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Au

 

The symbol for the element gold (sense ).

[From Latin aurum, gold.]


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Au, symbol for the element gold.


Chemical symbol, gold (L. aurum).

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Au or AU may refer to:

Science

  • Absorbance Units, a reporting unit in spectroscopy
  • Astronomical unit, the average distance between the Earth and the Sun (roughly speaking)
  • Atomic units, a system of units convenient for atomic physics and other fields
  • Gold, a chemical element with the symbol Au
  • a.u., abbreviation for arbitrary unit

Computing

  • .au, the internet country code for Australia
  • Au file format, Sun Microsystems' audio format
  • Audio Units, a system level plug-in architecture from Apple Computer

Universities

Geography

Organizations

Miscellaneous


Translations: Au
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Dansk (Danish)
idioms:

  • au fait    velinformeret
  • au pair    au pair, au pair pige, ung pige i huset
  • au revoir    på gensyn, au revoir

symb. - guld

abbr. - ångstrøm-enhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
astronomische eenheid, ångströmeenheid, Au (goud)

Français (French)
idioms:

  • au pair    au pair
  • au revoir    au revoir

symb. - (Chim) or

abbr. - (Chim) or, auteur

Deutsch (German)
idioms:

  • au pair    Au-pair-Mädchen
  • au revoir    auf Wiedersehen

symb. - Gold

abbr. - Angströmeinheit, astronomische Einheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
abbr. - μονάδα Angstrom, αστρονομική μονάδα
symb. - χρυσός

idioms:

  • au fait    γνώστης, ενήμερος
  • au pair    οπέρ (αλλοδαπή εποχιακή ή προσωρινή παιδαγωγός)
  • au revoir    ορεβουάρ, εις το επανιδείν

Italiano (Italian)
unità astronomica, oro

idioms:

  • au fait    ben informato
  • au pair    alla pari
  • au revoir    arrivederci

Português (Portuguese)
abbr. - ouro (m), unidade (f) antitoxina (Bioquím.), unidade (f) aritmética (Inf.), unidade (f) astronômica (Astr.), autor (m)

idioms:

  • au fait    totalmente competente, totalmente informado, socialmente correto
  • au pair    jovem estrangeiro que trabalha e mora na casa de alguém para aprender o idioma
  • au revoir    adeus

Русский (Russian)
астрономическая единица, единица ангстром, золото

idioms:

  • au fait    знакомый с
  • au pair    работник (об. иностранный), выполняющий работу по дому за жилье
  • au revoir    до свидания

Español (Spanish)
idioms:

  • au pair    chica, ayuda familiar
  • au revoir    hasta luego, adiós

symb. - oro

abbr. - Unidad Astronómica, Unidad de Angstrom

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - astronomisk enhet (förk.)
symb. - guld

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
储存声音文件的格式之一

作家

idioms:

  • au fait    熟练, 精通
  • au pair    平等的, 互惠的
  • au revoir    再会, 再见

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
abbr. - 儲存聲音檔案的格式之一

symb. - 金

n. - 作家

idioms:

  • au fait    熟練, 精通
  • au pair    平等的, 互惠的
  • au revoir    再會, 再見

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 빛의 파장 단위

symb. - aurum(gold)의 원자기호

abbr. - astronomical unit(천문 단위)

日本語 (Japanese)
prep. - …に

idioms:

  • au fait    精通して
  • au pair    オペアとして, オペア
  • au revoir    さようなら
  • be au fait with    精通している

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(علامه) الرمز الكيمياوي للذهب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אל, ל-‬
symb. - ‮זהב (יסוד)‬
abbr. - ‮יחידה אסטרונומית - יחידת-מידה השווה למרחק הממוצע בין מרכז הארץ למרכז השמש, אנגסטרום - יחידת-אורך לגדלים קטנים מאד‬


 
 
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