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• PRE — Proportional Reduction of Error
• PRDT — Physical Restraint Decision Tree
• PRC — Photometry, Radiometry, and Calorimetry
• US — United States of America
• POCOE — Principle Of Conservation Of Energy
• PR — PRobability of ....
• PPU — Physics processing unit
• PQ — Photon To Quark
• PPP — Physics for Paper and Print
• DT — Differential Temperature
• M3/H — Cubic Meters per Hour
• USA — United States of America
• CPMG — Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill pulse sequence
• MIM — Metal-Insulator-Metal (Diode)
• CT — Computed Tomography
• MM — Millimeter
• ANOVA — Analysis of Variance (statistics)
• WWW — World Wide Web
• A-BOMB — Atomic Bomb
• A — Ampere
• WHO — World Health Organization
• JMMM — Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
• ESA — European Space Agency
• AIP — American Institute of Physics
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• QA/QC — Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• CBRN — Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear
• 19F — Fluorine-19
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• CFF — Critical Flicker Fusion
• CY — Calendar Year
• PN — PN (Pressure Nominal)
• XMCD — X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism
• PI — Penning ionization [
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• PNEUM — pneumatic
• EEO — Equal Employment Opportunity
• APCVD — Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• AC — Alternating Current
• AES — Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• HD — High Density
• SPL — Sound Pressure Level
• SNOM — Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• DME — Distance Measuring Equipment

• IHPRPTP — Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology Program
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• TQM — Total Quality Management
• MEG — Motionless Electromagnetic Generator
• IDMS — Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry
• FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency
• CMOS — Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
• BP — Boiling Point
• FOS — Faint Object Spectrograph
• PM — Particle Multiplication
• RF — Radio Frequency
• R&D — Research & Development
• DB — Decibel
• AEDY — Aerospace Dynamics
• FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
• APS — American Physical Society
• GR — General Relativity
• LOD — Limit Of Detection
• ACS — American Chemical Society
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• MIL — Military
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• AEC — Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• SPR — Surface Plasmon Resonance
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• LO — Local Oscillator
• NM — Nanometer
• KG — Kilogram
• LTE — Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium
• SIMOPS — SIMultaneous OPerationS
• P — Pressure
• AF — Audio Frequency
• SIG — Signal
• SWAG — Scientific Wild-Ass Guess. A Close Approximation.
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• STD — Standard
• KE — Kinetic Energy
• LVL — Level
• HPLC — High Performance Liquid Chromatography
• ER — Energy Research
• 2DEG — Two-Dimensional Electron Gas
• IC — Integrated Circuit
• ANS — American Nuclear Society
• 2PE — Two-Photon Excitation
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• VHS — Van Hove Singularity
• ITL — Information Technology Laboratory
• MRA — Mutual Recognition Arrangement
• CT — Current Transformer

• OSA — Optical Society of America
• ESR — Electron Spin Resonance
• ISS — International Space Station
• CV — Constant Velocity
• PCS — Photon Correlation Spectroscopy
• PHWR — Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• CW — Clockwise
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• ECR — Electron Cyclotron Resonance
• SIA — Semiconductor Industry Association
• DOP — Dilution Of Precision
• CDM — Cold Dark Matter
• µ — Micro
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• CW — Carrier Wave
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• PHD — P-Helicity Decoupling Scheme (P=Momentum)
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• PAGE — Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• FP — Freezing Point
• HACCP — Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• YAEL — Yankee Atomic Environmental Laboratory
• NSA — National Security Agency
• LF — Low Frequency
• THD — Total Harmonic Distortion
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• PMF — Predictor Model File
• PDL — Polarization Dependent Loss
• DL — Deciliter
• YB:YAG — Ytterbium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet
• CW — Continuous Wave
• LMS — Least Mean Square
• RAI — Resident Assessment Instrument
• TLC — Thin Layer Chromatography
• SNS — Spallation Neutron Source
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• QDVP — Quasi-Degenerate Variational Perturbation
• IDCT — Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• EV — Electron Volt
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

• PHYY — Physics
• PI — 3.1415926535
• CDF — Collider Detector at Fermilab
• S — Short
• PME — Particle-Mesh Ewald
• PIC — Precision Ion Chamber
• PML — Physical Measurement Laboratory
• UA — University of Arizona
• BS — Beam Splitter
• WG — Working Group
• PIV — Position Information Vector
• E=MC2 — Energy=Mass * (Velocity of light)**2
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• EMT — effective medium theory
• ATR — Attenuated Total Reflectance
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• PIF — Physics at the Information Frontier
• PILAC — Pulsed Ion Linear ACcelerator
• MDMT — Minimum Design Metal Temperature
• AES — Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
• KAMIOKANDE — A solar neutrino experiment at the Kamioka Observatory in Japan
• PISA — Photovoltaic Information System For Architects
• GND — Ground
• FWT — Fast Wavelet Transform
• AO — Adaptive Optics
• FMRI — Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• P — Predicted
• KLY — Kilo Langley
• PHW — Potable Hot Water
• SUPER-K — Super-Kamiokande
• HSI — Hue Saturation Intensity
• DOHC — Dual Overhead Cam
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• ISE — Ion Selective Electrode
• PIE — Possibility of Infinite Energy
• SMYS — Specified Minimum Yield Strength
• CMM — Coordinate Measuring Machine
• α — angular acceleration
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• FE — Finite Element
• ID — Inside Diameter
• KAMLAND — KAmioka Liquid Scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• PL — Proton Loss
• LE — Low Energy
• 4WM — Four Wave Mixing
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• QD — Quantum Dot

• HPS — Health Physics Society
• Y' — Out-of-plane Velocity - vertical
• EPR — Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• PECVD — Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
• LEP — Large Electron Positron
• MO — Molecular Orbital
• SCC — Standards Coordinating Committee
• WFI — Water For Injection (pharmaceutical Term)
• RIU — Refractive Index Unit
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• PRL — Physical Review Letters
• EF — Electric Field
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• H — Hotel
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• HE — High Energy
• UPS — Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• PE — Performance Evaluation
• UASER — Ultrasound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
• DPP — Division of Plasma Physics
• EP — Extreme Pressure
• T-O-F — time of flight
• NCO — Numerically Controlled Oscillator
• FDR — False Discovery Rate
• HPS — High Pressure Sodium
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• WAXD — Wide-Angle X-Ray Diffraction
• LT — Low Temperature
• CWT — Continuous Wavelet Transform
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• OTA — Optical Tube Assembly (telescopes)
• HAPPEX — Hall A Proton Parity Experiment
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• R- E/I — Ohms Law (not an acronym)
• OPD — Optical Path Difference
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• VU — Volume Unit
• FCC — Face-Centered Cubic
• FRET — Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
• RAC — Research Advisory Committee
• APS — Advanced Photon Source
• AC — Aerodynamic Center
• EF — Energy Factor
• BCC — Body-Centered Cubic
• MV — Medium Voltage
• DNA — Defense Nuclear Agency
• PE — Potential Energy
• CC — Closed Circuit
• PIV — Particle Image Velocimetry

• SC — South Carolina
• A — Atomic
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• SRAM — Static Random Access Memory (ess-ram)
• URL — Universal Resource Locator
• FP — Focal Plane
• LM — Lumen
• ED — Electron Diffraction
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• TOMO-SAR — Synthetic Aperture Radar TOMOgraphy
• CAV — Constant Angular Velocity
• CGU — Canadian Geophysical Union
• NRC — National Response Center
• DPA — Differential Power Analysis
• PM — Particulate Matter
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• BCT — Body-Centered Tetragonal
• IR — Infrared
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• R — Roentgen
• ° C — Degree centigrade
• FY — Fiscal Year
• FEL — Free Electron Laser
• SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
• MOD — Minimum Object Distance
• OPCPA — Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• HDR — High Dose Rate
• NV — Night Vision
• HVLP — high volume, low pressure
• EPC — Electronic Pressure Control
• DQE — Detective Quantum Efficiency
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
• EM — Environmental Management
• MAD — Mean Absolute Deviation
• ACIP — Aerodynamic Coefficient Instrumentation Package
• CJLTP — Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics
• LTL — Linear Temporal Logic
• LIF — Laser Induced Fluorescence
• ZPE — Zero Point Energy
• ETC — Electron Transport Chain
• DE — Differential Equation(s)
• NPC — Nuclear Pore Complex
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• HEA — High Energy Astrophysics
• HQSC — Heisenberg Quantum Spin Chain
• N — Normal
• JEWA — Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
• SPM — Scanning Probe Microscope
• AMS — Acoustic Measurement System

• MOA — Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
• ASD — Astrophysics Science Division
• COIL — Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser
• MJPS — Moldavian Journal of the Physical Sciences
• PEM — Proton Exchange Membrane
• LAF — Laminar Air Flow
• TOE — Theory of Everything
• IIT — Indian Institute of Technology
• CEA — Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• EMR — Electromagnetic Radiation
• AMP — Amplitude
• JETP — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
• C — Countess
• LC — Liquid Chromatography
• AJP — American Journal of Physics
• 1D — One-Dimensional
• FTF — Fundamental Train Frequency
• RG — Radius of Gyration
• E — Electra
• ICR — Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• FCA — Formal Concept Analysis
• SCF — Self-Consistent Field
• RMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• PD — Propagation Delay
• OPC — Optical Particle Counter
• EDM — Electric Dipole Moment
• ASPP — Atmospheric and Space Plasma Physics
• PCF — Photonic Crystal Fiber
• EDS — Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
• MMC — Maximum Material Condition
• CHIPS — Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
• AEDC — Arnold Engineering Development Center
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• LMU — Location Measurement Unit
• AMTF — Acoustic Model Test Facility
• XPS — X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• DLA — Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
• DSM — Design Structure Matrix
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• GP — General Physics Corporation
• NEI — Nuclear Energy Institute
• WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
• MSX — Midcourse Space Experiment
• TC — Temperature Control
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• LOA — Law of Attraction
• NLC — Next Linear Collider
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences

• AMPS — Atmospheric Magnetospheric Plasma System
• AO — Atomic Orbital
• VAPEPS — Vibroacoustic Payload Environment Prediction System
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• N-FSBS — Near-Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• M — Mass
• PHYN — Physics Notes
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• PIV — Peak Inverse Voltage
• QP — Quantization Parameter
• AFC — Aerodynamic Flight Control
• QEDA — Quantum Electrodynamics Atomic Theory
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• ESD — Electrostatic Discharge
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• STASA — Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
• HI — High Intensity
• DOT — Diffuse Optical Tomography
• OPS — Optical Physical Section
• PCM — Phase Contrast Microscopy
• ω — angular velocity
• GS — Gauss
• IC — Internal Combustion
• HS — Hot Spot
• LS — Liquid Scintillation
• YP — Yield Point
• DDS — Direct Digital Synthesizer
• 3PE — Three-Photon Excitation
• AEM — Acoustical Emission Monitoring
• CF — Cold Fusion
• DE — Discrete Event (program specification)
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• IK — Inverse Kinematics
• IOR — Index of Refraction
• CQGRS — Classical and Quantum Gravity Supplement
• FCI — Full Configuration Interaction
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• FFF — Field-Flow Fractionation
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• QFEB — Quasi-Free Electron Bremsstrahlung
• CEI — Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano
• MPI — Multiphoton Ionization
• CMS — Compact Muon Solenoid
• TC — Thermal Control
• KARMEN — Karlsruhe-Rutherford Medium-Energy Neutrino Experiment
• TM — Transverse Magnetic
• ACESJ — Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal
• HO — High Order
• NM — Newton Meter

• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instrumental Coefficient Package
• LSP — Lightest Supersymmetric Particle
• SR — Special Relativity
• DVM — Digital Voltmeter
• ZQ — Zero-Quantum
• SD — Super Deformed
• MURR — University of Missouri Research Reactor
• IDCY — Idle Cycle
• MBQ — Megabecquerel
• PTA — Pure Tone Average
• TLE — Two Line Elements
• ADAP — Aerodynamic Data Analysis Program
• AMS — Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
• RAP — Reliable Acoustic Path
• AFTA — Acoustic Fatigue Test Article
• ETS — Energy Transfer System
• ADB — Aerodynamic Data Book
• CQGRA — Classical and Quantum Gravity
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• IV — Input Voltage
• APAS — Aerodynamic Performance and Sizing Program
• TPD — Temperature Programmed Desorption (for Gas Chromatography)
• VIV — Vortex Induced Vibration
• POGS — polar-orbiting geomagnetic survey
• HTD — Heat Transfer Division
• RBS — Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry
• TARDIS — Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. Dr Who's company car, so to speak. I can confirm that it is 'Dimensions' not 'Dimension'. This begs the follow-up question as to whether the Dimensions are relative to each other or to time, or to both, or to somethi
• UMIST — University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
• SPH — Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics
• FIM — Field Intensity Meter
• NMR — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• FM — Ferromagnetic
• NEMS — National Energy Modeling System
• SRM — Standard Reference Material
• HV — High Vacuum
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• PMR — Proton Magnetic Resonance
• TMD — Tuned Mass Damper
• JASJA — Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan
• SCF — Supercritical Fluid
• TEF — Time-Energy-Frequency
• SFG — Sum Frequency Generation
• RC — Resistor-Capacitor
• BHN — Brinell Hardness Number
• APRF — Army Pulse Radiation Facility
• GAMS4 — NIST High Resolution Spectrometer
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• FI — Field Intensity
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction

