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• PRE — Proportional Reduction of Error
• PRDT — Physical Restraint Decision Tree
• PRC — Photometry, Radiometry, and Calorimetry
• M3/H — Cubic Meters per Hour
• CT — Computed Tomography
• US — United States of America
• PR — PRobability of ....
• POCOE — Principle Of Conservation Of Energy
• PPU — Physics processing unit
• PQ — Photon To Quark
• PPP — Physics for Paper and Print
• CPMG — Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill pulse sequence
• USA — United States of America
• ANOVA — Analysis of Variance (statistics)
• CBRN — Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear
• MIM — Metal-Insulator-Metal (Diode)
• DT — Differential Temperature
• DAMP — Division of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• NTU — Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
• MM — Millimeter
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• JMMM — Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
• 19F — Fluorine-19
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• A-BOMB — Atomic Bomb
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• WWW — World Wide Web
• APCVD — Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• A — Ampere
• CFF — Critical Flicker Fusion
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• WHO — World Health Organization
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• XMCD — X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism
• IDMS — Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• XMLL — X-ray Magnetic Linear Loop
• ESA — European Space Agency
• FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency
• PI — Penning ionization [
• AIP — American Institute of Physics
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• AC — Alternating Current
• QA/QC — Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• CY — Calendar Year
• EEO — Equal Employment Opportunity
• PN — PN (Pressure Nominal)

• PNEUM — pneumatic
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• 2DEG — Two-Dimensional Electron Gas
• MEG — Motionless Electromagnetic Generator
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• SNOM — Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope
• VHS — Van Hove Singularity
• TQM — Total Quality Management
• HD — High Density
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• AES — Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• R&D — Research & Development
• PM — Particle Multiplication
• CMOS — Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
• RF — Radio Frequency
• ECR — Electron Cyclotron Resonance
• DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• SPL — Sound Pressure Level
• LOD — Limit Of Detection
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• BP — Boiling Point
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• EMT — effective medium theory
• PDL — Polarization Dependent Loss
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• DB — Decibel
• SRAM — Static Random Access Memory (ess-ram)
• SMYS — Specified Minimum Yield Strength
• FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
• µ — Micro
• LTE — Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium
• ACS — American Chemical Society
• IHPRPTP — Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology Program
• FOS — Faint Object Spectrograph
• PCS — Photon Correlation Spectroscopy
• MIL — Military
• SIMOPS — SIMultaneous OPerationS
• AEDY — Aerospace Dynamics
• UPS — Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• 2PE — Two-Photon Excitation
• NM — Nanometer
• KG — Kilogram
• APS — American Physical Society
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• IC — Integrated Circuit
• SWAG — Scientific Wild-Ass Guess. A Close Approximation.
• HPLC — High Performance Liquid Chromatography
• GR — General Relativity

• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• α — angular acceleration
• AEC — Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• SPR — Surface Plasmon Resonance
• YAEL — Yankee Atomic Environmental Laboratory
• PHWR — Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• LO — Local Oscillator
• AF — Audio Frequency
• YB:YAG — Ytterbium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• P — Pressure
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• KE — Kinetic Energy
• STD — Standard
• WAXD — Wide-Angle X-Ray Diffraction
• MDMT — Minimum Design Metal Temperature
• HSI — Hue Saturation Intensity
• PME — Particle-Mesh Ewald
• TPD — Temperature Programmed Desorption (for Gas Chromatography)
• SUPER-K — Super-Kamiokande
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• ER — Energy Research
• PHD — P-Helicity Decoupling Scheme (P=Momentum)
• LVL — Level
• ACD — Autoregressive Conditional Duration
• KAMIOKANDE — A solar neutrino experiment at the Kamioka Observatory in Japan
• SIG — Signal
• WFI — Water For Injection (pharmaceutical Term)
• QDVP — Quasi-Degenerate Variational Perturbation
• PMF — Predictor Model File
• KLY — Kilo Langley
• RIU — Refractive Index Unit
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• CT — Current Transformer
• AES — Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
• E=MC2 — Energy=Mass * (Velocity of light)**2
• ISS — International Space Station
• T-O-F — time of flight
• PIC — Precision Ion Chamber
• ANS — American Nuclear Society
• THD — Total Harmonic Distortion
• HAPPEX — Hall A Proton Parity Experiment
• KAMLAND — KAmioka Liquid Scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• ITL — Information Technology Laboratory
• CW — Clockwise

• LF — Low Frequency
• DL — Deciliter
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• PIF — Physics at the Information Frontier
• RAI — Resident Assessment Instrument
• MRA — Mutual Recognition Arrangement
• URL — Universal Resource Locator
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• FWT — Fast Wavelet Transform
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• OSA — Optical Society of America
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• HACCP — Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
• Y' — Out-of-plane Velocity - vertical
• APOMA — American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
• NSA — National Security Agency
• ESR — Electron Spin Resonance
• CV — Constant Velocity
• PI — 3.1415926535
• CW — Continuous Wave
• 4WM — Four Wave Mixing
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• PHYY — Physics
• NCO — Numerically Controlled Oscillator
• PML — Physical Measurement Laboratory
• LMS — Least Mean Square
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• CDM — Cold Dark Matter
• CW — Carrier Wave
• PHW — Potable Hot Water
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• SC — South Carolina
• PIV — Position Information Vector
• SIA — Semiconductor Industry Association
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• TLC — Thin Layer Chromatography
• DOP — Dilution Of Precision
• PECVD — Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
• CMM — Coordinate Measuring Machine
• FP — Freezing Point
• PILAC — Pulsed Ion Linear ACcelerator
• TOMO-SAR — Synthetic Aperture Radar TOMOgraphy
• PISA — Photovoltaic Information System For Architects
• PL — Proton Loss
• PAGE — Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
• IDCT — Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
• DOHC — Dual Overhead Cam
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• FMRI — Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• CMC — Calibration Measurement Capabilities

• WG — Working Group
• PIE — Possibility of Infinite Energy
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• JEWA — Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• UA — University of Arizona
• GND — Ground
• R- E/I — Ohms Law (not an acronym)
• HOMESTAKE — A solar neutrino experiment in the Homestake Gold Mine in South Dakota
• EBIS — Electron Beam Ion Source
• CDF — Collider Detector at Fermilab
• ° C — Degree centigrade
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• OPCPA — Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• AMS — Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
• DQE — Detective Quantum Efficiency
• SNS — Spallation Neutron Source
• COIL — Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser
• LFP — Local Field Potential
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• FTF — Fundamental Train Frequency
• UASER — Ultrasound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• EV — Electron Volt
• SCC — Standards Coordinating Committee
• ICARUS — Imaging Cosmic and Rare Underground Signal
• BS — Beam Splitter
• EPR — Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• AEDC — Arnold Engineering Development Center
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• P — Predicted
• S — Short
• ISE — Ion Selective Electrode
• ATR — Attenuated Total Reflectance
• ID — Inside Diameter
• 3PE — Three-Photon Excitation
• 2D WAXD — Two-Dimensional Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction
• DPA — Differential Power Analysis
• CAV — Constant Angular Velocity
• FY — Fiscal Year
• AC — Aerodynamic Center
• ACD — Air Constrained Dampening
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• AO — Adaptive Optics
• IR — Infrared
• MO — Molecular Orbital

