Nu
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Nu or NU may refer to:
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- Nu (letter)Nu (letter)Nu , is the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 50...
, a letter in the Greek alphabet: lowercase ν, uppercase Ν - Nu (kana)Nu (kana)Nu, ぬ in hiragana, or ヌ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana each representing one mora. Both hiragana and katakana are made in two strokes and represent . They are both derived from the Chinese character 奴...
, the Japanese characters ぬ and ヌ - Nu (mythology), the male form of the Egyptian goddess Naunet
- Nu (Chrono Trigger), a fictional species from the video game Chrono Trigger
- N.U. (film), 1948 documentary film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
- .nu.nu.nu is the Internet country code top-level domain assigned to the island state of Niue. It was one of the first ccTLDs to be marketed to the Internet at large as an alternative to the gTLDs .com, .net, and .org...
, the Internet top-level domain for NiueNiueNiue , is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as the "Rock of Polynesia", and inhabitants of the island call it "the Rock" for short. Niue is northeast of New Zealand in a triangle between Tonga to the southwest, the Samoas to the northwest, and the Cook Islands to... - Nu peopleNu peopleThe Nu people are one of the 56 ethnic groups recognized by the People's Republic of China. Their population of 27,000 is divided into the Northern, Central and Southern groups. Their homeland is a country of high mountains and deep ravines crossed by the Lancang, Dulong and Nujiang rivers...
, a Chinese ethnic group - Nu river or Salween River
- U NuU NuFor other people with the Burmese name Nu, see Nu .U Nu was a leading Burmese nationalist and political figure of the 20th century...
or Mr. Nu, a former Burmese prime minister - Mr. Nu, a fictional character from the novel Hitman: Enemy WithinHitman: Enemy WithinHitman: Enemy Within is the first novel in the Hitman series. It was written by William C. Dietz and released on August 28, 2007, from Del Rey Books...
- Nǀu language, a moribund Tuu (Khoisan) language spoken by the Nǁnǂe people in South Africa
- NuMachineNuMachineThe NuMachine was developed in the late 1970s atMIT's Laboratory for Computer Science by Professor Steve Ward and his research group in concert with Western Digital. It was a project to design a computer workstation that interfaced with local area networks using microprocessors...
computer architecture developed at MITMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
in the late 1970s that included the NuBusNuBusNuBus is a 32-bit parallel computer bus, originally developed at MIT as a part of the NuMachine workstation project. The first complete implementation of the NuBus and the NuMachine was done by Western Digital for their NuMachine, and for the Lisp Machines Inc. LMI-Lambda. The NuBus was later...
. - Nu (programming language)Nu (programming language)Nu is an interpreted object-oriented programming language, with a Lisp-like syntax, created by Tim Burks as an alternative scripting language to program Mac OS X through its Cocoa application programming interface...
, an interpreted object-oriented programming language - Nu Gundam, in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
- Nu, a Yiddish interjection meaning "well?" or "so?"
In universities:
- Niagara UniversityNiagara UniversityNiagara University is a Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition, located in the Town of Lewiston in Niagara County, New York. Originally founded by the Congregation of the Mission in 1856 as Our Lady of Angels Seminary, it became Niagara University in 1883. The University is still run by...
, a Roman Catholic university in Niagara County, New York - Northeastern University, an American research university in Boston, Massachusetts
- Northwest University, a private university in Kirkland, Washington
- Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNorthwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, an American research institution in Evanston, Illinois - Norwich UniversityNorwich UniversityNorwich University is a private university located in Northfield, Vermont . The university was founded in 1819 at Norwich, Vermont, as the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy. It is the oldest of six Senior Military Colleges, and is recognized by the United States Department of...
, a private American military and traditional university in Northfield, Vermont - University of Nebraska–LincolnUniversity of Nebraska–LincolnThe University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska...
- Argentinean National Universities
- Nanjing UniversityNanjing UniversityNanjing University , or Nanking University, is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning in China...
, a national university in China. - Naresuan UniversityNaresuan UniversityNaresuan University is a government sponsored university in Phitsanulok, northern Thailand. It was established as a separate university on July 29, 1990, which was the 400th anniversary of the start of the reign of Phitsanulok-born King Naresuan the Great. A courtyard with a statue of King...
, a public university in Phitsanulok, Thailand - Nile UniversityNile UniversityNile University is a not-for-profit institution of higher learning. The University was established in Egypt in July 2006 by the Egyptian Foundation for Technological Education Development ....