• CH — Continuum Hypothesis
• ADPHY — Advances in Physics
• JPCS — Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
• COS — Change of State
• EF — Extra Fine
• LISS — Linear Imaging Self-Scanning
• NTU — Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• TPP — Thermal Power Plant
• DSR — Dynamic Shear Rheometer
• ZPDH — Z-Pinch-Driven Hohlraum
• VMD — Visual Molecular Dynamics
• STS — Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
• SEE — Secondary Electron Emission
• AFT — Aerodynamic Flight Test
• PAC — Probably Approximately Correct
• LAGOS — Laser Gravitational-wave Observatory in Space
• TDH — Total Dynamic Head
• SW — Surface Wave
• ASC — Aerodynamic Surface Control
• ILD — Indentation Load Deflection
• CARB — Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
• XPS — X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• IMS — Institute for Molecular Science
• EAA — Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• DAMP — Division of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• TC — Thermal Conductivity
• CCT — Circuit
• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• ASAS — Aerodynamic Stability Augmentation System
• MAG — Magnetic
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• HIC — Hydrogen Induced Cracking
• XMLL — X-ray Magnetic Linear Loop
• ASAC — aerodynamic surfaces assembly and checkout
• TC — Transmission Convergence (ATM)
• MOT — Magneto Optical Trap
• EOM — Electro-Optic Modulator
• CAM — Computer-Aided Machining
• LNP — Lecture Notes in Physics
• SEA — Statistical Energy Analysis
• AOM — acoustic-optic modulator
• ATDB — Aerothermodynamic Data Book
• HOMESTAKE — A solar neutrino experiment in the Homestake Gold Mine in South Dakota
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• WHHM — Werthamer Helfand Hohenberg and Maki
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• NTP — normal temperature and pressure
• IOT — Inductive Output Tube

• ALICE — A Large Ion Collider Experiment
• AMS — Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
• LVR — Lever
• EGS — Electron Gamma Shower
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• LAQL — Lowest Analytically Quantifiable Level
• ND — Neutron Density
• GUT — Grand Unification Theory
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• PT — Peak Torque
• ALVIB — algorithm payload vibration
• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• PHA — Physics And Astronomy
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• TG — Temperature Gradient
• RHF — Restricted Hartree-Fock
• UB — Upper Bound
• EDAX — energy dispersive analysis of X-rays
• UTD — Uniform Theory of Diffraction
• OD — Optical Density
• RKR — Rydberg-Klein-Rees
• FTMW — Fourier Transform Microwave
• NDT — Nondestructive Test
• ASVIB — algorithm scoreboard vibrations
• AMPS — Atmosphere, Magnetosphere & Plasmas in Space
• SBLC — S-Band Linear Collider
• NERI — Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
• 2D WAXD — Two-Dimensional Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction
• PL&I — Plasmas and Ions
• LSND — Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• CRPL — Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• EMR — Electromagnetic Resonance
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
• APH — Astroparticle Physics
• COASP — Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics
• VT — Valid Time
• HASYLAB — Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor
• ADGEO — Advances in Geophysics
• BGM — Basis Generator Method
• SVD — Shock Vibration Digest
• KATRIN — KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino
• EBIS — Electron Beam Ion Source
• ITSU — IEEE Transactions on Sonics Ultrasonics
• QMS — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• PBC — Polarization-Beam Combiner
• SRV — Safety Relief Valve
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)

• QO — Quasi-Optical
• CARS — Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscopy
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• RST — Rapid Suspension Technology
• WANFCS — West Area Neutrino Facility Control System
• DMC — Dynamic Motion Control
• AUJPA — Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement
• CPS — Central Plasma Sheet
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• MICE — Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
• RPT — Refractory Period of Transmission
• FARCAL — Facility for Advanced Radiometric Calibrations
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• LAPHY — Laser Physics
• AMA — Actual Mechanical Advantage
• NG6, NG-6 — Monochromatic Beam Line near the end of NG6
• PHRV — Physical Review
• 2-D — Two Dimensional
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• FEGT — Furnace Exit Gas Temperature
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• MEL — Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
• NEDT — Noise Equivalent Delta Temperature
• ESR — Electrical Substitution Radiometer
• SCF — Stress Concentration Factor
• EPA — Electron Positron Accumulator
• AFV — Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
• ESR — Experimental Storage Ring
• POC — Physical Optics Corporation
• ARL — Average Run Length
• MOP — Maximum Operating Pressure
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• LBLRR — LBL Research Review
• COMPASS — COMPuter ASSurance Conference
• PRF — Petroleum Research Fund
• DIBL — Drain-induced Barrier Lowering
• ROYGBIV — Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet (Colors of the Rainbow)
• DMI — Dynamic Momentum Index
• RT — Reverberation Time
• ACR — Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• ENR — Enrichment and Reprocessing (technology)
• FTNIR — Fourier Near Infra Red
• AIH — Acoustical Imaging and Holography
• BBO — Beta-Barium Borate
• RHM — Roentgen Hour Meter
• ND — Neutron Detector
• ADM — Absolute Distance Meter
• TD — Time Differential
• SWAP — Short-Wavelength Automated Perimetry

• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• DPF — Displacement Power Factor
• FLIR — Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer
• TOV — Threshold of Visibility
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• NP — Neper
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• ELT — Extremely Large Telescope
• IO — Interactive Optimum
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• IAPT — Indian Association of Physics Teachers
• LBT — Large Binocular Telescope
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• PM — Phase Modulation
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung.
• CPIP — Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
• EOS — Equation Of State
• LO — Laser Optics
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• AEQ — Aeronautical Quarterly
• SCR — Space Charge Region
• TI — Thermal Inertia
• UTA — Unresolved Transition Array
• CMR — Colossal Magnetoresistance
• TST — Time-Space-Time
• SQ — Scalar Quantization
• ARES — Advanced Rheometric Expansion System
• ST — Spherical Tokamak
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• DN — Diameter Nominal
• AD — Antimatter Decelerator
• BELLE — B detector at KEK in Japan
• TEM — Transverse Electromagnetic
• CPL — Chemical Physics Letters
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• NA — Neutral Axis
• NIDR — National Institute of Dental Research (National Institutes of Health)
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• AAAC — Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
• LRSP — Living Reviews in Solar Physics
• QM — Quantum Mechanics
• KAERI — Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• 2LOT — 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• SAXS — Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
• TIMS — Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry

• ULTRA — Ultrasonics
• BMDO — (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do)
• FDTD — Finite Difference Time Domain
• CZJPH — Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
• HERO — High Energy Replicated Optics
• TEMP — Temperature
• EPI — Echo Planar Imaging
• CLV — Constant Linear Velocity
• GUE — Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (of Random Matrixes In Quantum-transport Studies)
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• NCU — Nano Containment Unit
• MTF — Magnetized Target Fusion
• BWO — Backward Wave Oscillator
• APAC — Applied Acoustics
• CFT — Crystal Field Theory
• CSLPT — Cambridge Studies in Low Temperature Physics
• TMP — Turbo Molecular Pump
• CRP — Coordinated Research Program
• JMOA — Journal of Microwaves Optics and Acoustics
• JAJAP — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• ACPD — Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions
• NPSS — Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
• LFP — Local Field Potential
• BPM — Beam Position Monitor
• STAR — Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC
• NQR — Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
• CCD — Charged Coupled Device
• BLB — Black Light Bulb
• FOC — Forward Only Conversion
• WDDL — Wave Dynamic Differential Logic
• ACB — Annular Confinement Beam
• ECT — Error Correction Term
• GFP — Green Fluorescent Protein
• PDE — Product Data Exchange
• SSCP — Springer Series on Chemical Physics
• DSM — Dynamic Scattering Mode
• CBR — California Bearing Ratio
• ARROW — Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide
• RIXS — Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
• BMD — Bending Moment Diagram
• LAMSCAL — Large Area Monochromatic Source for Calibrations
• OPA — Optical Parametric Amplifier
• PHR — Physics Reports
• JETPL — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters
• AAPM — American Association of Physicists in Medicine's
• MOSFET — Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
• UCSUSA — Union of Concerned Scientists, United States of America
• ICP — Inductively Coupled Plasma

• EVM — Error Vector Magnitude
• EXO — Enriched Xenon Observatory
• BES — Beijing Spectrometer (China)
• XSV — Expendable Sound Velocimeter
• DDF — Distance Distortion Factor
• WXRF — Wavelength-dispersive X- Ray Fluorescence
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• OSRD — Office of Standard Reference Data
• MIRD — Medical Internal Radiation Dose
• ACDC — Alternating Current/Direct Current
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• MCM — Mobil Composition of Matter
• MIST — Microgravity Science and Technology
• XSW — X-Ray Standing Wave
• CHJCP — Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics
• WAMW — Weight-Average Molecular Weight
• CRT — Conformal Radiation Therapy
• CARI — combustion air requirement index
• MFP — Mass Flow Parameter
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• JGE — Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
• GML — General Measurement Loop
• LAFOC — Laser Focus
• LC — Liquid Crystal
• LAND — Large Area Neutron Detector
• HPPT — High Pressure Phase Transformation
• PEL — Permissible Exposure Limit
• SSNMR — Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• WDM — Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
• LEACH — Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy
• TBB — Triple Beam Balance
• CVD — Chemical Vapor Deposition
• JJAPL — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Letters
• APT — Analytic Perturbation Theory
• PMT — Photo Multiplier Tube
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• IPM — Ionization Profile Monitor
• ADCHP — Advances in Chemical Physics
• EER — Estimated Energy Requirement
• VTZ — Valence Triple Zeta (basis Set)
• DREAMS — Dynamic Range Enhancement Applied to Mass Spectrometry
• LPCVD — Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• ES — Elementary Stream
• COTPH — Communications in Theoretical Physics
• FFE — Far Field Extension
• ADCL — Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory
• ULVZ — Ultra-Low Velocity Zone
• GRI — Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)

• DMF — Decayed, Missing, Filled
• IGC — International Gravity Commission
• PDSH — Pressure Differential Switch High
• SOC — Second-Order Cone
• SHP — Shaft Horsepower
• HHPN — Hydraulic High Pressure Nebulization
• NG7 — Neutron Guide No. 7
• PMMA — Polymethylmethacrylate
• IRIS — Internal Rotary Inspection System
• CMH — Cubic Meter per Hour
• EL — Europhysics Letters
• FDR — Failure Divergence Refinement
• MQA — measurement quality assurance
• PTCA — Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angiography
• SCD — Single Crystal Diffraction
• JFLU — Journal of Fluorescence
• AAPT — American Association of Physics Teachers
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• EOM — Equation of Motion
• ADMPS — Advances in Mechanics and Physics of Surfaces
• CCPCE — Current Contents Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
• POF — Plane of Focus
• YS — Yield Strength
• PGNAA — Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis
• AFT — Attractor Field Therapy
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• QWW — Quantum Well Wire
• CRI — Cambridge Research Instrumentation
• SGORS — Studies in Geophysical Optics and Remote Sensing
• URA — Universities Research Association, Inc.
• C&E — Cause and Effect
• JND — Just Noticeable Difference
• FEC — Ferro-Electric liquid Crystal
• KWP — Kilowatt-Peak
• HFS — Hydrogen Forward Scattering
• 3D — Three Dimensional
• TRM — Time-Reversal Mirror
• EJTP — Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• AESIJ — Aeronautical Society India Journal
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• BHLH — Basic Helix-Loop-Helix
• LCAP — Laser Cooling and Atomic Physics
• ZDR — Z-Differential Reflectivity
• JEPT — Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics
• PLL — Phase Locked Loop
• SEM — Scanning Electron Microscopes
• CMC — Calibration Measurement Capabilities
• WL — Weak Localization

• ERDA — Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis
• MPLB — Modern Physics Letters B
• LOMO — Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital
• OLED — Organic Light-Emitting Diode
• IMA — Ideal Mechanical Advantage
• PPM — Peak Program Meter
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• NOBCCHE — National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• FOC — Forward of Center
• NCF — Near Coherence of Filters
• NPGEO — Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
• FHMM — Factorial Hidden Markov Model
• CPLIP — Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
• AL — argon laser
• DFT — Density Functional Theory
• ARCP — Annual Reviews of Computational Physics
• DAP — Donor Acceptor Pair
• REST — Representational State Transfer
• EELS — Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
• HTPPL — High Temperature Plasma Physics Lab
• BTI — Bubble Technology Inc
• JPCM — Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• ECD — Electron Capture Dissociation
• ABMP — American Board of Medical Physics
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• TJPH — Turkish Journal of Physics
• NVLAP — National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• BQ — Becquerel
• PEP — Positron Electron Project
• HPHT — high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
• EGAS — European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy
• CTPHY — Classical Theoretical Physics
• ARACO — Archives Acoustics
• WDXRF — Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
• NPA — Nuclear Physics Apparatus
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• MRSE — Manifest Refractive Spherical Equivalent
• HYPER-CP — A Search for Direct CP Violation in Hyperon Decays
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• PP2PP — proton-proton to proton-proton
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• ACRU — Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit
• CLSM — Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
• AMB — As Measured By
• FM — frequency modulation
• RJMP — Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics

• RVMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• MRIR — medium-resolution infrared radiometer
• ARDS — Analysis of Rotor Dynamic Systems
• BC — Boundary Condition
• AMJPH — American Journal of Physics
• STEM — Storable Tubular Extendible Member
• SG — Specific Gravity
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• KOPIO — AKlong decay experiment at Brookhaven.
• GMC — Global Motion Compensation
• AT&T — Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
• COMMP — Comments in Modern Physics
• ASA — Accessible Surface Area
• RFI — Relative Fluorescence Intensity
• PHT — Physics Today
• SBR — Spectral Band Replication
• DOAS — Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
• ASSP — Advanced Solid-State Photonics
• POPRV — Pilot Operated Pressure Relief Valve
• COMPH — Computers in Physics
• AFI — Accordion Fringe Interferometry
• PHL — Physics Letters
• OSU — Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio, United States
• NEMP — Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse
• OOCA — Object Oriented Computing in Astrophysics
• BJAP — British Journal of Applied Physics
• DCT — Discrete Cosine Transformer
• TC — Technical Committee (HL7)
• VA — Volt Ampere
• VOX — Voice Operated EXchange
• IC — indirect calorimetry
• CBA — Center for Backyard Astrophysics
• BPAS — Bulletin of Pure and Applied Science
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• TPF — Two Photon Fluorescence
• GEC — General Electrodynamics Corporation
• FD — Finite Difference
• JSMAJ — Japan Society of Microgravity Application Journal
• PTI — Proxima Therapeutics Inc.
• CPK — Corey, Pauling, Koltun
• OPO — Optical Parametric Oscillator
• CEL — Correlated Emission Laser
• TCB — Temporal Coherence Boundary
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• MICGQ — Microgravity Quarterly
• MTXM — Magnetic Transmission X-Ray Microscopy
• MS/MS — Tandem Mass Spectrometry
• HTBB — High-Temperature Black Body
• VNIIFTRI — National Scientific and Russian Research Institute for Physical, Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements

• XQC — X-ray Quantum Calorimeter
• TQW — Triangular Quantum Well
• LRR — Living Reviews in Relativity
• VAT — Vibro-Acoustic Test
• MTBF — Mean Time Between Failures
• BIPM — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
• ADGR — Advances in Geophysical Research
• CEJPH — Central European Journal of Physics
• NPIC — Nuclear Power Institute of China
• AGW — Acoustic Gravity Wave
• MBE — Molecular Beam Epitaxy
• JMP — Journal of Mathematical Physics
• OPTLE — Optics and Lasers in Engineering
• LOCF — Last Observation Carried Forward
• CPSS — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• VIS — Visible
• JGP — Journal of Geometry and Physics
• JATP — Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
• K2K — KEK to Kamioka
• PET — positron emission tomography
• JVST — Journal of Vacuum Science Technology
• EZW — Embedded Zero-tree Wavelet
• JCHPH — Journal of Chemical Physics
• FZK — Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
• JMAPH — Journal of Mathematics and Physics
• DLP — Digital Light Processing
• JKPS — Journal of Korean Physical Society
• PTCP — Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics
• JLWT — Journal of Lightwave Technology
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• PFG — Pulsed Field Gradient
• EPJ — European Physical Journal
• BEFE — Bio-Electric Field Enhancement
• GPIB — General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus
• BEC — Bose-Einstein Condensation
• NEANDC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Data Committee
• ATU — Accumulated Thermal Unit
• NMS — Natural Matrix Standard
• JESRP — Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
• CCP6 — Collaborative Computational Project 6
• 2B1Q — Two Binary One Quaternary
• TL — Time Line
• LAL — The Laboratoire de L'Accelerateur Lineaire at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France
• TXM — Transmission X-ray Microscope
• MCU — Microcontroller Unit
• PRVP — Proceedings of Vibration Problems
• FTIR — Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
• FBM — Fractional Brownian Motion
• AF — Anisotropic Filtering

• HID — high intensity discharge (electricity)
• ASAJ — Acoustical Society of America Journal
• JAE — Journal of Acoustic Emission
• LOQ — Limit of Quantitation
• FRET — fluorescence resonant energy transfer
• RRDP — Recent Research Development in Physics
• AECL — Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's
• CPS — Cycles Per Second (now Hertz)
• PHYR — Physical Research
• EGO — Eccentric Geophysical Observation
• JPSJ — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
• FT — Fourier transformation
• PHB — Physics Bulletin
• APOMA — American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
• RDCMP — Recent Development in Condensed Matter Physics
• MSLD — Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector
• ABEC — Annular Bearing Engineering Committee
• NISTAR — NIST Advanced Radiometer
• STM — Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• ABF — All but Finitely
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• CCDC — Cyclic Channel Die Compression
• EIE — electron impact excitation
• VAC — Vacuum Assisted Closure
• MOI — moments of inertia
• REI — Rad Elec Inc.
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• JSCI — Journal of Scientific Instruments
• BAPS — Bulletin of the American Physical Society
• RLD — Reciprocal Linear Dispersion
• SCOT — Support Coated Open Tubular
• PREP — Professional Research Experience Program
• VHT — Very High Temperature
• DWP — Dispensing Well Plate
• SCMP — Studies in Condensed Matter Physics
• ETRAN — Monte Carlo computer code for Electrons and Photons through Extended Media
• EOP — Earth and Ocean Physics
• CCPP — Combined Cycle Power Plant
• PMG — Permanent Magnet Generator
• PES — Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• MMCP — Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
• PPHTS — Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors
• CMCV — Charge Motion Control Valve
• PVT — Position Velocity Time
• APEX — AntiProton Experiment
• AEJ — Aeronautical Journal
• ESO — European Southern Observatory
• NIR — Near Infrared
• WIMP — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
• PID — Photoionization Detector (gas Chromatography)

• EPJAP — European Physical Journal, Applied Physics
• CLFR — Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector
• DMC — Diffusion Monte Carlo
• EPS — European Physical Society
• SIM — Selected ion monitoring
• HFA — Hot Flow Anomaly
• CPCAR — Chemistry and Physics of Carbon
• JJAPS — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Supplement
• JPCRD — Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• NELAC — National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference
• STP — Standard Temperature Pressure
• NVH — Noise Vibration Harshness
• QRHE — quantum anomalous Hall effect
• QCD — Quantum Chromodynamics
• QP — quasiparticle
• RDP — Rubidium Di-Hydrogen Phosphate
• SFC — Sideway Force Coefficient
• AF — Acceleration Factor
• ITELC — IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
• HHF — High Heat Flow
• CHPHY — Chinese Physics
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• PNP — Positive-Negative-Positive
• CIPM — International Committee of Weights and Measures, France
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• NVIS — Night Vision Imaging System
• ENAPC — Environmental Analytical and Physical Chemistry Series
• IACS — Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences
• FTL — Faster Than Light
• FASCAL — Facility for Automatic Spectroradiometric Calibrations
• CER — Controlled Energy Release
• QFT — Quantitative Fluorescence Technique
• DNAA — Delayed Neutron Activation Analysis
• YPP — Young Particle Physicists
• MPLA — Modern Physics Letters A
• NEANSC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Science Committee
• ACCW — Auxiliary Component Cooling Water
• TCPH — Topics in Current Physics
• HCCD — Mono-deuterated Acetylene
• MC — magnetic coil
• IQEC — International Quantum Electronics Conference
• PPCF — Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
• JSP — Journal of Statistical Physics
• TKN — Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
• MUT — Material Under Test
• ACOUL — Acoustics Letters
• ANPHY — Annals of Physics
• SI — International System of Units (Système international d'unités)
• GAM — Generalized Additive Model

• HRTF — Head-Related Transfer Function
• GCK — Geiger Counter Kit
• ABHP — American Board of Health Physics
• PHEMT — Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor
• CPSSH — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces and Heterogeneous Catalysis
• TASSII — Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Investigation
• DOP — Degree of Polarization
• CHJPH — Chinese Journal of Physics
• CXRO — Center for X-Ray Optics at Berkeley, CA
• FR — Filtered Radiometer
• BET — Brunauer - Emmett - Teller
• HTOL — High Temperature Operating Lifetest
• HBT — Hanbury Brown-Twiss
• PHCHE — Physics and Chemistry of Earth
• DSFD — Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
• PCPP — Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
• MOCVD — Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• MO — Magneto-optic
• IID — independent and identically distributed random variables
• PFC — Parallel Flange Channel
• CAT — Computed Axial Tomography
• JMPS — Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• ENO — Essentially Non-Oscillatory
• FWHM — Full Width at Half Maximum
• TRFM — Time Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• FC — Footcandle
• CONPH — Contemporary Physics
• CLC — Capillary Liquid Chromatography
• BIA — Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
• GUIDE — Generalized Unbiased Interaction Detection and Estimation
• CCPR — Consultative Committee on Photometry and Radiometry
• SAJPH — South African Journal of Physics
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• CRYRING — Electron Accelerator and Storage Ring Facility (Stockholm, Sweden)
• SPE — solid phase extraction method
• AFA — Average Fock Approximation
• FCPM — Fundamental Constants and Precision Measurements
• ENSDF — Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File
• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• PAPGE — Pure and Applied Geophysics
• IFD — Indentation Force Deflection
• FORATOM — FORum ATOMique Européen
• F&M — Force and moment
• EBSD — Electron Back Scatter Diffraction
• ELECM — Electromagnetics
• JLUM — Journal of Luminescence
• COPP — Contributions to Plasma Physics
• CPR — Chemical Physics Reports

• ZPF — Zero Point Field
• PAES — Positron-Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• JVE — Journal of Vibration Engineering
• LIM — Limit
• PZM — Pressure Zone Microphone
• MFT — Mean Field Theory
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• HSS — Hollow Structural Section
• BZ — Band Zero
• CSI — Compton Scatter Imaging
• VRV — Variable Radial Velocity
• CEBAF — Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
• EEEL — Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
• PSST — Plasma Sources Science Technology
• SCF — Spectral Comparator Facility
• MOTRIMS — Magneto-Optical Trap Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• LSDA — Local Spin Density Approximation
• NACT — Nonlinear Asymptotic Coupling Theory
• 3DWBA — Three-Body Distorted-Wave Born Approximation
• EPIC — Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
• BTFM — Basic Two Fluid Model
• PGP — Physics of Geological Processes
• TWT — Transonic Wind Tunnel
• LFAE — Ligand Field Activation Energy
• CPS — Constant Pressure System (toys)
• RTT — Round Trip Timer
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• ADEXG — Advances in Exploration Geophysics
• AERTE — Aerojet Technology
• CHPHL — Chinese Physics Letter
• ITAS — IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
• TMA — Thermal Mechanical Analysis
• HPLA — High Power Large Aperture
• WD — Weak Dipole
• GAPP — Global Analysis of Particle Properties
• VWC — Vector Wavelet Coding
• JCA — Journal of Computational Acoustics
• AVCOR — algorithm vibration correlation
• MEMS — Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
• DIW — De-Ionzied Water
• JPSJS — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Supplement
• HFB — Hartree Fock Bogoliubov
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• VLT — Visible Light Transmission
• BIB — Blocked Impurity Band
• AOI — Angle Of Incidence
• WGCV — Working Group on Calibration and Validation
• RG — renormalization group
• FIR — Far Infrared
• CTP — Course of Theoretical Physics

• IC — Initial Condition
• ECSED — Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data
• RPN — Remote Plasma Nitridation
• BUIPS — Bulletin of the Israel Physical Society
• RO — Read Only
• PRPH — Progress of Physics
• TTSP — Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
• NAPM — National Association of Photographic Manufacturers
• GNO — Gallium Neutrino Observatory
• RECAN — Regional European and Central Asian ALARA Network
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• HVL — Half Value Layer
• ANIPS — Annals of the Israel Physical Society
• FFP — Field-Free Point
• CDM — Ceramic Discharge Metalhalide
• XMLD — X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism
• ADV — Automatic Drain Valve
• CCV — Continuing Calibration Verification
• WKB — Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (phase-shift Formula For Potential Scattering)
• SGR — Soft Gamma Repeater
• UVB — Ultraviolet B
• MIS — Magnetic Isolation System
• X — Horizontal axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• PV — plasma volume
• FCFC — Full-Coverage Film Cooling
• GR&R — Gauge Reproducibility And Repeatability
• BABAR — B-Bbar (anti-B) detector at SLAC'sB Factory
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• WLOG — Without Loss Of Generality. Mathematical term, and applicable more generally, to justify the use of an isolated case in proving an issue, when the need for wider evidence is not required or is irrelevant and would be a waste of time. (Thanks E Key)
• VRS — Vortex Ring State
• CES — Constant Elasticity of Substitution
• DALR — Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
• LPB — Laser and Particle Beams
• LIPC — laser-induced plasma channel
• RVMPS — Reviews of Modern Physics Supplement
• ICP-AES — Inductively Coupled Plasma-atomic Emission Spectrometry
• CSIC — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Spanish
• ALCPG — American Linear Collider Physics Group
• LVDT — Linear Variable Differential Transformer
• WLLN — Weak Law of Large Numbers
• IBFM — Interacting Boson-Fermion Model
• CNIF — Californium Neutron Irradiation Facility
• GTRD — Generalized Transverse Resonance-Diffraction
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Standards Committee
• PMMC — Permanent Magnet Moving Coil
• HPGE — High Purity Germanium
• AECL — Atomic Energy Canada Limited
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• PLDS — Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures
• AUJPH — Australian Journal of Physics