• LEP — Large Electron Positron
• WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• LE — Low Energy
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• MOD — Minimum Object Distance
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• HPS — Health Physics Society
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• MAD — Mean Absolute Deviation
• FE — Finite Element
• CARS — Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy
• HQSC — Heisenberg Quantum Spin Chain
• ACIP — Aerodynamic Coefficient Instrumentation Package
• AC — Attenuation Coefficient
• MOCVD — Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
• PRL — Physical Review Letters
• AMPC — Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry
• GUE — Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (of Random Matrixes In Quantum-transport Studies)
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• ω — angular velocity
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• DNA — Defense Nuclear Agency
• NRC — National Response Center
• EP — Extreme Pressure
• MFP — Mass Flow Parameter
• NOE — Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NMR)
• A — Atomic
• FRET — Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
• MURR — University of Missouri Research Reactor
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• QD — Quantum Dot
• HE — High Energy
• DPP — Division of Plasma Physics
• PIV — Particle Image Velocimetry
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• FDR — False Discovery Rate
• EF — Electric Field
• PE — Performance Evaluation
• FCC — Face-Centered Cubic
• TOE — Theory of Everything
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• CWT — Continuous Wavelet Transform
• LIF — Laser Induced Fluorescence
• H — Hotel

• APS — Advanced Photon Source
• OTA — Optical Tube Assembly (telescopes)
• BCC — Body-Centered Cubic
• MV — Medium Voltage
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• N — Normal
• HDR — High Dose Rate
• SPM — Scanning Probe Microscope
• MMC — Maximum Material Condition
• EPC — Electronic Pressure Control
• VU — Volume Unit
• PHYN — Physics Notes
• HPS — High Pressure Sodium
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• ZPE — Zero Point Energy
• LT — Low Temperature
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• ESD — Electrostatic Discharge
• PE — Potential Energy
• EMR — Electromagnetic Radiation
• LM — Lumen
• ED — Electron Diffraction
• RAC — Research Advisory Committee
• CGU — Canadian Geophysical Union
• QEDA — Quantum Electrodynamics Atomic Theory
• ACPD — Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• MJPS — Moldavian Journal of the Physical Sciences
• PM — Particulate Matter
• BCT — Body-Centered Tetragonal
• HASYLAB — Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor
• IIT — Indian Institute of Technology
• OPD — Optical Path Difference
• EF — Energy Factor
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• LTL — Linear Temporal Logic
• OPC — Optical Particle Counter
• FP — Focal Plane
• VAPEPS — Vibroacoustic Payload Environment Prediction System
• N-FSBS — Near-Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• ICR — Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• AIAA — American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
• CC — Closed Circuit
• AMPS — Atmospheric Magnetospheric Plasma System
• WDXRF — Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
• NV — Night Vision
• LAF — Laminar Air Flow
• KARMEN — Karlsruhe-Rutherford Medium-Energy Neutrino Experiment
• HEA — High Energy Astrophysics

• FCI — Full Configuration Interaction
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• HIC — Hydrogen Induced Cracking
• LAGOS — Laser Gravitational-wave Observatory in Space
• R — Roentgen
• ETC — Electron Transport Chain
• NG6, NG-6 — Monochromatic Beam Line near the end of NG6
• ACDC — Alternating Current/Direct Current
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• C — Countess
• AJP — American Journal of Physics
• IDCY — Idle Cycle
• NMR — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• LAQL — Lowest Analytically Quantifiable Level
• CEA — Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique
• LSND — Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
• FEL — Free Electron Laser
• EOM — Electro-Optic Modulator
• EM — Environmental Management
• FTMW — Fourier Transform Microwave
• CJLTP — Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics
• NEDT — Noise Equivalent Delta Temperature
• 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
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• QFEB — Quasi-Free Electron Bremsstrahlung
• HVLP — high volume, low pressure
• AFC — Aerodynamic Flight Control
• 1D — One-Dimensional
• LMU — Location Measurement Unit
• NPC — Nuclear Pore Complex
• SCF — Self-Consistent Field
• HAADF — high-angle annular dark field SEM
• PIV — Peak Inverse Voltage
• ASD — Astrophysics Science Division
• NTP — normal temperature and pressure
• SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
• QP — Quantization Parameter
• LC — Liquid Chromatography
• RAP — Reliable Acoustic Path
• MOA — Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
• DSM — Design Structure Matrix
• PBC — Polarization-Beam Combiner
• RMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• PEM — Proton Exchange Membrane
• LOA — Law of Attraction
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscopy
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• JASJA — Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan
• JETP — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

• E — Electra
• FCA — Formal Concept Analysis
• DIBL — Drain-induced Barrier Lowering
• ROYGBIV — Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet (Colors of the Rainbow)
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• EVM — Error Vector Magnitude
• FFF — Field-Flow Fractionation
• RG — Radius of Gyration
• YP — Yield Point
• PCF — Photonic Crystal Fiber
• AMP — Amplitude
• MBQ — Megabecquerel
• DN — Diameter Nominal
• DE — Differential Equation(s)
• CHIPS — Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
• RIXS — Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
• ASPP — Atmospheric and Space Plasma Physics
• EDM — Electric Dipole Moment
• AMS — Acoustic Measurement System
• AEM — Acoustical Emission Monitoring
• DLA — Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• GP — General Physics Corporation
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instrumental Coefficient Package
• XQC — X-ray Quantum Calorimeter
• EDS — Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
• XPS — X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• PTA — Pure Tone Average
• NLC — Next Linear Collider
• AO — Atomic Orbital
• IK — Inverse Kinematics
• OPS — Optical Physical Section
• TLE — Two Line Elements
• DSR — Dynamic Shear Rheometer
• PD — Propagation Delay
• MSX — Midcourse Space Experiment
• LS — Liquid Scintillation
• FARCAL — Facility for Advanced Radiometric Calibrations
• AMS — Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
• TC — Temperature Control
• NEI — Nuclear Energy Institute
• AMTF — Acoustic Model Test Facility
• TM — Transverse Magnetic
• DDS — Direct Digital Synthesizer
• ILD — Indentation Load Deflection
• IOR — Index of Refraction
• MPI — Multiphoton Ionization
• PGNAA — Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis
• ZQ — Zero-Quantum
• DOAS — Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy

• NQR — Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
• PCM — Phase Contrast Microscopy
• CF — Cold Fusion
• SOG — Spin-on Glass
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• LSP — Lightest Supersymmetric Particle
• CEI — Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano
• M — Mass
• VIV — Vortex Induced Vibration
• IC — Internal Combustion
• ZPDH — Z-Pinch-Driven Hohlraum
• HI — High Intensity
• TMD — Tuned Mass Damper
• DOT — Diffuse Optical Tomography
• ACESJ — Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal
• CQGRS — Classical and Quantum Gravity Supplement
• STASA — Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
• GAMS4 — NIST High Resolution Spectrometer
• SAXS — Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
• SRM — Standard Reference Material
• RST — Rapid Suspension Technology
• ADAP — Aerodynamic Data Analysis Program
• BHN — Brinell Hardness Number
• WHHM — Werthamer Helfand Hohenberg and Maki
• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• FTNIR — Fourier Near Infra Red
• NM — Newton Meter
• IV — Input Voltage
• JPCS — Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
• WDDL — Wave Dynamic Differential Logic
• SR — Special Relativity
• AAPM — American Association of Physicists in Medicine's
• GS — Gauss
• HS — Hot Spot
• RC — Resistor-Capacitor
• FIM — Field Intensity Meter
• UTD — Uniform Theory of Diffraction
• MOT — Magneto Optical Trap
• JCHPH — Journal of Chemical Physics
• MIRD — Medical Internal Radiation Dose
• PHA — Physics And Astronomy
• MAG — Magnetic
• SPH — Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics
• POGS — polar-orbiting geomagnetic survey
• TC — Thermal Control
• UMIST — University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
• APRF — Army Pulse Radiation Facility
• 2-D — Two Dimensional
• 3D — Three Dimensional
• EGS — Electron Gamma Shower

• AAPT — American Association of Physics Teachers
• ADB — Aerodynamic Data Book
• FEGT — Furnace Exit Gas Temperature
• PM — Phase Modulation
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• PMR — Proton Magnetic Resonance
• RBS — Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• EAA — Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• DE — Discrete Event (program specification)
• STS — Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
• WANFCS — West Area Neutrino Facility Control System
• SEE — Secondary Electron Emission
• NEMS — National Energy Modeling System
• HV — High Vacuum
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• CQGRA — Classical and Quantum Gravity
• DVM — Digital Voltmeter
• ETS — Energy Transfer System
• CARB — Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
• APAS — Aerodynamic Performance and Sizing Program
• TOV — Threshold of Visibility
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• ASAC — aerodynamic surfaces assembly and checkout
• TEM — Transverse Electromagnetic
• AEQ — Aeronautical Quarterly
• ERDA — Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis
• IOT — Inductive Output Tube
• LISS — Linear Imaging Self-Scanning
• CMS — Compact Muon Solenoid
• FLIR — Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer
• PL&I — Plasmas and Ions
• FDTD — Finite Difference Time Domain
• LAPHY — Laser Physics
• FM — Ferromagnetic
• CCT — Circuit
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• SD — Super Deformed
• VMD — Visual Molecular Dynamics
• HTD — Heat Transfer Division
• HO — High Order
• AMPS — Atmosphere, Magnetosphere & Plasmas in Space
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• ADPHY — Advances in Physics
• KATRIN — KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• CH — Continuum Hypothesis

• AFTA — Acoustic Fatigue Test Article
• 1PI — One Particle Irreducible
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• SCF — Supercritical Fluid
• IMS — Institute for Molecular Science
• TDH — Total Dynamic Head
• SFG — Sum Frequency Generation
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• PAC — Probably Approximately Correct
• ASC — Aerodynamic Surface Control
• TEF — Time-Energy-Frequency
• CAM — Computer-Aided Machining
• TPP — Thermal Power Plant
• SRV — Safety Relief Valve
• DPF — Displacement Power Factor
• PDSH — Pressure Differential Switch High
• AFT — Aerodynamic Flight Test
• DMI — Dynamic Momentum Index
• SW — Surface Wave
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
• AOM — acoustic-optic modulator
• BGM — Basis Generator Method
• EF — Extra Fine
• RKR — Rydberg-Klein-Rees
• ALICE — A Large Ion Collider Experiment
• EMR — Electromagnetic Resonance
• UTA — Unresolved Transition Array
• EDAX — energy dispersive analysis of X-rays
• CPK — Corey, Pauling, Koltun
• FI — Field Intensity
• AFT — Attractor Field Therapy
• MPLB — Modern Physics Letters B
• ASAS — Aerodynamic Stability Augmentation System
• PHRV — Physical Review
• LNP — Lecture Notes in Physics
• RFI — Relative Fluorescence Intensity
• TC — Thermal Conductivity
• MOKE — Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect
• JND — Just Noticeable Difference
• CPS — Central Plasma Sheet
• GUT — Grand Unification Theory
• DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung.
• ANPHY — Annals of Physics
• COS — Change of State
• ATDB — Aerothermodynamic Data Book
• AFV — Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
• CRPL — Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory
• TC — Transmission Convergence (ATM)
• POC — Physical Optics Corporation
• SEA — Statistical Energy Analysis

• XPS — X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• NJPH — New Journal of Physics
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• OD — Optical Density
• APH — Astroparticle Physics
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• MICE — Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• BBO — Beta-Barium Borate
• AAAC — Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
• EPA — Electron Positron Accumulator
• ITSU — IEEE Transactions on Sonics Ultrasonics
• VT — Valid Time
• AIH — Acoustical Imaging and Holography
• UB — Upper Bound
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• GFP — Green Fluorescent Protein
• RHF — Restricted Hartree-Fock
• MEL — Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
• ND — Neutron Density
• ADM — Absolute Distance Meter
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• XMLD — X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism
• IFD — Indentation Force Deflection
• NDT — Nondestructive Test
• DMC — Dynamic Motion Control
• ADGEO — Advances in Geophysics
• LAFOC — Laser Focus
• NIDR — National Institute of Dental Research (National Institutes of Health)
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• LDA — Laser Doppler Anemometry
• SVD — Shock Vibration Digest
• CLV — Constant Linear Velocity
• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• PT — Peak Torque
• ARES — Advanced Rheometric Expansion System
• COMPASS — COMPuter ASSurance Conference
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection
• BELLE — B detector at KEK in Japan
• JATP — Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
• AMA — Actual Mechanical Advantage
• 2LOT — 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
• LVR — Lever
• JAJAP — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
• CVAAS — Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

