μ

See also: Μ, Μ΄, µ, μ', μ΄, μ-, and Appendix:Variations of "m"

μ U+03BC, &#956; <reserved-03BC> [unassigned: U+0000–U+03BB] [unassigned: U+03BD–U+1FFF] Greek and Coptic   → [U+2000]

Character variations

µ U+00B5, &#181; <reserved-00B5> [unassigned: U+0000–U+00B4] [unassigned: U+00B6–U+1FFF] Latin-1 Supplement   → [U+2000]

𝜇 U+1D707, 𝜇 MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL MU ← 𝜆 [U+1D706] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝜈 → [U+1D708]

Translingual

Symbol

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
7. (metrology, physics, dated) micron (micrometre)

   Synonym: μm (“micrometre”)

   Coordinate term: Å (“ångström”)

Derived terms

• μ-

Further reading

• μ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Μ.

Letter

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

See also mu

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

See also

• (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

Letter

μ • (m) (lowercase, uppercase Μ)

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

Symbol

μ • (m)

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

See also

• (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