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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>u-</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../U.html" title="U"/><link rel="previous" href="../U.html" title="U"/><link rel="next" href="UBD.html" title="UBD"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">u-</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="../U.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">U</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="UBD.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="u-"/><dt xmlns="" id="u-"><b>u-</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">pref.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Written shorthand for <a href="../M/micro-.html"><i class="glossterm">micro-</i></a>; techspeak when
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applied to metric units, jargon when used otherwise. Derived from the
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Greek letter <20> the first letter of “<span class="quote">micro</span>” (and which
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letter looks a lot like the English letter “<span class="quote">u</span>”).</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="../U.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../U.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="UBD.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">U<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>UBD</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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