• COASP — Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics
• MTXM — Magnetic Transmission X-Ray Microscopy
• SHP — Shaft Horsepower
• TG — Temperature Gradient
• OPA — Optical Parametric Amplifier
• QMS — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• TIMS — Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• AUJPA — Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement
• ECD — Electron Capture Dissociation
• QWW — Quantum Well Wire
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• XSV — Expendable Sound Velocimeter
• OLED — Organic Light-Emitting Diode
• PMMA — Polymethylmethacrylate
• UCSUSA — Union of Concerned Scientists, United States of America
• BPM — Beam Position Monitor
• QO — Quasi-Optical
• NCU — Nano Containment Unit
• MCM — Mobil Composition of Matter
• NERI — Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
• ALVIB — algorithm payload vibration
• ASVIB — algorithm scoreboard vibrations
• ENR — Enrichment and Reprocessing (technology)
• HFS — Hydrogen Forward Scattering
• SBLC — S-Band Linear Collider
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• KAERI — Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• MTBF — Mean Time Between Failures
• LBLRR — LBL Research Review
• TMP — Turbo Molecular Pump
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• TMA — Thermal Mechanical Analysis
• PP2PP — proton-proton to proton-proton
• EPI — Echo Planar Imaging
• ABEC — Annular Bearing Engineering Committee
• SWAP — Short-Wavelength Automated Perimetry
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• RPT — Refractory Period of Transmission
• RJMP — Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics
• APAC — Applied Acoustics
• EOS — Equation Of State
• BWO — Backward Wave Oscillator
• CARI — combustion air requirement index
• SSNMR — Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• ACR — Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• NG7 — Neutron Guide No. 7
• BQ — Becquerel
• ESR — Experimental Storage Ring
• LAMSCAL — Large Area Monochromatic Source for Calibrations

• PRF — Petroleum Research Fund
• QM — Quantum Mechanics
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• PEL — Permissible Exposure Limit
• AECL — Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's
• ULTRA — Ultrasonics
• CFT — Crystal Field Theory
• ELT — Extremely Large Telescope
• ARL — Average Run Length
• RHM — Roentgen Hour Meter
• CRP — Coordinated Research Program
• DAP — Donor Acceptor Pair
• ESR — Electrical Substitution Radiometer
• LFAE — Ligand Field Activation Energy
• FTIR — Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• BMDO — (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do)
• TEMP — Temperature
• CPIP — Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
• MOP — Maximum Operating Pressure
• PDE — Product Data Exchange
• OPO — Optical Parametric Oscillator
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• SQ — Scalar Quantization
• TXM — Transmission X-ray Microscope
• IO — Interactive Optimum
• LBT — Large Binocular Telescope
• RT — Reverberation Time
• LC — Liquid Crystal
• TBB — Triple Beam Balance
• ST — Spherical Tokamak
• ADCL — Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory
• DFT — Density Functional Theory
• SCF — Stress Concentration Factor
• AERTE — Aerojet Technology
• LEACH — Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy
• CCD — Charged Coupled Device
• AFI — Accordion Fringe Interferometry
• TST — Time-Space-Time
• ECT — Error Correction Term
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• CBR — California Bearing Ratio
• BLB — Black Light Bulb
• NA — Neutral Axis
• CHJCP — Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics
• GAM — Generalized Additive Model
• BC — Boundary Condition
• AD — Antimatter Decelerator
• TI — Thermal Inertia
• CPL — Chemical Physics Letters

• HTBB — High-Temperature Black Body
• LO — Laser Optics
• VTZ — Valence Triple Zeta (basis Set)
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• LRSP — Living Reviews in Solar Physics
• EXO — Enriched Xenon Observatory
• NP — Neper
• CMR — Colossal Magnetoresistance
• KOPIO — AKlong decay experiment at Brookhaven.
• REST — Representational State Transfer
• CZJPH — Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
• EIES — Electron Impact Emission Spectroscopy
• TEPC — Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter
• VNIIFTRI — National Scientific and Russian Research Institute for Physical, Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• ICP — Inductively Coupled Plasma
• FHMM — Factorial Hidden Markov Model
• SCR — Space Charge Region
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• TD — Time Differential
• EER — Estimated Energy Requirement
• HERO — High Energy Replicated Optics
• WDM — Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
• TQW — Triangular Quantum Well
• ND — Neutron Detector
• ULVZ — Ultra-Low Velocity Zone
• MTF — Magnetized Target Fusion
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• FM — frequency modulation
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• VAC — Vacuum Assisted Closure
• EJTP — Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics
• MIST — Microgravity Science and Technology
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• XSW — X-Ray Standing Wave
• DSM — Dynamic Scattering Mode
• CED — Cohesive Energy Density
• IAPT — Indian Association of Physics Teachers
• DREAMS — Dynamic Range Enhancement Applied to Mass Spectrometry
• CVD — Chemical Vapor Deposition
• HPHT — high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• ACB — Annular Confinement Beam
• NPSS — Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
• C&E — Cause and Effect
• PTCA — Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angiography
• HHPN — Hydraulic High Pressure Nebulization
• WXRF — Wavelength-dispersive X- Ray Fluorescence
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• BMD — Bending Moment Diagram

• ARCP — Annual Reviews of Computational Physics
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• FOC — Forward Only Conversion
• CSLPT — Cambridge Studies in Low Temperature Physics
• URA — Universities Research Association, Inc.
• CRT — Conformal Radiation Therapy
• EELS — Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
• STP — Standard Temperature Pressure
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• JMOA — Journal of Microwaves Optics and Acoustics
• JJAPL — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Letters
• JGE — Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
• COTPH — Communications in Theoretical Physics
• PLL — Phase Locked Loop
• HBT — Hanbury Brown-Twiss
• IPM — Ionization Profile Monitor
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• JEPT — Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics
• PHR — Physics Reports
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• AT&T — Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
• JETPL — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters
• CCPCE — Current Contents Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
• ABMP — American Board of Medical Physics
• SSCP — Springer Series on Chemical Physics
• SGORS — Studies in Geophysical Optics and Remote Sensing
• AECL — Atomic Energy Canada Limited
• HSS — Hollow Structural Section
• LIPC — laser-induced plasma channel
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• IRIS — Internal Rotary Inspection System
• GML — General Measurement Loop
• HPPT — High Pressure Phase Transformation
• POPRV — Pilot Operated Pressure Relief Valve
• GRI — Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
• YS — Yield Strength
• SCD — Single Crystal Diffraction
• TJPH — Turkish Journal of Physics
• OOCA — Object Oriented Computing in Astrophysics
• LAND — Large Area Neutron Detector
• CXRO — Center for X-Ray Optics at Berkeley, CA
• PMT — Photo Multiplier Tube
• QRHE — quantum anomalous Hall effect
• NVLAP — National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
• APHY — Acoustical Physics
• WAMW — Weight-Average Molecular Weight
• STAR — Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC
• IID — independent and identically distributed random variables
• PTI — Proxima Therapeutics Inc.

