mu

Noun (1)

mu (countable and uncountable, plural mus)

1. The 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.

Interjection

1. (Zen Buddhism) Neither yes nor no.
   • Mu means "no thing." Like "Quality" it points outside the process of dualistic discrimination. Mu simply says, "No class; not one, not zero, not yes, not no."[…]It's a great mistake, a kind of dishonesty, to sweep nature's mu answers under the carpet.1974, Robert M[aynard] Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow & Company, →ISBN
   • [p. 233]
     Achilles: Oh, but ‘MU’ is Jōshū’s answer. By saying ‘MU’, Jōshū let the other monk know that only by not asking such questions can one know the answer to them.
     Tortoise: Jōshū “unasked” the question.
     [p. 312]
     Achilles:[…]And the answer of “MU” here rejects the premises of the question...1979, Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, Basic Books, →ISBN, →OCLC

Noun (2)

mu (uncountable)

1. (Zen Buddhism) Nothingness; nonexistence; the illusory nature of reality.
   • That being the case, we should naturally choose to contemplate mu from morning to night, forgetting everything.2012, Omori, Introduction To Zen Training, →ISBN, page 115
   • Consequently, though mu is mindlike, the likeness to individual consciousness cannot be pushed very far.2012, Dr Robert Wilkinson, Nishida and Western Philosophy, →ISBN

Noun (3)

mu (plural mu)

1. A unit of surface area, currently equivalent to two-thirtieths of a hectare.
   • The Lucky Star Co-operative in Chuwo County on the plains of southern Shansi had, before the anti-Japanese war, 26 wells, 4 water-wheels and 166.1 mou of irrigated fields, 4.82 per cent of its total arable land.[1959 September, Tung Ta-lin [董大林], “The Inevitability of Quick Transition from Lower to Higher Stage of Agricultural Co-operation”, in Agricultural Co-operation in China [中国农业合作化的道路] (China...
   • Good news on the summer harvest prevailed in the countryside of Chienchiang County, Hupeh. The county reported remarkable increased in its 600,000 mou of summer food crops this year, surpassing the yield in 1962 which was considered as the best year.[1965 July 9 [1965 June 7], “Chienchiang County Reports Increase in Crops”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 131, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Wuhan Domestic...

Proper noun (1) capitalized: MU

MU

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of North Maluku: a province of Indonesia.
2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Micron Technology.
   • Kishida told the executives, including those from Micron Technology Inc (MU), Intel Corp (INTC) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSM) (TSMC), that stabilizing supply chains would be a topic of discussion at the G7 talks in the western city of Hiroshima.2023 May 18, Reuters, “Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow”, in CNN Business
3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of University of Missouri

   Synonyms:

   Mizzou

Noun (4) capitalized: MU

MU (plural MUs)

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of matchup.
2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of multiple unit.
3. (Philippines, abbreviation, initialism, slang, uncountable) Initialism of mutual understanding
4. (Philippines, slang) A person engaged in a situationship

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mu

Mu

1. A hypothetical or legendary continent that allegedly existed in the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean.

Noun (5) capitalized: Mu

Mu (plural Mus)

1. μ (a mu particle)

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Mu

Mu

1. Mu (a river in Burma).