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Definition of 'mu'

English

(wikipedia)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) letter .

Noun

  • The 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.
  • (uncountable) The name of a mythical floating island.
  • Derived terms
    * mu-meson, muon * mu-metal

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Interjection

    (en-interj)
  • Neither yes nor no.
  • Usage notes

    Used to answer a question that if answered with "yes" or "no" would imply something false.

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) ) (m?)

    Noun

    (mu)
  • A unit of surface area, currently equivalent to 666 and 2/3 meters squared.
  • * 2007 — Chang Liu, “Peasants and Revolution in Rural China: Rural Political Change in the North China Plain and the Yangzi Delta, 1850-1949”, page 87
  • Of 114 village farming families, only ten had more than 30 mu''''' of land and only five had more than 60 '''''mu .

    Anagrams

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