• EIE — electron impact excitation
• MOSFET — Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• BPAS — Bulletin of Pure and Applied Science
• GNO — Gallium Neutrino Observatory
• EOM — Equation of Motion
• DDF — Distance Distortion Factor
• CCV — Continuing Calibration Verification
• EPJ — European Physical Journal
• OSRD — Office of Standard Reference Data
• JMP — Journal of Mathematical Physics
• MOR — Modulus of Rupture
• SSADM — Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• AICF — Acoustic Inertial Confinement Fusion
• JPCM — Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• PDE — Possible Duplicate Emission
• CMH — Cubic Meter per Hour
• IGC — International Gravity Commission
• BES — Beijing Spectrometer (China)
• ITELC — IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
• CLFR — Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector
• NCF — Near Coherence of Filters
• COMPH — Computers in Physics
• JFLU — Journal of Fluorescence
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• FASCAL — Facility for Automatic Spectroradiometric Calibrations
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• NISTAR — NIST Advanced Radiometer
• MFCG — Magnetic Flux Compression Generator
• SEAQUEST — A series of fixed target Drell-Yan experiments at Fermilab
• AF — Anisotropic Filtering
• BNCT — Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
• ZDR — Z-Differential Reflectivity
• 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)
• DNAA — Delayed Neutron Activation Analysis
• CCP6 — Collaborative Computational Project 6
• LOCF — Last Observation Carried Forward
• ASA — Accessible Surface Area
• JKPS — Journal of Korean Physical Society
• ARACO — Archives Acoustics
• PMG — Permanent Magnet Generator
• IVR — Intramolecular Vibrational Relaxation
• BTI — Bubble Technology Inc
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• PHT — Physics Today
• MFT — Mean Field Theory
• GEC — General Electrodynamics Corporation

• TLI — Tilted Laser Image
• AESIJ — Aeronautical Society India Journal
• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• JSMAJ — Japan Society of Microgravity Application Journal
• LSDA — Local Spin Density Approximation
• CCDC — Cyclic Channel Die Compression
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• TCS — Three-Dimensional Complex Space Theory
• GUIDE — Generalized Unbiased Interaction Detection and Estimation
• PTCP — Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics
• CBNM — Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements
• RLD — Reciprocal Linear Dispersion
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• MS/MS — Tandem Mass Spectrometry
• HYPER-CP — A Search for Direct CP Violation in Hyperon Decays
• TKN — Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
• DN/DC — Specific refractive index increment
• ARROW — Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide
• DUV — Deep Ultraviolet
• CCFL — Countercurrent Flow Limitation
• NVIS — Night Vision Imaging System
• LPCVD — Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• FFE — Far Field Extension
• CHPHY — Chinese Physics
• JPSJS — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Supplement
• NOBCCHE — National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers
• KWP — Kilowatt-Peak
• MRIR — medium-resolution infrared radiometer
• FEC — Ferro-Electric liquid Crystal
• STEM — Storable Tubular Extendible Member
• ABF — All but Finitely
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• CRI — Cambridge Research Instrumentation
• NEMP — Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse
• MBE — Molecular Beam Epitaxy
• BIPM — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
• ACCW — Auxiliary Component Cooling Water
• PHYR — Physical Research
• RTT — Round Trip Timer
• MUT — Material Under Test
• IQEC — International Quantum Electronics Conference
• JVC — Journal of Vibration and Control
• MICGQ — Microgravity Quarterly
• EL — Europhysics Letters
• ESO — European Southern Observatory
• MQA — measurement quality assurance
• IMA — Ideal Mechanical Advantage
• ADCHP — Advances in Chemical Physics
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• AMMAC — Mexican Metrology Association

• PNP — Positive-Negative-Positive
• CIPM — International Committee of Weights and Measures, France
• JPSJ — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
• ENDL — Evaluated Nuclear Data Library
• 3DSSPP — Three-Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program
• 3DWBA — Three-Body Distorted-Wave Born Approximation
• CLC — Capillary Liquid Chromatography
• SBR — Spectral Band Replication
• SEM — Scanning Electron Microscopes
• VA — Volt Ampere
• OPTLE — Optics and Lasers in Engineering
• TC — Technical Committee (HL7)
• MSLD — Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector
• DSFD — Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
• DWP — Dispensing Well Plate
• RECAN — Regional European and Central Asian ALARA Network
• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• BHLH — Basic Helix-Loop-Helix
• JVST — Journal of Vacuum Science Technology
• SG — Specific Gravity
• EPAD — Environmental Physics and Design
• ES — Elementary Stream
• SOC — Second-Order Cone
• NEANDC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Data Committee
• VCM — Voice-Coil Motor
• CBA — Center for Backyard Astrophysics
• GDOG — Generalized Double Optical Gating
• PSL — Polystyrene-latex
• CTPHY — Classical Theoretical Physics
• JLWT — Journal of Lightwave Technology
• CPCAR — Chemistry and Physics of Carbon
• NVH — Noise Vibration Harshness
• PCPP — Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
• DMF — Decayed, Missing, Filled
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• FDFD — Finite Difference Frequency Domain
• LOQ — Limit of Quantitation
• ACRU — Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit
• PHL — Physics Letters
• FD — Finite Difference
• FWHM — Full Width at Half Maximum
• BJAP — British Journal of Applied Physics
• APT — Analytic Perturbation Theory
• ADMPS — Advances in Mechanics and Physics of Surfaces
• RDP — Rubidium Di-Hydrogen Phosphate
• 2B1Q — Two Binary One Quaternary
• FDR — Failure Divergence Refinement
• PTF — Physics of Thin Films
• ARDS — Analysis of Rotor Dynamic Systems
• TCPH — Topics in Current Physics

• PPHTS — Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors
• WKB — Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (phase-shift Formula For Potential Scattering)
• HID — high intensity discharge (electricity)
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• CEJPH — Central European Journal of Physics
• HDOP — Horizontal Dilution Of Position
• WIMP — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
• GCK — Geiger Counter Kit
• AFVH — Anti- Ferromagnetic van Hove scenario
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• AWA — The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator
• DLP — Digital Light Processing
• OGB — Original Grain Boundary
• TRM — Time-Reversal Mirror
• POF — Plane of Focus
• FTICR — Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• TCB — Temporal Coherence Boundary
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• PHCHE — Physics and Chemistry of Earth
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• LWR — Light Water Reactor
• GMC — Global Motion Compensation
• HTPPL — High Temperature Plasma Physics Lab
• QGT — Quantum Graph Theory
• NIR — Near Infrared
• LOMO — Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital
• 2PPE — Two-Photon Photoemission
• HRTF — Head-Related Transfer Function
• QWIP — Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector
• CSI — Compton Scatter Imaging
• PHEMT — Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• TRFM — Time Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
• AL — argon laser
• NPA — Nuclear Physics Apparatus
• RVMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• RDCMP — Recent Development in Condensed Matter Physics
• VOX — Voice Operated EXchange
• FOC — Forward of Center
• LCAP — Laser Cooling and Atomic Physics
• UMRK — Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
• MUNU — An experiment at the Bugey reactor in France studying electron - electron neutrino scattering.
• AEJ — Aeronautical Journal
• FTL — Faster Than Light
• MOTRIMS — Magneto-Optical Trap Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• FRET — fluorescence resonant energy transfer
• JGP — Journal of Geometry and Physics
• LTA — Low temperature (oxygen plasma) ashing
• K2K — KEK to Kamioka
• TJ — TeraJoule