, a private research university in Egypt - National University (Philippines)National University (Philippines)National University is a university in Manila, Philippines.It is a founding member of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines and is a pioneer of the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities...
, a private, non-sectarian university in Manila, Philippines- NU BulldogsNU BulldogsThe National University Bulldogs is the collegiate men's varsity team of National University in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines...
, the intercollegiate athletic program of the above school
- NU Bulldogs
- Nkumba UniversityNkumba UniversityNkumba University is a private university in Entebbe, Uganda. It was established in 1994 as part of a group of schools and colleges which originally grew from a kindergarten set up in 1951...
, a private university near Entebbe, Uganda
In other abbreviations:
- Northern UnionRugby Football LeagueThe Rugby Football League is the governing body for professional rugby league football in England. Based at Red Hall in Leeds, it administers the England national rugby league team, the Challenge Cup, Super League and the Rugby League Championships...
(NU), early name of the Rugby Football League - NunavutNunavutNunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
(NU), the largest and newest territory in the territories of Canada - Nahdatul UlamaNahdatul UlamaNahdlatul Ulama is a traditionalist Sunni Islam group in Indonesia.The NU was established on January 31, 1926 as a reaction to the modernist Muhammadiyah organization. In 1965, the group took sides with the General Suharto-led army and was heavily involved in the mass killings of Indonesian...
(NU), an Islamic group in Indonesia - Nusselt numberNusselt numberIn heat transfer at a boundary within a fluid, the Nusselt number is the ratio of convective to conductive heat transfer across the boundary. Named after Wilhelm Nusselt, it is a dimensionless number...
(Nu), a dimensionless heat transfer ratio - Poisson's ratioPoisson's ratioPoisson's ratio , named after Siméon Poisson, is the ratio, when a sample object is stretched, of the contraction or transverse strain , to the extension or axial strain ....
, a dimensionless ratio relating strain on element along one axis to the strain in an orthogonal axis, is symbolized by the Greek Nu - Nucellar embryonyNucellar embryonyNucellar embryony is a form of seed reproduction that occurs in certain plant species, including many citrus varieties. During the development of seeds from plants that possess this genetic trait, the nucellar tissue which surrounds the megagametophyte can produce additional embryos which are...
(Nu+), a form of seed reproduction that occurs in certain plant species - Bhutanese ngultrumBhutanese ngultrumThe ngultrum has been the currency of Bhutan since 1974. It is subdivided into 100 chhertum .-History:In 1974, the ngultrum was introduced, replacing the rupee at par...
(Nu.), Bhutan's official currency - Northeast UtilitiesNortheast UtilitiesNortheast Utilities is a publicly-traded, Fortune 500 energy company headquartered in Berlin, Connecticut, with several regulated subsidiaries offering retail electricity and natural gas service to more than 2.1 million customers in New England....
, a gas and electric company in the northeastern United States
In codes:
- Japan Transocean AirJapan Transocean Air, or JTA, is an airline based in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It operates domestic services. Its main base is Naha Airport.- History :...
IATA airline designator - NicaraguaNicaraguaNicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
NATO country code - NiueNiueNiue , is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as the "Rock of Polynesia", and inhabitants of the island call it "the Rock" for short. Niue is northeast of New Zealand in a triangle between Tonga to the southwest, the Samoas to the northwest, and the Cook Islands to...
ISO 3166 country code
In music:
- Nu MetalNu metalNu metal is a subgenre of heavy metal. It is a fusion genre which combines elements of heavy metal with other genres, including grunge and hip hop...
, a fusion genre of Heavy Metal. - Nu JazzNu jazzNu jazz is an umbrella term coined in the late 1990s to refer to music that blends jazz elements with other musical styles, such as funk, soul, electronic dance music, and free improvisation...
, a fusion genre of Jazz. - Nu-DiscoNu-discoNu-disco is a 21st century dance music genre associated with a renewed interest in 1970s and early 1980s disco, mid-1980s Italo disco, and the synthesizer-heavy Eurodisco aesthetics. The moniker appeared in print as early as 2002, and by mid-2008 was used by record shops such as the online...
, a Dance music genre. - Nu folk, a fusion genre of Folk.
- Nu GazeNu GazeNu gaze or the new wave of shoegaze is a form of alternative rock originating in the 2000s. According to an article in the Oxford Student, music from the genre features "droning riffs, subdued vocals and walls of distorted, messy guitar or synth"....
, a fusion genre of Shoe Gaze.