Is there an alternate symbol for mu for x 10^-6 ?

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I am confused about a notation highlighted shown below
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C = Q/V
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Can someone tell me what that means? I'm think it should be a mu.
 
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The highlighted symbol means "proportional to". You are correct in thinking it should be ##\mu##. Some typesetter must have screwed up.
 
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If TeX is not available and Greek letters are difficult to type people sometimes use "u" instead (uF = ##\mathrm{\mu F}##). The "proportional to" (\propto, ##\propto##) is just the wrong symbol.