Mu

//mjuː// intj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    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."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A hypothetical continent that allegedly existed in the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean.
  2. 2
    Mu (a river in Burma).
  3. 3
    Initialism of North Maluku: a province of Indonesia. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Abbreviation of Micron Technology. abbreviation, alt-of

    "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."

  5. 5
    Initialism of University of Missouri abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    The 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Nothingness; nonexistence; the illusory nature of reality. uncountable

    "That being the case, we should naturally choose to contemplate mu from morning to night, forgetting everything."

  3. 3
    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."

  4. 4
    μ (a mu particle)
  5. 5
    Initialism of matchup. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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  1. 6
    the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet wordnet
  2. 7
    Initialism of multiple unit. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 8
    Initialism of mutual understanding Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang, uncountable
  4. 9
    A person engaged in a situationship Philippines, slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μῦ (mû), derived from Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm /⁠mem⁠/, “water”). Doublet of mem.

Etymology 2

From Japanese 無 (mu, “nothing, neither yes nor no”).

Etymology 3

From Japanese 無 (mu, “nothing, neither yes nor no”).

Etymology 4

From Mandarin 畝/亩 (mǔ).

Etymology 5

From Greek μ (m).

Etymology 6

From Burmese မူး (mu:).

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