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Old 05-03-2006, 02:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mhardy6647
u is the 'transliteration' of the Greek letter "mu", which is the abbreviation for 'micro'.
See the Greek letter "M" in the Greek alphabet:

http://www.mathekiste.de/griechischesalphabet.htm

u for Greek "my" is not correct, but it is similar to "X" for Greek "Chi", while the corresponding Greek letter for Latin "X" is "Xi".

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