• ITPS — IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
• SSADM — Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• CCFL — Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
• MMF — Magneto Motive Force
• QFEP — Quantum Free Energy Perturbation (calcn. Method)
• DCMP — Directions in Condensed Matter Physics
• IOP — Institute Of Physics
• EOPAP — Earth and Ocean Physics Application Program
• UMRK — Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
• EGR — Entropy Gradient Reversal
• STMP — Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
• OPTSP — Optics and Spectroscopy
• SCAMPY — Scanning Micro Pyrometer
• GDOG — Generalized Double Optical Gating
• ACRR — Annular Core Research Reactor
• MDR — Maximum Detectable Rigidity
• LET — Linear Energy Transfer (in Spacecraft Power Systems)
• ADTM — Alternate Density Transmission Medium
• BNCT — Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
• DRI — Differential Refractive Index
• ADPLP — Advances in Plasma Physics
• MS — MilliSeconds
• NZJGG — New Zealand Journal Geology and Geophysics
• CPHY — Communications on Physics
• JRLR — Journal of Russian Laser Research
• PISCO — Parallel Imager for Southern Cosmological Observations
• KELVIN — Scientific temperature scale
• CAMOS — Committee on Atomic Molecular and Optical Sciences
• LDA — Laser Doppler Anemometry
• PTF — Physics of Thin Films
• HYAAS — Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotom etry.
• IVBT — Intravascular brachytherapy
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• CAJPH — Canadian Journal of Physics
• CMMPH — Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• CED — Cohesive Energy Density
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• TLI — Tilted Laser Image
• ADPPR — Advances in Plasma Physics Research
• GHRS — Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
• LAMPF — Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility
• MEVVA — Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc
• AVN — Accuracy Vanishing Now
• FUV — Far Ultraviolet
• TWA — time-weighted averaged
• MOKE — Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
• ICP — Injector Control Pressure
• NIM — National Instrumentation Methods
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

• PHYNY — Physics New York
• HDOP — Horizontal Dilution Of Position
• JAG — Journal of Applied Geophysics
• WTMM — Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima
• FDFD — Finite Difference Frequency Domain
• QWIP — Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector
• APL — Advanced Physics Laboratory
• SPP — Storage Photostimulable Phosphor
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
• EBIT — Electron Beam Ion Trap
• OGB — Original Grain Boundary
• AEC — Active Energy Control
• PDE — Possible Duplicate Emission
• APAS — Astrophysical Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences
• DPPC — Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
• LCT — Lattice Compatibility Theory
• DSA — digital subtraction angiography
• PEPI — Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
• WDFF — Weak Dipole Form Factor
• MFCG — Magnetic Flux Compression Generator
• CERN — Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
• SDIF — Sony Digital Interface Format
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• AXAF — Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• HB — Hydrogen Bond
• VP — Vapor Pressure
• TPR — Tangential Pond Return
• OBQ — Optimize Beam Quality
• GEOS — Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite
• LENR — Low Energy Nuclear Reactions
• APPHL — Applied Physics Letters
• FTMS — Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry
• MSA — Meridian Stress Assessment
• BFRL — Building and Fire Research Laboratory
• XLS — Xenon Light Source
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• CTMP — Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulp
• AGS — Alternating-gradient Synchrotron
• CR — Curvature Radiation
• ACE — Acoustic Compliance Enhancement
• MIMIC — Microscopy and Microanalysis
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• CLA — Condition Lever Angle
• MOR — Modulus of Rupture
• HEPIC — High Energy Physics Information Center
• HPM — High Power Microwave
• CBNM — Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements
• ELNES — Energy-loss near-edge structure
• AAPP — Association of Applied Physicists Pakistan

• KP — Knowles and Physics
• GEC — Gaseous Electronics Conference
• GXR — Grazing X-ray Reflectometry
• BEB — Binary-Encounter-Bethe
• LHC — The Large Hadron Collider
• HF — Hartree-Fock Method
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council Science, Engineering and Technology
• LISA — Laser Inferometer Space Antenna
• JSUP — Journal of Superconductivity
• PBE — Pool Boiling Experiment
• DOELAP — Department Of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program
• GLCP — Global Linear Collider Project
• MPAG — Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry
• PE — Plasma Effects
• JAES — Journal of Audio Engineering Society
• ZPV — Zero Pressure Volume
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• AGS — The Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven
• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• MUNU — An experiment at the Bugey reactor in France studying electron - electron neutrino scattering.
• SPDF — Space Physics Data Facility
• DM — Distance Measured
• ENZ — Epsilon-Near-Zero
• AFCP — Atomic Flux Coating Process
• XRL — X-Ray Lithography
• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• JGRS — Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement
• ESSPH — Essays in Physics
• CHJG — Chinese Journal of Geophysics
• SHWAV — Shock Waves
• GRASP — Graphical Representation and Analysis of Surface Properties
• FRIB — Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
• MGG — Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• FIM — Field Ion Microscope
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
• STSSP — Selected Topics in Solid State Physics
• EDF — Enhanced Depth of Field
• ENDF — Evaluated Nuclear Data File
• CFT — Central Fiber Tracker
• EUROMET — A European collaboration in measurement standards
• ASD — Active Surface Definition
• XRF — X-Ray Fluorescence
• ITASS — IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing
• MQT — Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling
• WWVB — Call letters for NIST lf radio station in Colorado
• BSS.2 — Beta-Particle Secondary Standards System
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
• NQA — Nuclear Quality Assurance
• APHY — Acoustical Physics

• PACS — Physics and Astronomy Classification Schemex
• RTP — Research Trends in Physics
• CHPH — Chemical Physics
• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• DIA — Dynamic Input Area
• CONFP — Contemporary Fundamental Physics
• TW — Top of Wall
• TZFC — Triple Zeta Frozen Core
• LOCA — Loss of Coolant Accident
• CRMMP — Classical Reviews in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• OAM — Orbital Angular Momentum
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• FFAI — Field-Free Associative Ionization
• DUV — Deep Ultraviolet
• EMILY — Extreme Monkey Indigestion Laryngitis Youngen
• RSE — Relative Standard Error
• QMD — Quantum Molecular Dynamics (for Calcns. On The Dynamics Of A Quantum Particle Coupled To A Classical Many-body System)
• YAG — Holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet
• C — Counter
• ENDL — Evaluated Nuclear Data Library
• 2DHG — Two-Dimensional Hole Gas
• PLPHR — Plasma Physics Reports
• DQS — Discrete Quantum State
• ADS — Automated Dynamic Shear
• IPC — Integrated Proton Current
• DMIP — Division of Medical Imaging Physics
• PCED — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Delta
• ADSMP — Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics
• JCOPH — Journal of Computational Physics
• FCDC — Fundamental Constants Data Center
• EIEIO — Electron Impact Excitation of Ions from Organics
• DLV — Direct Linear Valve
• MW — Microwave
• AESR — Array-Enhanced Stochastic Resonance
• WICM — Waves in Complex Media
• BB — Blackbody
• MPD — Multiphoton Detector
• HIPD — High-Intensity Powder Diffractometer
• RRDAP — Recent Research Development in Applied Physics
• FIOP — Field Induced Ordered Phase
• AUM — Arbitrary Unit of Mass
• OFR — Optics for Research
• TOP — Time Optimized Process
• ALEPH — Apparatus for LEP PHysics, at CERN
• RIBD — Reactive Ion Beam Deposition
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• CCTF — Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency
• EPB — Extracted Proton Beam
• DSEG — Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics
• QCL — Quantum Cascade Laser

• LWR — Light Water Reactor
• SWG — Standard Wire Gauge
• GMRI — Gated Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• ER — Elastic Recoil
• ADTPH — Advanced Texts in Physics
• EOS TPC — Equation of State Time Projection Chamber experiment
• ECP — Effective Core Potential Approxn.(in Electronic-structure Calcn.)
• IGRF — International Geomagnetic Reference Field
• WAXS — Wide Angle X-ray Scattering
• CGS — Centimeter, Gram, Second
• RB — Rigid Body
• INDC — International Nuclear Data Committee
• RRV — Record Relocation Vector
• JEMT — Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique
• BARC — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• QDT — Quantum-Defect Theory
• ECRIS — Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Ion Source
• PHRVL — Physical Review Letters
• JSGEO — Journal of Series Geophysics
• ACTS — Automated Computer Time Service
• LEFM — Linear Elasticity Fracture Mechanics
• DDFT — Dynamic Density Functional Theory
• SFCP — Special Foreign Currency Program
• MPDS — Mechanics and Physics of Discrete Systems
• DOT — Degeneration Over Time
• DARE — Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• ADVP — Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profiler
• BEPC — Beijing Electron Positron Colider
• BQP — Bounded-error Quantum Polynomial time
• H — Hotline
• JAERI — Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
• EAF — Electric Arc Furnace
• LDA — Local Density Approximation
• NOE — Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NMR)
• GFAAS — graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry
• RRDSP — Recent Research Development in Statistical Physics
• QGT — Quantum Graph Theory
• EIES — Electron Impact Emission Spectroscopy
• EDX — Energy-Dispersive X-ray Analysis
• XDB — X-Ray Data Booklet
• H — Hotness
• DWNT(S) — double-wall nanotube(s)
• GCA — Gradual Channel Approximation
• KIAA — Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
• RVMAP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• ARO — United States Army Research Office
• VQN — Vibrational Quantum Number
• RUPHJ — Russian Physics Journal
• COPHC — Computer Physics Communications
• NJCH — New Journal of Chemistry

• UHT — Ultra High Temperature
• CCFL — Countercurrent Flow Limitation
• PAW — Plasma Arc Weld
• SSION — Solid State Ionics
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• DCOF — Dynamic Coefficient of Friction
• AERD — Alpha Energy Range Discrimination
• BNC — Boron Nitride Coating
• GWCE — Generalized Wave Continuity Equation
• VLHC — Very Large Hadron Collider
• VLA — Very Large Array
• ISI — In-Situ Interferometer
• JAP — Journal of Applied Physics
• SEAQUEST — A series of fixed target Drell-Yan experiments at Fermilab
• PTHPH — Progress of Theoretical Physics
• QEG — Quantum Einstein Gravity
• TLD — Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter systems
• 2PH TDF — Two-Particle-Hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation
• CR — CRystalline solid
• ARPES — Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• SQW — Single Quantum Well
• HADES — High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer
• RPPH — Reports of Progress in Physics
• SFA — Sachs Freeman and Associates
• BTE — Brake Thermal Efficiency
• FTICR — Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• CAP — Current Applied Physics
• JGGS — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity Supplement
• NAS/NRC — National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
• DUS — Duplex Ultrasound
• HOQS — Highest Occupied Quantum State
• OIML — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• TTP — Trends in Theoretical Physics
• APPMT — Advanced Photon Processing and Measurement Technology
• EDR — Equivalant Direct Radiation
• IWEPNM — International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials
• EIEO — Energy In, Energy Out
• ACM — Adiabatic Connection Model
• CIRRPC — Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination
• ACD — Air Constrained Dampening
• RKB — Restricted Kinetic Balance (method In Calcns. Of Wave Functions And Energies)
• EMMA — Euclidean Model MAtching
• FF — Forward Facing
• AED — g.l.c.-atomic emission detection
• LWIR — Long-Wave Infrared
• DEPA — Dynamic Elastic Properties Analyzer
• P-P — Peak-to-Peak (Value)
• JIMW — Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
• ESRF — The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.

• BD — Below Detection
• APPHY — Applied Physics
• PASTI — Public Address Speech Transmission Index
• MU2E — A Fermilab experiment that will search for the conversion of a muon into an electron
• R — Radiation
• GSI — Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
• EQE — External Quantum Efficiency
• CPB — Center Point of Balance
• QGM — Quantitative Gas Measurement
• BSM — Beam Simulation Method
• TPM — Transport in Porous Media
• SND — Spherical Neutral Detector
• NBSR — National Bureau of Standards Reactor
• ETI — Environmental Technology Initiative
• ATI — Above-Threshold Ionization
• E — Epsilon
• FUSE — Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Explorer
• DNP — Division of Nuclear Physics
• GB — Grain Boundary
• CSEWG — Cross Section Evaluation Working Group
• RMP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• EMW — Electromagnetic Wave
• ASTP — Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics
• PSD — Physical Sciences Data
• BEAR — Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation
• NSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• CHJS — Chinese Journal of Semiconductors
• APD — VERP)/action potential duration
• SSTEC — Solid State Technology
• JPHCS — Journal of Physics - Conference Series
• CONCP — Contemporary Concepts in Physics
• APM — Absolute Proper Motion
• LI-ION — Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• SIFC — Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator
• ATCS — Active Thermal Convective System
• ADAM — Absolute Disintegration of Available Mass
• ETDS — Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
• JNMP — Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
• PEMI — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer
• PSL — Physics of Solids and Liquids
• FTG — Full Tensor Gradient
• OHEP — Office of High Energy Physics
• TIMED — Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
• PHFL — Physics of Fluids
• UVB — Ultraviolet Beta
• GLM — Generalized Linear Model
• RBF — radial basis function network
• BCR — Boron Control Rod
• WSTC — Westinghouse Science and Technology Center
• HVT — High Velocity Thermocouple