• ICP-AES — Inductively Coupled Plasma-atomic Emission Spectrometry
• ANIPS — Annals of the Israel Physical Society
• MCU — Microcontroller Unit
• FFR — Fractional Flow Reserve
• PFG — Pulsed Field Gradient
• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• PPM — Peak Program Meter
• RTD — Resistance Temperature Detector
• PAES — Positron-Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• DCMP — Directions in Condensed Matter Physics
• MBS — Minimum Breaking Strength
• FZK — Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
• LRR — Living Reviews in Relativity
• CLSM — Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
• AMB — As Measured By
• RPN — Remote Plasma Nitridation
• DCT — Discrete Cosine Transformer
• RSM — Response Surface Method
• WL — Weak Localization
• IVBT — Intravascular brachytherapy
• MDR — Mass Distribution Ratio
• PAPGE — Pure and Applied Geophysics
• LAL — The Laboratoire de L'Accelerateur Lineaire at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France
• LENR — Low Energy Nuclear Reactions
• SI — International System of Units (Système international d'unités)
• JGGS — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity Supplement
• PET — positron emission tomography
• SWG — Standard Wire Gauge
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• ATU — Accumulated Thermal Unit
• SAJPH — South African Journal of Physics
• JAE — Journal of Acoustic Emission
• ZPF — Zero Point Field
• COMMP — Comments in Modern Physics
• AET — Active Edge Table
• CLA — Condition Lever Angle
• LPB — Laser and Particle Beams
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• CER — Controlled Energy Release
• QFT — Quantitative Fluorescence Technique
• GLCP — Global Linear Collider Project
• HYAAS — Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotom etry.
• FBM — Fractional Brownian Motion
• EPIC — Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
• KELVIN — Scientific temperature scale
• LIM — Limit
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• ITAS — IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
• WTMM — Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima

• HFB — Hartree Fock Bogoliubov
• GPIB — General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus
• EPS — European Physical Society
• EGAS — European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy
• VLT — Visible Light Transmission
• PEP — Positron Electron Project
• CTMP — Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulp
• EMW — Electromagnetic Wave
• NELAC — National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference
• CEL — Correlated Emission Laser
• QMF — quadrature mirror filter banks
• OSU — Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio, United States
• CRYRING — Electron Accelerator and Storage Ring Facility (Stockholm, Sweden)
• SPE — solid phase extraction method
• AMJPH — American Journal of Physics
• BEFE — Bio-Electric Field Enhancement
• ADV — Automatic Drain Valve
• JLUM — Journal of Luminescence
• RIBD — Reactive Ion Beam Deposition
• CPLIP — Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
• BIB — Blocked Impurity Band
• PASTI — Public Address Speech Transmission Index
• ESU — Energy Storage Unit
• CPS — Cycles Per Second (now Hertz)
• NEANSC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Science Committee
• BEB — Binary-Encounter-Bethe
• MGG — Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics
• JMAPH — Journal of Mathematics and Physics
• BSDF — Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function
• PHRVL — Physical Review Letters
• PZT — Piezoelectric Translator
• EGO — Eccentric Geophysical Observation
• JPCRD — Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
• DOT — Delivery Optimized Thermodynamics
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• HVT — High Velocity Thermocouple
• DOP — Degree of Polarization
• VAT — Vibro-Acoustic Test
• ABHP — American Board of Health Physics
• EEEL — Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
• RVMAP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• NPGEO — Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
• GB — Grain Boundary
• ADGR — Advances in Geophysical Research
• NPIC — Nuclear Power Institute of China
• EBIT — Electron Beam Ion Trap
• HFA — Hot Flow Anomaly
• CERN — Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
• ADS — Automated Dynamic Shear
• BET — Brunauer - Emmett - Teller

• ILSS — Interlaminar Shear Strength
• VIS — Visible
• VHT — Very High Temperature
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• CTRZ — Central Torodial Recirculation Zone
• BFRL — Building and Fire Research Laboratory
• HHF — High Heat Flow
• PFC — Parallel Flange Channel
• PRVP — Proceedings of Vibration Problems
• TPF — Two Photon Fluorescence
• ECSED — Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data
• NMS — Natural Matrix Standard
• CPR — Chemical Physics Reports
• PHYNY — Physics New York
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• WDXS — Wavelength Dispersive Xray Spectroscopy
• JESRP — Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
• PID — Photoionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
• VRV — Variable Radial Velocity
• CPSSH — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces and Heterogeneous Catalysis
• RVMPS — Reviews of Modern Physics Supplement
• CDM — Ceramic Discharge Metalhalide
• PEPSI — Proton Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging
• ADEXG — Advances in Exploration Geophysics
• DPPC — Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
• ASSP — Advanced Solid-State Photonics
• LDA — Local Density Approximation
• CES — Constant Elasticity of Substitution
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• CAT — Computed Axial Tomography
• EPJAP — European Physical Journal, Applied Physics
• DALR — Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
• JMPS — Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• ITPS — IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
• CEBAF — Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
• CNIF — Californium Neutron Irradiation Facility
• JJAPS — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Supplement
• BAPS — Bulletin of the American Physical Society
• HPGE — High Purity Germanium
• CICP — Communications in Computational Physics
• IC — indirect calorimetry
• CFCD — Computational Fuel Cell Dynamics
• JCA — Journal of Computational Acoustics
• ENSDF — Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File
• PEPI — Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
• CPSS — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces
• TL — Time Line
• CAJPH — Canadian Journal of Physics
• IOP — Institute Of Physics
• EOPAP — Earth and Ocean Physics Application Program

