Cu Definition & Meaning

American

British

Etymology

Examples

cu 1 American

abbreviation

1. cubic.

Cu 2 American Symbol, Chemistry.

1. copper.

CU 3 American

abbreviation

1. civil union.

2. close-up.

cu. 4 American

abbreviation

1. cubic.

2. cumulus.

Cu. 5 American

abbreviation

1. cumulus.

CU 1 British

abbreviation

1. see you

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abbreviation

1. Cuba (international car registration)

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symbol

1. copper

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 cu 4 British

abbreviation

1. Cuba

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abbreviation

1. cubic

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Etymology

Origin of Cu

From the Latin word cuprum

Example Sentences

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The CU Boulder team wanted an insulating material that would maintain clarity while providing strong thermal resistance.

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"To block heat exchange, you can put a lot of insulation in your walls, but windows need to be transparent," said Ivan Smalyukh, senior author of the study and a professor of physics at CU Boulder.

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Bohdan Senyuk, Jan Bart ten Hove and Vladyslav Cherpak, former postdoctoral researchers at CU Boulder, also contributed as co-authors.

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Co-authors of the study include Amit Bhardwaj, Blaise Fleury, Eldo Abraham and Taewoo Lee, all postdoctoral research associates in the Department of Physics at CU Boulder.

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According to a study published Dec. 1 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from CU Boulder and their collaborators report that billions of years ago, the young planet's atmosphere may have been generating sulfur-based molecules that are known today as important components for life.

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