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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
au \a.u.\ n.
1. (Astron.) the unit of length equal to the mean distance of the Earth from the sun, about 93 million miles (150 million kiometers); -- used almost exclusively in astronomy, or to describe astronomical distances.
Syn: astronomical unit, AU, A.U. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Au
noun
1: a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia [syn: {gold}, {atomic number 79}]
2: a unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers) [syn: {Astronomical Unit}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
au
1. The two character {country code} for Australia used in {Internet} {domain names}. 2. {audio}. (1995-02-15)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
AU Access Unit
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