• HEPAP — High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
• LLB — Laboratoire Leon Brillouin
• PEP-II — The official name for the SLAC B Factory
• PPSL — Proceedings of the Physical Society of London
• FMI — The Fermilab Main Injector
• LORAN-C — A Radio Navigation System Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard
• SINH — hyperbolic sine function
• SERS — Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering
• ARAC — Arithmetic Robot Application Control
• FOAM — Foam Optics and Mechanics
• EOTD — Enhanced Observed Time Difference
• PWS — Primary Working Standard
• JSLR — Journal of Soviet Laser Research
• SQM — Super Quantum Mechanics
• LOPI — Loss of Piping Integrity
• VLG — Varying Localized Geminal
• DEA — Downstream Endcap Array
• GRS — Gamma Ray Spectrometer
• HALO — Hypersonic Aircraft Launch Option
• CVAAS — Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instituteumental Coefficient Package
• PTHPS — Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
• CIRMS — Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards
• HVL — Half-Value Layer
• IMECE — International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
• RESL — Radiological and Environmental Science Laboratory
• TERS — Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• ISCC — Inter-Society Color Council
• DONUT — Direct Observation of the Nu Tau
• OSPL — Output Sound Pressure Level
• DEG — Dimensional Electron Gas
• CCM — Computational Continuum Mechanics
• FFAG — Fixed-Field Alternating Gradient
• INSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
• ODC — Orthogonal Defect Classification
• LIGO — Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
• PHPL — Physics of Plasmas
• DEXA — dual energy Xray absorptiometry
• KCDB — Key Comparison and Calibration Database
• EJPH — European Journal of Physics
• XRR — X-ray Reflectivity
• NIST-F1 — Current NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• JXST — Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology
• JGG — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
• RHR — Right Hand Rule
• WERB — Washington Editorial Review Board
• QCI — Quadratic Configuration Interaction
• MOBY — Marine Optical Buoy
• CTRZ — Central Torodial Recirculation Zone
• NPHS — Nature Physical Science

• MOKE — Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect
• HAADF — high-angle annular dark field SEM
• MBH — Thousand BTU per Hour
• SPARS — Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
• Z — Depth axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• ANSOM — Apertureless Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• CLIC — Compact Linear Collider
• VET — Vibration Energy Transfer
• LTP — Low Temperature Physics
• SCV — Squared Coefficient of Variation
• SAXES — Super Advanced Xray Emission Spectrometer
• NML — National Measurement Laboratory (Japan)
• AOI — Areas of Interaction
• LASJ — Laser Journal
• 2PPE — Two-Photon Photoemission
• FFR — Fractional Flow Reserve
• HACR — High Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometer
• CASS — Calibration Accuracy Support System
• FED — Field-Emitter Display
• RRDCP — Recent Research Development in Chemical Physics
• AIF — Assumed Internal Force
• ILC — International Linear Collider
• CCMP — Computational Condensed Matter Physics
• E — Electric
• OPERA — Oscillation Project with EmulsiontRacking Apparatus
• REIXS — Resonant Elastic and Inelastic Xray Scattering
• EU — Entropy Unit
• SI — Système International d'unités (International System of Units)
• TT — Torsion Twist
• ASME — American Society for Mechanical Engineers
• PHSS — Physics of the Solid State
• LCTE — Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• HFIR — High Flux Isotope Reactor
• NRG — Neutron Radiated Glodents
• DM(S) — Digital material(s)
• SDFF — Spectroscopically Determined Force Field
• AET — Active Edge Table
• PAMA — Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance
• DACU — Data Acquisition and Control Unit
• ALG — Advanced Lithography Group
• PEAQ — Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality
• FMSF — Fissile Material Storage Facility
• MAG — Modern Approaches in Geophysics
• AWA — The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator
• EXMPS — Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences
• ULTIM — Ultrasonic Imaging
• SDIU — Scanivalve Digital Interface Unit
• 4THD — Fourth Dimension
• ISAC — Isotope Separator and Accelerator Facility
• NPGS — Nanometer Pattern Generation System

• MCMS — Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures
• MKSA — Meter, Kilogram, Second, Ampere
• B — Baryon
• CHORUS — CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research Apparatus
• HUT — Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
• RRDPC — Recent Research Development in Physical Chemistry
• RSPS — Rochester Symposium for Physics Students
• BRAN — Boulder Research and Administrative Network
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• JVC — Journal of Vibration and Control
• INFN-LNF — The National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Italy
• TIRF — Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence
• FBS — Few-Body Systems
• IMGC — Istituto di Metrologia "G. Colonnetti" (Italy)
• TEPC — Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter
• IBB — Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
• WMAP — Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
• DN/DC — Specific refractive index increment
• HRC — Rockwell Hardness C
• BSM — Bell State Measurement
• IOPD — Integrated Optical Path Difference
• RSM — Response Surface Method
• AGUSM — American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting
• BETA NMR — Beta-radiation Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• ALARA — As Long As Radiation Allows
• BGSM — Bowman Gray School of Medicine
• ITD — Inlet Temperature Difference
• CRR — Center for Radiological Research
• NAS — Net Analyte Signal
• JPLPH — Journal of Plasma Physics
• CEC — California Energy Commission
• PSTM — Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope
• BIM — Body In Motion
• ICAMDATA — International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications
• APS — Advanced Propagation Systems
• FFAH — Filament-Filled Annular Helical
• EFS — Enhanced Fujita [EF] scale (weather)
• PPCPP — Progress in Photochemistry and Photophysics
• CTI — Critical Technologies Institute
• PLA — Physics Letters A
• MEXP — Methods of Experimental Physics
• FCG — Fatigue Crack Growth
• BF-TEM — Bright-field transmission electron microscopy
• PAW — Physics Analysis Workstation
• C — Country
• BEPM — Bielefeld Encounters in Physics and Mathematics
• ALCSG — Asian Linear Collider Steering Committee.
• BLJPH — Bulgarian Journal of Physics
• JDEM — The Joint Dark Energy Mission
• OPTLT — Optics Laser Technology

• AMMAC — Mexican Metrology Association
• NLCTA — Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator
• ITM — IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
• ARPA-E — Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
• PPS — Proceedings of the Physical Society
• VUV — Vacuum Ultraviolet
• PLTP — Progress in Low Temperature Physics
• RTTR — Real Time Thermal Rating
• UCLA — Harbor-University of California Los Angeles
• QRB — Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics
• CCDM — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Meter
• WBGT — Wet-Bulb Globe Thermometer
• TNA — Thermal Neutron Analysis
• PDML — Photovoltaic Device Measurement Laboratory
• PHP — Physics in Perspective
• CDMS — Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
• DR-SFG — Doubly Resonant Sum Frequency Generation
• HF — High Flange
• JGR — Journal of Geophysical Research
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
• TTY — Torque to Yield
• JGEO — Journal of Geodynamics
• VRM — Vector Ruggedness Measure
• GWR — Guided Wave Radar
• NJPH — New Journal of Physics
• MEST — Matter Energy Space Time
• GRT — Germanium Resistance Thermometer
• CBO — Corrected Born-Oppenheimer (in Calcns. For Mol. Complexes)
• PCSE — Physical Chemistry: Science and Engineering
• BOMD — Born Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics
• QTI — Quantum Theory of Immortality
• BB — Broad-bandwidth
• RVST — Resonance Vibrating Screening Technology
• NEWRAD — New Radiometry
• TL — Total Length
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• CMT — Chaos Magic Theory
• CNT(S) — carbon nanotube(s)
• ANVIS — Aviator Night Vision Imaging System
• DLT — Dynamic Laser Trimming
• CFE — Coplaner Fluid Ejector
• EEP — Einstein Equivalence Principle
• EBM — Energy by Motion
• NIPDE — National Initiative for Product Data Exchange
• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• HEP — DOE's Division of High Energy Physics, part of HENP.
• COSMOS — Cosmologically Significant Mass Oscillation Search at Fermilab to detect muon neutrino to tau neutrino oscillations.
• SGL — Sander Geophysics Ltd
• COLTRIMS — Cold Target Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• PFD — Photon Flux Density

• MDS — Measurement Data Set
• PS — polystyren
• SMZ — Strong Measure Zero
• MDRF — Materials Dosimetry Reference Facility
• BAS — Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• CLR — Center of Lateral Resistance
• BAW — Bulk Acoustic Wave
• ECRIS — Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source
• QTG — Quantum Theory of Gravity
• DR — Direct Reading
• STLR — Safety Thermal Limit Recorder
• BBR — Back Bouncing Rod
• EHB — Electronic Handbook
• AMPC — Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry
• ATW — Accelerator Transmutation Of Waste (for Radioactive Waste)
• CFR — Continuous Flow Recycling
• ANTARES — Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research
• EURATOM — European Nuclear Energy Organization
• CSTN — Color Super Twist Nematic
• ICE — Internal combustion engine (transportation)
• PET — photosynthetic electron transport
• 3DSSPP — Three-Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program
• ULV — Ultra Low Volume
• COBR — Continuous Oscillatory Baffle Reactor
• ZDR — Zeroth-order Design Report
• ESU — Energy Storage Unit
• EHT — Extra High Tension
• BCS — Bragg Crystal Spectrometer
• AFPL — Air Force Phillips Laboratory
• ACD — Autoregressive Conditional Duration
• BAVL — Barium Vapor Laser
• DDDI — Density Dependent Delta Interaction
• SCLIR — Secondary Calibration Laboratories for Ionizing Radiation
• TDCR — Triple-to-Double Coincidence Ratio
• FSBS — Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• HARPS — High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (spectrography)
• MAFF — Munich Accelerator for Fission Fragments
• PVA — Powerful Vacuum Action
• AOM(S) — acousto-optic modulator(s)
• PDI — percent depth ionization
• QGD — Quantum-Geometry Dynamics
• NORAMET — A North American regional collaboration in national measurement standards and services
• CLM — Compound Light Microscope
• MCU — Mobile Calibration Unit
• PER — Physics Education Research
• TLP — Thread-Level Parallelism
• ARPES — Angle Resolved Photo Electron Spectroscopy
• HFD — High Frequency Detection
• PZT — Piezoelectric Translator
• SSPG — Solid State Physics Group

• RMU — Ring Main Unit
• NAA — Neutron Activation Analysis
• QZE — Quantum Zeno Effect
• AFP — Accelerated Freefall Progression
• LBRS — Low Background Reference System
• MP — magnetic particle
• CEV — Constant Elasticity of Variance
• ICPEAC — International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions
• ODS — Optimized Deformation System
• CCSM — Cross Correlogram Spectral Matching
• DTM — Dynamic Thermal Management
• QED — Quantum Electrodynamics
• AICF — Acoustic Inertial Confinement Fusion
• DESY — Deutches Elektronen SYnchrotron laboratory in Hamburg, Germany
• SDLA — Serial Data Link Analysis
• HW — Hard Wall
• RVPP — Reviews of Plasma Physics
• HRTS — High Resolution Telescope Spectrograph
• TL — Temporal Logic
• JPTEO — Journal of Physics - Teacher Education Online
• P6 — physics
• FEDEM — Finite Element Dynamics in Elastic Mechanisms
• EPV — Exclusion Principle Violating
• APT — Annular Proton Telescope
• GRNS — Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer
• HFM — Highly Friction Modified
• ACFM — Advanced Coal Flow Measurement
• AFPS — Analyzing Fluid Power Systems
• ILSS — Interlaminar Shear Strength
• DAMA — Dark Matter
• BSS — Beta Secondary System
• DOT — Delivery Optimized Thermodynamics
• TCBG — Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group
• ATD — Above-Threshold Dissociation
• IHEP — Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing, China.
• TCD — Thermal Conductivity response Detector
• AM1 — First Launch in the morning series of EOS platforms
• SPECT — single-photon emission computed tomography
• MEA — Membrane Electrode Assembly
• RKE — Rotational Kinetic Energy
• QMC — Quantum Monte Carlo
• C&EA — Cause and Effect Analysis
• FTIR — Fourier Transform Infra-Red
• ESB — Electrical Substitution Bolometer
• RRP — Research Reports in Physics
• AF — Alternating Field
• APL — Applied Physics Letters
• NIMP — National Institute of Materials Physics
• SSCOM — Solid State Communications
• NRLM — National Research Laboratory of Metrology (Japan)

• HIPE — Helium Image Processing Engine
• BEC — Bose Einstein Condensate
• CTD — Central Tracking Detector
• MICE — Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
• PO2 — Partial pressure of oxygen
• DAFNE — Double Annular Factory for Nice Experiments
• IMRT — intensity-modulated radiation therapy
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
• PFID — Perturbed Free Induction Decay
• SIMS — Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
• PL — Physics Laboratory
• AFVH — Anti- Ferromagnetic van Hove scenario
• NCF — Non-linear Connecting Force
• TAGU — Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
• ATLAS — A Toroidal LHC Apparatus
• SHC — Specific Heat Capacity
• NEAR-INFRARED — NIR
• MMC — Moving Micro Cross
• DRIP — Detector Response Intercomparison Program
• APM — Associated Particle Method
• VFH — Vector Field Histogram
• RHIC — Brookhaven'sRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider began operation in 2000
• SASER — Soud Amplification by Stimulated Emmision of Radiation
• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• HELEN — High Energy Laser Embodying Neodymium
• MBIR — Medium Background Infrared Facility
• CMMPE — Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics
• MONO — MONOphonic
• BRT — Boundary Region Theory
• PAR — Partially Absorbed or Reflected
• XUV — Extreme Ultraviolet
• PIGP — Proceedings of the Institute of General Physics
• CCPP — Collaborative Computational Plasma Physics
• HPI — Hybrid Polarization Interferometry
• BZ — Brillouin Zone
• ACDM — Automated Contour Detection Method
• FCC — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker
• SBLOCA — Small-Break Loss-Of-Coolant Accident
• POF — Physics of Fluids
• PQS — Parallel Quantum Solutions
• FOE — Force of Energy
• HTRA — High Time Resolution Astrophysics
• FRSE — Freundeskreis Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn
• TUT — Time Under Tension
• CFCD — Computational Fuel Cell Dynamics
• BINP — Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia.
• DAFS — Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure
• MINERVA — A neutrino-scattering experiment that uses the NuMI beamline at Fermilab to search for low-energy neutrino interactions
• JULIE — Joint Utilization of Laser Integrated Experiments
• NDE — Nucleon Decay Experiment

