AU

See also: Appendix:Variations of "au"
㍳ U+3373, ㍳
SQUARE AU
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[U+3374]

Translingual

Symbol

AU

  1. The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Australia.
  2. astronomical unit

Usage notes

(astronomical unit): Though "AU" is in frequent use by professional bodies and the public, the recommended unit symbol is au by the IAU and ua by the BIPM.

Synonyms

(astronomical unit):

  • au (the IAU recommended unit symbol for astronomical units)
  • ua (the BIPM recommended unit symbol for astronomical units)
  • ㍳ (Unicode glyph for astronomical unit)

Anagrams

English

Noun

AU (plural AUs)

  1. (astronomy) Initialism of astronomical unit.
  2. Initialism of angstrom unit.
  3. (fandom slang) Initialism of alternate universe.
  4. Initialism of arbitrary unit.

Proper noun

AU

  1. Initialism of African Union.

Anagrams

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