_moment), a measure of the strength of a system's net magnetic source
* [Mu-metal](/source/Mu-metal), a nickel-iron alloy with high magnetic permeability
* [Muon](/source/Muon), an elementary particle
* [Muonium](/source/Muonium), exotic atoms made up of an antimuon and an electron
* [Permeability (electromagnetism)](/source/Permeability_(electromagnetism)) coefficient, degree of magnetization of a material
* [Proton-to-electron mass ratio](/source/Proton-to-electron_mass_ratio), a dimensionless physical constant
* [Reduced mass](/source/Reduced_mass), the "effective" inertial mass appearing in the two-body problem
* [Standard gravitational parameter](/source/Standard_gravitational_parameter) of a celestial body
* [Viscosity](/source/Viscosity), the resistance of a fluid which is being deformed by stress

===Other uses in science and technology===
* μ, in [evolutionary algorithm](/source/evolutionary_algorithm)s, the population size from which in each generation λ offspring will generate
* [Mu (rocket family)](/source/Mu_(rocket_family)), a Japanese rocket family launched between 1966 and 2006
* [Multiple unit](/source/Multiple_unit), self-propelled train carriages capable of coupling with other units of similar type
* [Olympus mju](/source/Olympus_mju) (stylised as μ[mju:]), series of a compact cameras
* The mu (μ) [ring of Uranus](/source/Rings_of_Uranus)

== Universities ==
* [Metropolitan University (disambiguation)](/source/Metropolitan_University_(disambiguation))

=== Australia ===
* [Macquarie University](/source/Macquarie_University), Sydney, New South Wales
* [Monash University](/source/Monash_University), Melbourne, Victoria
* [Murdoch University](/source/Murdoch_University), Perth, Western Australia

=== India ===
* [Madras University](/source/Madras_University), Chennai
* [Mumbai University](/source/Mumbai_University)
* [Manipur University](/source/Manipur_University), Imphal

=== United States ===
* [Marquette University](/source/Marquette_University), Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* [Marymount University](/source/Marymount_University), Arlington, Virginia
* [Maryville University](/source/Maryville_University), Town and Country, Missouri
* [Marshall University](/source/Marshall_University), Huntington, West Virginia
* [Messiah University](/source/Messiah_University), Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
* [Millersville University of Pennsylvania](/source/Millersville_University_of_Pennsylvania), Millersville, Pennsylvania
* [University of Missouri](/source/University_of_Missouri), Columbia, Missouri

=== Other countries ===
* [Mahidol University](/source/Mahidol_University), Salaya, Thailand
* [Mandalay University](/source/Mandalay_University), Mandalay, Myanmar
* [Masaryk University](/source/Masaryk_University), Brno, Czech Republic
* [Meiho University](/source/Meiho_University), Pingtung, Taiwan
* [Misamis University](/source/Misamis_University), Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental, Philippines
* [Mondragon University](/source/Mondragon_University), Mondragon, Spain
* [Mzumbe University](/source/Mzumbe_University), Mzumbe, Tanzania

== Other uses ==
* [Musician (United States Navy)](/source/Musician_(United_States_Navy)), an enlisted rating
* [Mu](/source/Korean_radish), a type of icicle radish
* [Manchester United F.C.](/source/Manchester_United_F.C.), a British football club
* [Miss Universe](/source/Miss_Universe), international women's beauty pageant
* [MuseScore](/source/MuseScore), a sheet music notation software
* /mu/, a board pertaining to music discussion on [4chan](/source/4chan)

== See also ==
* [Moo (disambiguation)](/source/Moo_(disambiguation))
* [M (disambiguation)](/source/M_(disambiguation))

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