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amu

amu is the abbreviation of atomic mass unit.

Meaning of atomic mass unit

Noun

atomic mass unit (plural atomic mass units)

  1. (physical) A unit of mass equal to 1/12 the mass of an atom of ¹²C (carbon-12, an isotope of carbon).

Noun capitalized: AMU

AMU (plural AMUs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of atomic mass unit.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of astronaut maneuvering unit.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Acute Medical Unit.

Proper noun capitalized: AMU

AMU (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Aligarh Muslim University.

Forms of amu

pluralamus
pluralAMUs

Phrases with amu

Questions about amu

What is amu the abbreviation of?
Amu is the abbreviation of atomic mass unit.
What part of speech is amu?
Amu can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of amu?
The plural of amu is amus.

Words near amu in the dictionary

  1. amtracks
  2. amtracs
  3. amtrak
  4. amtraks
  5. amts
  6. amu
  7. Amu Dar'ya
  8. Amu Darya
  9. Amu River
  10. Amu-Darya
  11. Amucao

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Adapted from Wiktionary: amu (page history and authors); AMU (page history and authors); atomic mass unit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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