μ - Wiktionary

See also: Μ, Μ΄, µ, μ’, μ΄, μ-, and Appendix:Variations of "m"
μ U+03BC, μ GREEK SMALL LETTER MU
λ[U+03BB] Greek and Coptic ν →[U+03BD]
Character variations
µ U+00B5, µ MICRO SIGN
´[U+00B4] Latin-1 Supplement →[U+00B6]
𝜇 U+1D707, 𝜇 MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL MU
𝜆[U+1D706] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝜈 →[U+1D708]

Translingual

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Symbol

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μ (English symbol name mu)

  1. (statistics) population mean
  2. (physics) coefficient of friction
  3. (physics) magnetic permeability
  4. (physics) muon
  5. (physics) standard gravitational parameter
  6. (metrology, physics, biology, dated) micron (micrometre) Synonym: μm (micrometre) Coordinate term: Å (ångström)

Derived terms

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  • μ-

Further reading

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  • μ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Derived from its majuscule counterpart Μ.

Letter

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μ • (m) (lowercase, uppercase Μ)

  1. Lower-case mu (μῦ), the 12th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the bilabial nasal /m/. It is preceded by λ and followed by ν.

Derived terms

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See also mu

  • μ΄, ͵μ
  • м, М (Cyrillic)
  • 𐌼 (Gothic)
  • , (Coptic)

See also

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  • (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
  • (non-Classical letters) Ϝ (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
  • (punctuation) · . ;
  • (diacritics) ᾿ ◌́ ◌̀ ¨

Greek

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Letter

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μ • (m) (lowercase, uppercase Μ)

  1. The lower case letter mu (μι), the 12th letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

Symbol

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μ • (m)

  1. meter (metre), the unit of length in the International System of Units

See also

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  • (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
  • (non-Classical letters) Ϝ (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
  • (punctuation) · . ;
  • (diacritics) ᾿ ◌́ ◌̀ ¨
  • μ΄
  • ͵μ

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