• NS — Navier-Stokes
• HAM — Hoshino Anniversary Model
• LO — Local Orbitals
• NMI — National Metrology Institute
• BEAM — Bosiger Energy Alignment Method
• TTZ — Teisseyre Tornquist Zone
• QPT — Quantum Phase Transition
• AIC — Analytical Instrument Control
• NCRA — National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
• CCG — Calibration Coordination Group
• CLEAR — Controlled Liquid Electrophoresis Absorption Reflection
• AMSB — Anomaly Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking
• FCF — Fusion Component Failure
• APPL — APplied Physics Letters
• SW — Same Wave
• TPHY — Techniques of Physics
• PHYES — Physics Essays
• E — Efficiency
• HECT — High-Energy Computed Tomography
• DGT — Discrete Group Transform
• REL — Recommended Exposure Limit
• WFSS — Weak Field Seeking State
• HPLA — Horizontal Plane Large Amplitude
• ISS — Input-to-State Stability
• ADI — Advanced Distance Integration
• AP — Anti-Proton
• OCLI — Optical Cooling Laboratory Incorporated
• PCN — Physics and Contemporary Needs
• RTD — Resistance Temperature Detector
• SLC — SLAC Linear Electron-Positron Collider
• ECPR — Electrically-Calibrated Pyroelectric Radiometer
• ART — Adaptive Resonance Theory
• ARGONEUT — The Argon Neutrino Teststand
• LEED — Low Energy Electron Diffraction
• PHYED — Physics Education
• HIRDLS — High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder
• MARGR — Marine Geophysical Researches
• JLVEN — Journal of Light & Visual Environment
• ISPP — Illinois State Physics Project
• ACP — American Center for Physics
• BM — Bending Magnet
• FISCO — Fieldbus Instrinsic Safety Concept
• AFFT — Asymptotically Free Field Theories
• FBAP — Function Block Application Process
• HTS — High Tear Strength
• MQDT — Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory
• AID — Also Includes Drugs
• CPEP — Contemporary Physics Education Project
• CDW — Continuum Distorted Wave
• ADBMP — Advances in Biological and Medical Physics

• BCS — Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory of superconductivity
• STMAP — Studies in Mathematical Physics
• EIPP — Eastern Interconnect Phasor Project
• ADMIT — Analytical Detection Methods for the Irradiation Treatment of foods
• SF — Static force
• BESS — Breaking Electroweak Symmetry Strongly
• FMUP — Flawed Modern Ultramodern Physics
• ZPD — Zeta Potential Distribution
• AQ — Anomalous Quadrupole
• VPT — Vizag Port Trust
• NLDFT — Nonlocal Density Functional Theory
• CTP — Center for Theoretical Physics
• ACR — Advanced Candu Reactor
• ITER — International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
• ATFT — Affine Toda Field Theory
• CCM — complementary contact model
• ACCI — Atlantic Canada Coral Initiative
• BBN — Brains And Backbone Network
• WNM — Warm Neutral Medium
• FPS — foot-pound-second [cf. cgs and mks]
• AKD — Altered Kinetic Distance
• MPPCF — Million particles per cubic foot
• HT — High Tension
• APGR — Association for Pushing Gravity Research
• MDR — Mass Distribution Ratio
• P — Propagation
• OQS — Occupied Quantum State
• IN2P3 — Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules
• LMAPH — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• IGEX — International Germanium Experiment in Spain.
• SOUDAN II — Soudan II underground detector
• TE — Total energy
• ZI — Zone Industrielle
• FZS — Far Zone Scattering
• NR — Nuclear Reactor
• JNLM — Journal of Non Linear Mechanics
• ASL — Ambient Stress Level
• SEY — Secondary Electron Yield
• AGP — Annals of Geophysics
• URNC — Ultra- Relativisitic Nuclear Collision
• BCMPA — Billion Cubic Meters per Annum
• CTS — Convert Texture Sequence
• RBNP — Reverse Brazil Nut Problem
• PBG — Photonic Band Gap
• RSM — Regional Spectral Model
• FPC — Fullerene Production Chamber
• FACSS — Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
• W — Weak
• SSELE — Solid State Electronics
• TOBSY — Total ThroughBond Correlation Spectroscopy

• SPIRES — Stanford Public Information Retrieval System
• ARIE — Asynchronous Ratio Of Internal To External
• IPTS — International Practical Temperature Scale
• NPPSB — Nonequilibrium Problems in the Physical Sciences and Biology
• CSU — Complete Set of Unifiers
• ICBP — International Conference on Biological Physics
• EPAD — Environmental Physics and Design
• PMTS — Predetermined Motion Time System
• ALB — Anti Lock Brake
• AIGER — American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium
• FIMS — Fissionable Isotope Mass Standards
• SL — Super Linear
• DFTS — Dispersive Fourier Transform Spectrometry
• PADE — Parallel Applications Development Environment
• PDS — power density spectra
• SAM — Super Accelerator Machine
• QGD — Gate - Drain Charge
• QMIS — Quantum Mechanics of Individual Systems
• NM — Non-Magnetic
• INM — Institute National de Metrologie
• DORT — Discrete Ordinates Code
• HWP — Half-Wave Plate
• MAPLE — Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment
• FBG — Fiber Bragg Grating
• SM — Standard Model
• UVA — University of Virginia
• GGA — Generalized Gradient Approximation
• DOG — Double Optical Gating
• HRE — Heterogeneity Recency Exit
• TLA — Temporal Logic of Actions
• SPS — Super Proton Synchrotron
• FNAL — Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
• ROCK — Rigidity Optimized Conformational Kinetics
• ADATS — Analog Delayed Annihilation Time Spectra
• CHAOS — Canadian High Acceptance Orbit Spectrometer
• SLM(S) — spatial light modulator(s)
• MOS — Marine Optical System
• LHM — Liquide Hydraulique Minerale
• HSST — Heavy-Section Steel Technology
• PSS — Physics Selection Strategy
• FSW — Fast Spherical Wavelet
• WFTE — Wigner Function Transport Equation
• SUBI — Southern Urals Biophysics Institute
• LENA — Laboratory For Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (Duke University)
• FC — Farben Centrum
• ZETA — Zero Energy Thermonuclear Apparatus
• ITOP — Improving the Teaching of Physics
• DFL — density functional theory
• C — Count
• ECFA STUDY — Study group Physics and Detectors of a Linear Collider.

• LPM — Light-Particle Monitor
• COP — Coefficient Of Power
• FZ — Far Zone
• JMAGR — Journal of Magnetic Resonance
• CNO — Carbon Nitrogen And Oxygen
• SERS — Surfaced Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• ARUPS — Angle-Resolved Ultra-violet Photoemission Spectroscopy
• WONP — Workshop on Nuclear Physics
• ERF — Energy Rejection Filter
• ECFA — European Committee for Future Accelerators
• D — Dense
• ICARUS — Imaging Cosmic and Rare Underground Signal
• DFL — Distributed Feedback Laser
• OMNIS — Observatory For Multiflavor Neutrinos From Supernovae
• DOIM — Dense Optical Interface Module
• HRG — High Radius of Gyration
• EOM — Electron-Optical Modulator
• TNO — Trans-Neptunian Object
• QHE — Quantum Hall Effect
• LTA — Low temperature (oxygen plasma) ashing
• CXRS — Charge-Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy
• BSSI — British Superultramodern Scientific Institution
• MOEMS — Micro-Optical Electro-Mechanical System
• MCQDT — Multi Channel Quantum Defect Theory
• MACH — Modelo Acoplado de Coordinacion Hidrotermica
• LCG — light curve generator
• AI — Associative Ionization
• UTNF — Ultraweak Thermalized Neutron Field
• ALR — Active Lead Ring
• ESPD — European Solar Physics Division
• FRAC — Fracture Research and Application Consortium
• ACIP — Aerodynamic Coefficient Instituteumentation Package
• PHAPP — Physics and its Applications
• SPEAR — The Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring
• R — Result
• ROCK — Rigidity Optimized Confirmation Kinetics
• OFS — Österreichisches Forschungszentrum
• MFR — Mass Flow Rate
• AMS — Accelerator-Mass Spectrometry
• VEEL — Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels
• TRU — Transuranic
• ARXPS — Angle Resolved X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• WTCQ — Wavelet Trellis Coded Quantization
• ESS — European Spallation Source
• SMS — Spectral Modeling Synthesis
• RMC — Radiative Muon Capture
• ATWE — Annual Time Weighted Exposure
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Process
• LCRD — Linear Collider Research and Development

• BEDO — Beitr. elektronenmikroskop. Direktabb. Oberfl.
• QVB — Quasiempirical Valence Bond (method)
• HPP — Hydropower Plant P
• PSI — Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland, Joint Institute of ETH)
• DSM — Differential Stress Model
• IVR — Intramolecular Vibrational Relaxation
• CV — Flow Coefficient
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center
• UXT — Uniaxial Strain Test
• RSS — Regression Sum of Squares
• BHS — Bachelet Hamann Schluter pseudopotentials
• ICBM — Iogen Configuration Building Module
• OPALS — Optronic, Photonic, and Advanced Laser Simulator
• CARS — coherent antistokes raman scattering
• AMD — Area Mass Density
• EAPL — Electronic AstroPhysical Journal Letters
• PCL — Physics and Chemistry of Liquids
• H — Hot
• CFM — Creates Forward Motion
• QOA — Quasi-Optical Amplifier
• FLIR — Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
• PEPSI — Proton Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging
• LLD — Lamp Lumen Depreciation
• CQM — constituent-quark model
• IPSN — L'Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
• EC — electron-capture
• BBIR — Broad Band Infrared
• ADTMP — Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
• FEA — Field-Emitter Array
• CCRI — Comité Consultatif des Rayonnements Ionisants
• BR — Branching Ratio
• NUGEO — Nuclear Geophysics
• ASCA — Japan-NASA X-ray Satellite
• MOEMS — Micro Optp Electro Mechanical Systems
• NEC — Nippon Electric Corporation
• IBIS — Ion Beam Information System
• CRNP — Cooperative Research Network Physics
• TESLA — TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator
• CC — Conservation of Charge
• CWP — Century Women to Physics
• MMKT — Methods and Models of Kinetic Theory
• NED — Nuclear Effects Directorate
• SPY — Secondary Particle Yield
• POT — Power Over Time
• HSE — Hard Sphere Expansion
• FRAM — Functional Resonance Accident Model
• SZB — Single Zone Boundary
• UNI — Ultrafast Nonlinear Interferometer
• MML — Material Measurement Laboratory
• AGUFM — American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting

• OPD — Ocean Physics Department
• FTAM — Flow Through Alpha Monitor
• OCQ — Old Covariant Quantization
• PEEI — Physics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy
• LVE — Light Vibrational Energy
• TAM — Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• IRIS — Integrated Radiation Information System
• VCO — voltage control oscillator
• ADR — Automatic Device Replacement
• PAPPH — Pure and Applied Physics
• BW — Bottom of Wall
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
• CPIC — International Physics Center, Elba
• ZFF — Zero Forcing Function
• MSDB — Magnetically Stabilized Fluidized Bed
• GERDA — The GERmanium Detector Array
• CTF — CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) Test Facility
• ELL — Equivalent Loudness Level
• WIAS — Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics
• WDXS — Wavelength Dispersive Xray Spectroscopy
• HPPT — HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS AND TECHNICS
• MET — Medium Energy Telescope
• INS — Ion-Neutralization Spectroscopy
• MNX — Magnetic Nozzle Experiment
• QNH — Quasi Non-Hydrostatic
• SSDL — Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories
• AIM — Advanced Idea Mechanics
• BENE — Beams for European. Neutrino Experiments
• GLC — Global Linear Collider
• UHV — Use An Ultrahigh Vacuum
• NOMAD — Neutrino Oscillation Magnetic Detector
• VCM — Voice-Coil Motor
• EP — Electrostatic Potential
• CCPP — Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
• RSP — Rapid Solidification Process
• PHACO — Physical Acoustics
• DD — Differential Detection
• WFST — Weighted Finite State Transducers
• ORLAND — Oak Ridge Large Neutrino Detector
• WI — Wavelet Image
• LBNE — long baseline neutrino experiment
• MEAS — Measurements
• ASTER — Advance Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer
• ISR — Initial State Radiation
• BP — Before Polarization
• AC — Attenuation Coefficient
• UDD — Neutron, one up quark (u) and two down quarks (d)
• PMM — Perpetual Motion Machine
• ASCA — Advanced Spacecraft for Cosmology and Astrophysics