• PVT — Position Velocity Time
• MC — magnetic coil
• EZW — Embedded Zero-tree Wavelet
• JVE — Journal of Vibration Engineering
• HPM — High Power Microwave
• ASAJ — Acoustical Society of America Journal
• WGCV — Working Group on Calibration and Validation
• ER — Elastic Recoil
• WAXS — Wide Angle X-ray Scattering
• RRDP — Recent Research Development in Physics
• FCPM — Fundamental Constants and Precision Measurements
• 2DHG — Two-Dimensional Hole Gas
• EMILY — Extreme Monkey Indigestion Laryngitis Youngen
• CLM — Compound Light Microscope
• FT — Fourier transformation
• AAPP — Association of Applied Physicists Pakistan
• CSIC — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Spanish
• MRSE — Manifest Refractive Spherical Equivalent
• ECRIS — Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source
• ILC — International Linear Collider
• FUV — Far Ultraviolet
• DLV — Direct Linear Valve
• VP — Vapor Pressure
• INDC — International Nuclear Data Committee
• LSC — Liquid Scintillation Counting
• FRIB — Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
• ACE — Acoustic Compliance Enhancement
• SCAMPY — Scanning Micro Pyrometer
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• PLPHR — Plasma Physics Reports
• JRLR — Journal of Russian Laser Research
• ETDS — Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
• SFC — Sideway Force Coefficient
• SCOT — Support Coated Open Tubular
• MPLA — Modern Physics Letters A
• AF — Acceleration Factor
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• ETRAN — Monte Carlo computer code for Electrons and Photons through Extended Media
• HCCD — Mono-deuterated Acetylene
• EBSD — Electron Back Scatter Diffraction
• JSUP — Journal of Superconductivity
• ACOUL — Acoustics Letters
• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• FIR — Far Infrared
• RSE — Relative Standard Error
• AGW — Acoustic Gravity Wave
• TZFC — Triple Zeta Frozen Core
• REI — Rad Elec Inc.
• NAPM — National Association of Photographic Manufacturers
• AFA — Average Fock Approximation

• RSP — Rapid Solidification Process
• RXS — Resonant X-Ray Scattering
• APL — Advanced Physics Laboratory
• CPB — Center Point of Balance
• DCOF — Dynamic Coefficient of Friction
• JAG — Journal of Applied Geophysics
• TWT — Transonic Wind Tunnel
• CMCV — Charge Motion Control Valve
• HTOL — High Temperature Operating Lifetest
• MS — MilliSeconds
• APD — VERP)/action potential duration
• HPLA — High Power Large Aperture
• PZM — Pressure Zone Microphone
• MOKE — Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
• GAPP — Global Analysis of Particle Properties
• MEMS — Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
• EDX — Energy-Dispersive X-ray Analysis
• ACFA — Asian Committee for Future Accelerators.
• SCF — Spectral Comparator Facility
• CGS — Centimeter, Gram, Second
• QNH — Quasi Non-Hydrostatic
• EGR — Entropy Gradient Reversal
• 3DFFM — Three-Dimensional Fourier Filtering Method
• RUPHJ — Russian Physics Journal
• ENO — Essentially Non-Oscillatory
• WLLN — Weak Law of Large Numbers
• FR — Filtered Radiometer
• QZE — Quantum Zeno Effect
• IBFM — Interacting Boson-Fermion Model
• CTP — Course of Theoretical Physics
• BEC — Bose-Einstein Condensation
• APAS — Astrophysical Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences
• BIA — Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
• ISAC — Isotope Separator and Accelerator Facility
• PMMC — Permanent Magnet Moving Coil
• GRNS — Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer
• SEY — Secondary Electron Yield
• ACDM — Automated Contour Detection Method
• JNMP — Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
• SCMP — Studies in Condensed Matter Physics
• QCD — Quantum Chromodynamics
• NQA — Nuclear Quality Assurance
• JCOPH — Journal of Computational Physics
• LISA — Laser Inferometer Space Antenna
• JSP — Journal of Statistical Physics
• MMCP — Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
• OAM — Orbital Angular Momentum
• OBQ — Optimize Beam Quality
• TWA — time-weighted averaged
• ICP — Injector Control Pressure

• DIW — De-Ionzied Water
• AOI — Angle Of Incidence
• GR&R — Gauge Reproducibility And Repeatability
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• ADTM — Alternate Density Transmission Medium
• SLM(S) — spatial light modulator(s)
• GEC — Gaseous Electronics Conference
• DMC — Diffusion Monte Carlo
• PREP — Professional Research Experience Program
• NACT — Nonlinear Asymptotic Coupling Theory
• CFT — Central Fiber Tracker
• RO — Read Only
• LCTE — Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• PSST — Plasma Sources Science Technology
• JSGEO — Journal of Series Geophysics
• EXMPS — Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences
• GHRS — Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
• KP — Knowles and Physics
• GXR — Grazing X-ray Reflectometry
• AEC — Active Energy Control
• FIOP — Field Induced Ordered Phase
• CPS — Constant Pressure System (toys)
• PHB — Physics Bulletin
• PPCF — Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
• ASD — Active Surface Definition
• CCPP — Combined Cycle Power Plant
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• BSS.2 — Beta-Particle Secondary Standards System
• QP — quasiparticle
• GFAAS — graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry
• AXAF — Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• FTG — Full Tensor Gradient
• NIM — National Instrumentation Methods
• STM — Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• MO — Magneto-optic
• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• AFCP — Atomic Flux Coating Process
• MMF — Magneto Motive Force
• ETI — Environmental Technology Initiative
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
• ATI — Above-Threshold Ionization
• GCA — Gradual Channel Approximation
• IGRF — International Geomagnetic Reference Field
• CONPH — Contemporary Physics
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• CSEWG — Cross Section Evaluation Working Group
• DDFT — Dynamic Density Functional Theory
• RCU — Rapid Cooling Unit
• UCLA — Harbor-University of California Los Angeles
• IACS — Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences

• MMC — Moving Micro Cross
• NSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• ALCPG — American Linear Collider Physics Group
• TTSP — Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• TIMED — Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
• JSCI — Journal of Scientific Instruments
• PRPH — Progress of Physics
• BEAM — Bosiger Energy Alignment Method
• CCFL — Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
• MAP — Maximum A Posteriori estimate
• KIAA — Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• EOP — Earth and Ocean Physics
• DUS — Duplex Ultrasound
• TAGU — Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
• COPP — Contributions to Plasma Physics
• ACRR — Annular Core Research Reactor
• CCPR — Consultative Committee on Photometry and Radiometry
• SHWAV — Shock Waves
• ESRF — The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.
• ADTPH — Advanced Texts in Physics
• PISCO — Parallel Imager for Southern Cosmological Observations
• DONUT — Direct Observation of the Nu Tau
• EDF — Enhanced Depth of Field
• VLHC — Very Large Hadron Collider
• NZJGG — New Zealand Journal Geology and Geophysics
• CHJPH — Chinese Journal of Physics
• SIM — Selected ion monitoring
• EUROMET — A European collaboration in measurement standards
• MEVVA — Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc
• DOT — Degeneration Over Time
• CCSM — Cross Correlogram Spectral Matching
• VRM — Vector Ruggedness Measure
• VEEL — Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels
• SPP — Storage Photostimulable Phosphor
• FCDC — Fundamental Constants Data Center
• LEFM — Linear Elasticity Fracture Mechanics
• DSA — digital subtraction angiography
• BEPC — Beijing Electron Positron Colider
• SSTEC — Solid State Technology
• ENZ — Epsilon-Near-Zero
• FORATOM — FORum ATOMique Européen
• DEPA — Dynamic Elastic Properties Analyzer
• WD — Weak Dipole
• VWC — Vector Wavelet Coding
• APEX — AntiProton Experiment
• AVCOR — algorithm vibration correlation
• RTPC — Radial Time Projection Chamber
• TASSII — Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Investigation

