Au

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Au, AU, au or a.u. may refer to:

Science and technology[edit]

Computing[edit]

Physics and chemistry[edit]

  • Gold, chemical symbol Au
  • Absorbance unit, a reporting unit in spectroscopy
  • Atomic units, a system of units convenient for atomic physics and other fields
  • Ångström unit, a unit of length equal to 10−10 m or 0.1 nanometre.
  • Astronomical unit, a unit of length used in planetary systems astronomy
  • Arbitrary unit, a placeholder unit for when the actual value of a measurement is unknown or unimportant

Arts and entertainment[edit]

Music[edit]

  • AU (band), an experimental pop group headed by Luke Wyland
  • Au, a 2010 release by Scottish rock band Donaldson, Moir and Paterson
  • Au a track on Some Time in New York City by an album by John Lennon & Yoko Ono and Elephant's Memory

Magazines[edit]

Other media[edit]

Organizations[edit]

Universities[edit]

Asia[edit]

Europe[edit]

Oceania[edit]

North America[edit]

Other[edit]

Places[edit]

Austria[edit]

Germany[edit]

Switzerland[edit]

Vehicles[edit]

  • Ford Falcon (AU), a family car made in Australia
  • Vought AU, a post-World War II US Marine Corps variant of the F4U Corsair aircraft

Other uses[edit]

  • , a cartwheel in the Brazilian martial art of Capoeira
  • Au (surname), a Chinese family name
  • Au language
  • Ab urbe condita (sometimes abbreviated as a.u.), Latin for "from the founding of the City" (Rome)
  • a'u, the Hawaiian name for the Pacific blue marlin