• RIDIC — Radiation Internal Dose Information Center
• SNPA — Standard Nuclear Physics Approach
• HPL — High Pressure Lanes
• GRAND — gamma ray and neutron detector
• ODE — Ordinary Differential Equation
• TD-FW — Time Domain Floquet Wave
• LPC — LHC Physics Center
• NAD — Nihilistic Animation Data
• CIPT — CNS Institute for Physics Teachers
• MAC — Magnitude Amplification Cavity
• MONOLITH — Massive Observatory for Neutrino Oscillations or LImits on THeir existence
• PHYW — Physics World
• TOSCA — Toplological Oscillation Search with kinematic analysis
• HWP — Half Wavelength Plate
• SVPSS — Soviet Physics Solid State
• PSJ — Pivoted Shoe Journal
• QMF — Quadrature Mirror Filter
• ASET — Association of Super-advanced Electronics Technologies
• SCOF — Static Coefficient of Friction
• LHCB — Large Hadron Collider beauty Experiment
• RHED — Regions of High Electron Density
• GCFC — Generalized Complementary Flux Condition
• LDMS — Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry
• CT — Computed tomographic scan
• PMBC — Process-Model Based Control
• FIR — far-infrared radiation
• CCDS — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Second
• ERCOFTAC — European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion
• LAT — Lowest Achievable Temperature
• TCH — Transmission Converter Hydraulic
• NEBM — Nudged Elastic Band Method
• IDC — Insulation Displacement Contact (connector)
• EGR — Energy Generation Region
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatory
• ISSI — International Space Science Institute (Bern, Switzerland)
• SLAC — The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Spectroscopy
• DELPHI — Detector with Lepton Photon and Hadron Identification at CERN'sLEP accelerator
• LMRI — Laboratoire de Mesure des Rayonnements Ionisants (France)
• PV — Product Volume
• MARLAP — Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Procedures
• OPTPN — Optics & Photonics News
• GWC — Generalized Wave Continuity
• WANF — West Area Neutrino Facility
• HMT — Hybrid Metamorphose Theory
• HEPL — High Energy Physics Laboratory
• LZT — Lead Zirconate Titanate
• NSTP — Non-Spatial Thinking Process Theory
• FCI — Fast Causal Inference
• GMTI — Global Magnetization Transfer Imaging

• HPLC — High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic
• AFTA — Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets
• SEMPA — Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis
• LCLS — Linac Coherent Light Source
• NRIP — NIST Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program
• CFCP — Copecenter For Cosmological Physics
• EFW — Evanescent Floquet Wave
• ESC — Environmental Stress Cracking
• NDSM — Non-Dimensional Schmidt Model
• HVLS — High volume low speed
• AG — Anti-Gravity
• CAO — Carlsbad Area Office
• CET — Constant Elasticity of Transformation
• MDAP — Momentum Density of Annihilation Pairs
• QCC — Quadrupole Coupling Constant
• FTMS — Fluid Transfer Management System
• AXAF-I — Imaging Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• PV — Pressure Vessel
• GN — Gaussian Noise
• QFEX — Quantim Field Theory under the influence of EXternal conditions
• ENEA — Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E L'Ambiente
• GALLEX — The Gallium EXperiment at Gran Sasso
• CAST — Council of Agricultural Science and Technology
• DPR — Differential Phase Residual
• CRDS — Cavity-Ring-Down Spectroscopy
• DNC — Does Not Change
• CNDD — conspecific negative density dependence
• BRP — Barrier Ring Position
• 1PI — One Particle Irreducible
• WYP — World Year of Physics
• EGG — Energy Gradient Growth
• AAA — Advanced Applications of Accelerators
• NSOM — Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• CPPM — Center for Particle Physics of Marseilles
• DC — Double Capture
• ATLAS — Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System
• FIMS — Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer
• GSQM — General Superfield Quantization Method
• ITRP — International Technology Recommendation Panel
• MLDA — Modified Local Density Approximation
• F — Flux
• EPICC — Energy Policy Issues & Climate Change
• EIC — Electron Ion Collider (nuclear physics)
• FLAP — Flexible Learning Approach to Physics
• CFCT — Combined Field Collisional Transitions
• ESCR — Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance
• ALPS — Applications And Libraries For Physics Simulations
• LNV — Lepton-Number Violating
• ITU — Institut für Transurane
• ND — None Detected

• ILCSG — International Linear Collider Steering Group
• GMR — Giant Magnetoresistance Recording
• IBFW — Incidence of the reflected Beam from the Front Wall
• DDD — Dynamic Digital Depth
• HERA — Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator at DESY
• SCR — Silicon Controlled Rectifier
• LHC-B — Large Hadron Collider B Experiment
• GVHD — Graft-Versus Host Disease
• FCFR — Fusion Component Failure Rate
• AMO — Atomic, Molecular and Optical
• SV — Shock and Vibration
• TDIF — Teac Digital Interface Format
• PRC — Pressure Regulator Control
• USNO — U.S. Naval Observatory
• HEAD — High Energy Astrophysics Division
• RDQ — Rate Distortion Quantization
• LLI — Laser-Induced Incandescence
• CQW — Coupled Quantum Wells
• CBS — Compton BackScattering
• MBB — Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
• DARD — Dynamic Axial Rotational Device
• USAL — Urban Spectra Artificial Light
• BE — Bose Einstein
• AGO — Automatic Geophysics Observatory
• CUP — Curl Usability Productivity
• RPSS — Resonance Peak Spectral Splitting
• CFL — Compact Fluorescent Lamp
• DCOI — Directional Cone Of Influence
• FCC — Fully Convoluted Concept
• ICMP — Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
• VR-SFG — Vibrationally Resonant Sum-frequency Generation
• LH — Left Handed
• NOVA — The NuMI Off-axis ve Appearance experiment
• DFIR — Diffused Infrared
• CCEMRI — Consultative Committee for Ionizing Radiations, CIPM
• STIM — Scanning Transmission Ion Microscopy
• KET — Komitee für ElementarTeilchenphysik
• PVST — Pressure Vacuum Stability Test
• TXR — Thermal-infrared Transfer Radiometer
• DTI — Diesel Turbo Intercooled
• OSL — Optical Stimulated Luminescence
• VQW — Vertical Quantum Well
• QFT — Quantum Field Theory
• IGRA — interferon-gamma release assay
• ACFF — Alternating Current Field Measurement
• HPL — Hot-electron Photo-Luminescence
• ESP — Easy Surface Preparation
• MIP — Minimum Ionizing Particle
• W/F — Wandel/ Fietstochten
• IETS — Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy

• FIOA — Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
• KF — Kinematical Factor
• LEIR — Low Energy Ion Ring
• ITS — International Temperature Scale
• NAMP — National Analytical Management Program
• CAMP — Computational and Applied Mathematical Physics
• CDC — Controlled Dispersion Characteristic
• VQM — Visual Quantum Mechanics
• RPV — Reactor Pressure Vessel
• LMP — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• FST — Full Scale Tunnel
• UATD — Uniform Asymptotic Theory of Diffraction
• I — Amperage
• DCP — Dielectronic Core Polarization
• NCNR — NIST Center for Neutron Research
• HEPA — High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting
• SRDP — Standard Reference Data Program
• CI — Constant Intensity
• HERMES — DESY fixed-target experiment to explore spin
• SVPCS — Springer Series on Physics Chemistry Space
• MINIBOONE — Booster Neutrino Experiment, petite size
• CORM — Council for Optical Radiation Measurements
• ROII — Relative Optical Interference Intensity
• CSTL — Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
• GRASP — General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception
• NMS — Nihilistic Motion Set
• ADM — Arnowitt-Deser-Misner
• WGFF — Working Group for Fluid Flow
• IIP — International Institute of Physics
• GIBI- — 2 ^ 30
• ASSI — Airglow Solar Spectrometer Instrument
• BIT — Bulk Ion Temperature
• PHWC — Pseudo Horizontally Weakly Conformal
• MPAM — Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics
• LDP — Low Density Plasma
• DSOG — Discharge Singlet Oxygen Generator
• PAB — Physics Astronomy Building
• DOE — Dynamic Operating Environment
• WDWF — Wavelet- Domain Wiener Filter
• RTI — Relative to the Input
• FNR — Ford Nuclear Reactor
• CCFP — Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
• CCE — Consultative Committee on Electricity
• GAC — Generic Application Concept
• QHO — Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
• SCF — Standard Chromatogram File
• MOPITT — Measurement of Pollution In The Troposphere
• IRDCF — Infrared Detector Calibration Facility
• BCC — Broadband Calibration Chamber

• RVGSP — Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
• ATLAS — The Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator
• MTF — Modulation transfer function.
• BOMAB — Bottle Manikin Absorber
• RFP — Radiation Flux Parameter
• ICFA — International Committee for Future Accelerators
• COUPP — The Chicagoland Observatory for Underground Particle Physics
• DHV — Demonstrate Higher Value
• OMEGA — 24-Beam Laser Facility at Rochester
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• FTMS — Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy
• PMB — Physics in Medicine and Biology
• RBUU — Relativistic Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck
• CRS — Comprehensive, Representative, or Selective
• EDXRF — energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• DPS — Disintegrations Per Second
• PH — Percentage Hydrogen
• BF — Back and Forth
• AIM — Accurate, Intentional, Measurable
• LHEP — Left Hand Elliptical Polarization
• MCC — Mesoscale Compressible Community
• CH — Color Hold
• FTM — Fluid Transfer Management
• HSI — Hot Surface Igniter
• BKT — Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless crossover
• NAAL — North American Aerodynamic Laboratory (Wind Tunnel)
• UV-B — Ultraviolet-Biological
• SDF — Spectral Density Function
• MINIMAX/ T-864 — A search for disoriented chiral condensates at Fermilab.
• KN — Kilo Newton
• ASP — Advanced Spectroscopic Portal
• FNAL — The Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois
• ICS — Incredible Cross-Section
• NV — No Vacuum
• BG — Boltzmann Gibbs
• LRA — Locked Rotor Ampere
• SCCM — standard cubic centimeters per minute
• BSDF — Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function
• QHF — Quantum Heisenberg Ferromagnet
• CBH — Correlated Barrier Hopping
• N — Neutrino
• RH — Reference Height
• MLS — Magnetic Levitation System
• BB — Back Bombardment
• HR3DCT — High Resolution 3-D Computed Tomography
• CPT — conjugation, parity, and time
• DE — Dynamic Effort
• PSL — Polystyrene-latex
• BPSD — Biological Physics Structure and Design
• IDRG — Interaction Design Reading Group

• DIGM — Diffusion Induced Grain Motion
• COP — Cooling Operating Procedures
• EDN — Event Detection and Notification
• PBCS — Physics of Biological and Complex Systems
• DMP — Division of Material Physics
• TPAG — Theory and Practice of Applied Geophysics
• CSD — Computational Structural Dynamics
• PAR — Parabolic Aluminum Reflector
• FIM — Functional Imaging Methods
• XPOP — X is Perpendicular to Orbit Plane
• BTD — Basic Thermodynamics
• DBC — Delicate Balance Collective
• RCU — Rapid Cooling Unit
• FSS — Final Steady State
• CICP — Communications in Computational Physics
• NAMT — National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed
• STPD — Solar Terrestrial Physics Division
• ICPS — International Conference of Physics Students
• QCD — Quantum Chromo Dynamics
• LBIR — Low Background Infrared Radiometry
• CHTM — Center for High Technology Materials
• VOC — Volts, Open-Circuit
• TJ — TeraJoule
• QMD — Quantum Metrology Division
• TCAOCC — Two-Center Atomic Orbital Close Coupling
• NCSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• SI — selectivity index
• COMPASS — Common Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy
• QIO — Quantum Infinite-Order
• ISOLDE — Isotype On-Line separator at CERN
• AIAA — American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
• RAA — Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
• MCHF — Multi-Configuration Hartree-Fock
• ARB — Active Rere Beam
• GTR — Generalized Threshold Replenishment
• NFAL — Near Field Acoustic Levitation
• REB — Relativistic Electron Beam
• IPL — Intense Pulsed Light
• CTE — Correlated Transfer And Excitation
• SSTR — Solid State Track Recorder
• LSOP — Little Shop Of Physics
• NRCC — National Research Council Canada
• CAA — Computational Aeroacoustics
• TEM — Tunneling Electron Microscopy
• LTEC — Lamp Testing Engineers Conference
• EOA — Effective Orifice Opening
• PO2 — Pressure of Oxygen
• MOP — Minds on Physics
• LWGR — Light-Water-cooled, Graphite-moderated Reactor
• FRAP — FRibourg Atomic Physics

• MAT — Manifold Air Temperature
• ZDC — Zero-Degree Calorimeter
• LEAR — Low Energy Antiproton Ring
• DW — Dilution Well
• BLP — boron-loaded plastic (scintillator)
• MACHO — Massive Compact Halo Object
• FAST — Force, Angle, Speed, Torque
• PCM — Phase Change Materials
• CLO — Colour Light Output
• MRSM — Multiple Response Surface Modeling
• IPHO — International Physics Olympiad
• CISR — Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation
• MAF — Mass Air Filter
• MQSA — Mammography Quality Standards Act
• QFED — Quantum Field-Effect Directional coupler
• WWVH — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Hawaii
• CM — Center of Mass
• BXR — BMDO Transfer Radiometer
• SIRCUS — Spectral Irradiance and Radiance Calibration with Uniform Sources
• ACFA — Asian Committee for Future Accelerators.
• BTEV — Proposed dedicated B physics experiment at Fermilab's Tevatron
• TGF — Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash
• QKE — Quadrupolar Kondo Effect
• INFN — Italy's Institute Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
• HENP — Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics
• JTURB — Journal of Turbulence
• DEC — Digital Electronics Corporation
• GD — Good Deformation
• BM — Behavioral Model
• FTS — Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
• IF — Intrinsic Field
• EPICS — Experiment Physics and Industrial Control System
• TMBP — Thermal Mechanical Back Plate
• IMF — Intermediate Mass Fragments
• HRDE — High Resolution Digital Extensometer
• CTP — Classical Turning Point
• MWI — Many-Worlds Interpretation
• CF — Cross Flow
• CAD — Charged Area Development
• FMSS — Fermi Mass Storage System
• UEB — Universal Energetic Balancing
• DP — Data Point
• LGG — Least General Generalization
• UVV — Ultra-Violet V (395-445nm)
• OMPI — Ottawa Medical Physics Institute
• PBO — Particle Beam Optics
• DSB — Diagonal Spin Basis
• LSC — Liquid Scintillation Counting
• MAP — Maximum A Posteriori estimate
• DBG — Disease Biophysics Group

• RHIP — Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
• VNIIM — Mendeleyev Institute of Metrology
• MUCOOL — MUon COOLing experiment
• JINR — The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.
• ITAMP — International Meeting of Theory of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• DP — Dynamically Positioned
• BEV — Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Vienna, Austria
• AO — Advanced Optics
• ND:YAG — Neodymium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet
• NRRT — Normal Reference Range Table
• NIM — Normal-Incidence Monochromator
• MFCS — Microbial Fuel Cells
• KLOE — K LOng Experiment
• GINGA — Japanese X-ray Satellite
• SXR — SeaWiFS Transfer Radiometer
• HTS — High-Temperature Superconductivity
• LVD — Gran Sasso's Large Volume Detector
• MCM — Metal Cold Mirror
• VQW — Voronoi Quantized Crossover
• PAIS — Photo Acoustic Infrared Spectroscopy
• NPL — Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
• EPT — Exchange Perturbation Theory
• HP — High Pressure
• IPAP — Institute of Pure and Applied Physics
• MRPI — Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Imaging
• PBS — Polarizing Beam Splitter
• PPPL — Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• WIPM — Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
• ATC — Active Thermal Cooling
• MM — Molecular Mechanics
• KTEV — Kaons at the Tevatron
• CAL — Controlled Axial Lifetime
• CDCU — Correlated Dimension Correlated Uniqueness
• HPD — Holistic Probabilistic Design
• LIPS — Lorentz Invariant Phase Space
• SWIP — Society of Women in Physics
• NUMI — Neutrinos at the Main Injector
• OSP — Of Open Source Physics
• IOPP — Institute of Physics Publishing
• GWRI — Gravitonic Wave Resonance Imaging
• HIPA — High Intensity Proton Accelerator
• BGO — bismuth-germanate (scintillator)
• DXA — dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry
• FOCUS — FOtoproduction of Charm: Upgraded Spectrometer
• PCAP — Physics and Computing Advisory Panel
• RXF — Refracted X-ray Fluorescence
• DTSS — Distributed Temperature and Strain Sensor
• DCIC — Drift-Corrected Image Composition
• HELEN — High Energy physics Latin-American-European Network
• SCANS — Software for Computer Aided Neutron Scattering

• BM — Bohr Magnetron
• QMF — quadrature mirror filter banks
• PEEP — Physics Ethics Education Project
• VNIIOF — All-Union Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements
• AXAF-S — Spectroscopy Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• VARS — Variable Room Acoustic System
• MSEL — Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory
• TOT — Typical Operating Temperature
• QFM — Quench Flow Monitor
• XTE/PCA — X-ray Timing Explorer/Proportional Counter Array
• BIFL — Burst Integrated Fluorescence
• NEOS — Newport Electro-Optic Systems
• LASP — Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado
• IG — Inverse Gamma
• CPC — Charged Particle Cannon
• CMD-2 — Cryogenic Magnetci Detector
• NSLS — National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory
• PB — Primary Beam
• RC — Reaction Co-efficient
• MIRF — Medical and Industrial Radiation Facility
• NIKHEF — National Institute for Subatomic Physics
• INMM — Institute for Nuclear Materials Management
• FD — Fusion Device
• FID — Free Induction Decay (Fourier Transform Spectroscopy)
• FAD — FASCAL Absolute Detector
• WHC — Washington Hospital Center
• SSE — Sum of Squares for Error
• MIPP — Main Injector Particle Production
• GGCP — Generalized Grand Canonical Potential
• SLC — Slit Loss Correction
• ATC — Automatic Temperature Conversion
• EMIS — Electro Magnetic Interpretation System
• RPMP — Reports on Mathematical Physics
• CTE — Controlled Tractive Effort
• MMFT — Many Mode Floquet Theory
• CDDP — Cellular Digital Data Packet
• FND — Folded Normal Density
• CNRF — Cold Neutron Research Facility
• CD — Computational Dynamics
• NASSP — National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme
• ILL — L'Institut Laue Langevin
• TPIF — Two-Photon Induced Fluorescence
• IE — Independent Expression
• AFS — Abstract Force Simulator
• ALU — Applied Laser Unit
• FSI — Fluid Solid Interaction
• RXS — Resonant X-Ray Scattering
• MPN — Most Probable Number
• PEMF — Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field
• ING — Intense Neutron Generator

• APOP — Automatic Particle Orientation Procedure
• INMRI-ENEA — Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti - Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie
• HL — Heat Loss
• DSC — differential scattering cross section
• BL — Beam Line at SURF-III
• HI — Heavy Ion
• NV — Nitrogen Vacancy
• QOG — Quasi-Optical Grill
• LPRI — Laboratoire Primaire des Rayonnements Ionisants, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• LOT — Laser-Optic Technology
• QWH — Quasigroups With Holes
• CA — Crash Avoid
• TTF — TESLA Test Facility
• PEP — Pauli Exclusion Principle
• IDCL — Inverse Dynamics Control Law
• UFP — Ultra-Fine Particle
• TIM — Total Imaging Matrix
• MESM — Multifunctional Energetic Structural Material
• GEMS — General Electro Magnetic Solvers
• LMFC — Liquid Mass Flow Controller
• RCS — Real Compton Scattering
• JPARC — Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
• WDFT — Warped Discrete Fourier Transform
• CREB — Cern Reports Editorial Board
• NL — Net Light
• CBT — Corrected Brake Torque
• AFC — Amplitude to Frequency Conversion
• FEAT — Fusion Energy Advanced Tokamak
• STL — Solid To Layer
• NSEP — National Standard Examination in Physics
• HRTEM — high-resolution transition electron microscopy
• HLBC — Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber
• CTMC — Classical Trajectory Monte Carlo
• DE — Dynamic Equivalence
• RFZ — Reflection Free Zone
• SCET — Soft Collinear Effective Theory
• LTTR — Long-Term Thermal Resistance
• QP — quasi periodic
• OPAL — Omni Purpose Apparatus for LEP, at CERN
• RCE — Resonant Cavity Enhanced
• SRO — Short Range Order
• TAPS — Two-Arm Photon Spectrometer
• LPRT — Light-Pipe Radiation Thermometers
• MCNP — Monte Carlo Neutron Photon (computer code)
• CIP — Contact Ion Pair
• POPA — Panel on Public Affairs of American Physical Society
• HELP — High Energy Laser Propagation
• 3DFFM — Three-Dimensional Fourier Filtering Method
• NRRS — Near Resonance Rayleigh Scattering
• CNTFGL — Centrifugal

• TID — Total Ionizing Dose
• BSDM — Biased Site Disordered Model
• FH — Fermi Hole
• REM — Roentgen Equivalent Man (Unit of Dose Equivalent)
• JPG — Journal of Physics G
• LITA — Laser-Induced Thermal Acoustics
• HAI — Horizontal Advance Increment
• KSU — King Saud University
• CCFR — Chicago Columbia Fermilab Rochester
• ERI — Extended Range Imaging
• RBE — Relative Biological Efficiency
• NBS — Numeric Backspace
• HCL — Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
• SEBA — Standards Employees Benefit Association
• INPE — National Space Research Institute (Brazil)
• OASIS — Optically Adaptive System for Imaging Spectroscopy
• CTPE — Corrected Transient Potential Energy
• GPU — Georgia Physics Unintelligible
• IFEL — Inverse Free Electron Laser
• CAPE — Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics
• CDU — Coolant Distribution Units
• FPL — Fluroscent Pulse Light
• ERP — Event Related Potentials
• SWBXT — Synchrotron White Beam X-Ray Topography
• MOTA — Man Of The Atom
• MPB — Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
• HAARP — Hf Active Auroral Research Program (Hf being "high frequency")
• FTG — Field Testing Group
• CASP — Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics
• ZTC — Zero Temperature Coefficient
• ECH — Eddy Current Heating
• MTTF — Muon Trigger Track Finder
• HET — High Energy Transformation
• RFZ — Reverse Flow Zone
• CM — Convenient Measure
• HS — Hard Sphere
• JCCRER — U.S.-Russia Joint Coordinating Committee on Radiation Effects Research
• AR — Absorptive Region
• LH — Light Hole
• FT-IRAS — Fourier Transform-Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• SPPS — surface plasmon polaritons
• FTSI — Fourier Transform Spectral Interferometry
• FF — Fission Fragments
• SVPAC — Soviet Physics Acoustics
• QZP — Quantum Zeno Paradox
• MCT — Mercury-cadmium-telluride
• IES — Illumination Engineering Society
• LMR — Laser Magnetic Resonance
• EDT — Equivalent Difference Transmission
• HSD — Hadron String Dynamics

• CPS — Centimeters Per Second
• LNLS — National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (Brazil)
• MES — Minimum Efficient Scale
• HDMS — Heidelberg Dark Matter Search
• ORM — Office of Radiation Measurement
• SF — Surface Friction
• MIS — Mirror Image Stimulation
• CCF — Carbonaceous Chondrite Fission
• KIT — Kinetic Interactive Technology
• PMG — Precision Measurement Grant
• CS — Chern-Simons
• EMP — Electron MicroPulse
• GDT — Gas Discharge Tube
• HRW — Halliday, Resnick, and Walker
• RTPC — Radial Time Projection Chamber
• FPL — Frequent Power Loss
• ES — Elementary Scenario
• PPEP — Plasma Physics and Environmental Perturbation
• DU — Durability
• CAT — Cherenkov Array at Themis
• HF — Hybrid Feeder
• BD — Bounded Distortion
• TBDM — Tissue Bubble Diffusion Model
• CDC — Correlated-Double-Capture
• GARD — Graviton Atom Relocation Disruptor
• ART — Algebraic Reconstruction Technique
• IAG — International Association of Gravity
• MEA — Materials Engineering Associates
• IRIS — International Reactor Innovative and Secure
• CDS — Continuous Deflection Separation
• WWV — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Colorado
• OP — Opening Pressure
• JCGM — Joint Committee for Guides on Metrology
• SEMATECH — Consortium of 14 U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturers
• CRESST — Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers
• SOT — Space Or Time
• PTPT — Pure Time Preference Theory
• LNF — Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, near Rome, Italy
• IESNA — Illumination Engineering Society of North America
• RT — Ray Tracing
• LFCC — Linear Frequency Cepstral Coefficient
• P — The Proportion
• GLAST — Gammaray Large Area Space Telescope
• QTE — Quantum Transport Equation
• GSL — Generalized Second Law
• PFX — Penning Fusion EXperiment
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Press
• GG — Gaussian Geminals
• JT — Joule-Thompson effect
• ELM — Emitted Light Modulation

• MURMEMWC — 'MURMURING MEMORIAL WATER CLOSET' PRE-DATED BY 1913 MODEL YEAR AND PATENT; aka; Ed Loud Memorial Toilet
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Student Chapter
• CSE — Compton Scattering Enhancement
• BPC — Boost Pressure Control
• TOR — Total Outflow Resistance
• CER — Classical Estimation Ratio
• PEMFD — Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field Device
• ES — Event Set
• FTMD — Field procedure for determining Test Maximum Density
• CDP — Center for Defect Physics
• TEM — Transparent Electron Microscope
• JCMT — James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
• CMPA — Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics
• SVGL — Silicon Valley Group Lithography
• PD — Projective Dimension
• BED — Binary-encounter-dipole
• SVJPP — Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics
• SV — Short Vector
• GSP — Generalized Sequential Pattern
• BRAHMS — The Broad Range Hadron Magnetic Spectrometer located at Brookhaven.
• CHEM-1 — Chemistry
• CP — Coulomb potential
• FM — Fluid Mechanics
• MESSIAEN — Methods for the Efficient Simulation of Aircraft Engine Noise
• RAP — Roentgen area product
• EFP — Effective Fringing Property
• MST — Memotron Storage Tube
• CPA — Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• EME — Electromagnetic Effects
• BVF — Brunt-Vaisala Frequency
• PBQ — PhotoBeam Quantum
• NRU — National Research Universal nuclear reactor, Chalk River, Ontario