• ALG — Advanced Lithography Group
• MSA — Meridian Stress Assessment
• ENDF — Evaluated Nuclear Data File
• GSI — Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
• HFIR — High Flux Isotope Reactor
• ARO — United States Army Research Office
• AGS — Alternating-gradient Synchrotron
• MOI — moments of inertia
• LVDT — Linear Variable Differential Transformer
• LET — Linear Energy Transfer (in Spacecraft Power Systems)
• YAG — Holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet
• GTRD — Generalized Transverse Resonance-Diffraction
• MQT — Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
• ADPLP — Advances in Plasma Physics
• DQS — Discrete Quantum State
• YPP — Young Particle Physicists
• PCED — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Delta
• VLA — Very Large Array
• WDFF — Weak Dipole Form Factor
• DMF — Dual Mass Flywheel
• GEOS — Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• PMTS — Predetermined Motion Time System
• SCV — Squared Coefficient of Variation
• P6 — physics
• ICAMDATA — International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications
• HVL — Half Value Layer
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• ELECM — Electromagnetics
• PHYES — Physics Essays
• MIS — Magnetic Isolation System
• IC — Initial Condition
• MAPLE — Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment
• BZ — Band Zero
• JGRS — Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement
• BABAR — B-Bbar (anti-B) detector at SLAC'sB Factory
• SI — Système International d'unités (International System of Units)
• DHV — Demonstrate Higher Value
• HRE — Heterogeneity Recency Exit
• STSSP — Selected Topics in Solid State Physics
• VRS — Vortex Ring State
• GGA — Generalized Gradient Approximation
• RESL — Radiological and Environmental Science Laboratory
• ECRIS — Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Ion Source
• MOBY — Marine Optical Buoy
• HADES — High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer
• AESR — Array-Enhanced Stochastic Resonance
• SFCP — Special Foreign Currency Program
• PGP — Physics of Geological Processes

• BTE — Brake Thermal Efficiency
• XRF — X-Ray Fluorescence
• BB — Blackbody
• HIPD — High-Intensity Powder Diffractometer
• PSD — Physical Sciences Data
• CLIC — Compact Linear Collider
• AVN — Accuracy Vanishing Now
• TLP — Thread-Level Parallelism
• ARPES — Angle Resolved Photo Electron Spectroscopy
• PSJ — Pivoted Shoe Journal
• CHPHL — Chinese Physics Letter
• IMGC — Istituto di Metrologia "G. Colonnetti" (Italy)
• WWVB — Call letters for NIST lf radio station in Colorado
• CIRRPC — Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination
• HACR — High Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometer
• LWIR — Long-Wave Infrared
• RRDSP — Recent Research Development in Statistical Physics
• 2PH TDF — Two-Particle-Hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation
• APM — Absolute Proper Motion
• CCTF — Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency
• BIM — Body In Motion
• DIA — Dynamic Input Area
• HB — Hydrogen Bond
• AUJPH — Australian Journal of Physics
• TPR — Tangential Pond Return
• JEMT — Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique
• BARC — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• STMP — Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
• XLS — Xenon Light Source
• DNP — Division of Nuclear Physics
• DM — Distance Measured
• JDEM — The Joint Dark Energy Mission
• LORAN-C — A Radio Navigation System Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard
• CR — Curvature Radiation
• SQM — Super Quantum Mechanics
• ENAPC — Environmental Analytical and Physical Chemistry Series
• MCU — Mobile Calibration Unit
• ACTS — Automated Computer Time Service
• ITM — IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
• UHT — Ultra High Temperature
• HVL — Half-Value Layer
• CAMOS — Committee on Atomic Molecular and Optical Sciences
• DAMA — Dark Matter
• CRR — Center for Radiological Research
• FACSS — Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
• UDD — Neutron, one up quark (u) and two down quarks (d)
• GWR — Guided Wave Radar
• IBB — Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
• JXST — Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology
• TLD — Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter systems

• PTHPH — Progress of Theoretical Physics
• CTI — Critical Technologies Institute
• PES — Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• CRMMP — Classical Reviews in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• MPAG — Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry
• ITD — Inlet Temperature Difference
• JAES — Journal of Audio Engineering Society
• LTP — Low Temperature Physics
• LI-ION — Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• F&M — Force and moment
• MEA — Membrane Electrode Assembly
• DPM — Disintegrations Per Minute
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• UVB — Ultraviolet B
• LOPI — Loss of Piping Integrity
• FOAM — Foam Optics and Mechanics
• CHJG — Chinese Journal of Geophysics
• DARD — Dynamic Axial Rotational Device
• SDFF — Spectroscopically Determined Force Field
• ISCC — Inter-Society Color Council
• FIM — Field Ion Microscope
• DMIP — Division of Medical Imaging Physics
• ARPA-E — Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
• MW — Microwave
• LAMPF — Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility
• OFR — Optics for Research
• CONCP — Contemporary Concepts in Physics
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• ADVP — Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profiler
• ISS — Input-to-State Stability
• QCL — Quantum Cascade Laser
• CLR — Center of Lateral Resistance
• PSL — Physics of Solids and Liquids
• GMRI — Gated Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• ZI — Zone Industrielle
• REL — Recommended Exposure Limit
• EIEIO — Electron Impact Excitation of Ions from Organics
• JNLM — Journal of Non Linear Mechanics
• XDB — X-Ray Data Booklet
• CTP — Classical Turning Point
• WSTC — Westinghouse Science and Technology Center
• FTMS — Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry
• FMSF — Fissile Material Storage Facility
• FCFC — Full-Coverage Film Cooling
• APS — Advanced Propagation Systems
• EIEO — Energy In, Energy Out
• OPTSP — Optics and Spectroscopy
• RG — renormalization group
• NAA — Neutron Activation Analysis

• QMD — Quantum Molecular Dynamics (for Calcns. On The Dynamics Of A Quantum Particle Coupled To A Classical Many-body System)
• ICPEAC — International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions
• HUT — Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Standards Committee
• PER — Physics Education Research
• COPHC — Computer Physics Communications
• SERS — Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering
• ARAC — Arithmetic Robot Application Control
• TTY — Torque to Yield
• DRI — Differential Refractive Index
• PAW — Plasma Arc Weld
• SSION — Solid State Ionics
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
• ECFA STUDY — Study group Physics and Detectors of a Linear Collider.
• BUIPS — Bulletin of the Israel Physical Society
• CIRMS — Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards
• OHEP — Office of High Energy Physics
• LFCC — Linear Frequency Cepstral Coefficient
• CPHY — Communications on Physics
• BTFM — Basic Two Fluid Model
• JAERI — Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
• JGG — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
• HRC — Rockwell Hardness C
• SEMPA — Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis
• LCLS — Linac Coherent Light Source
• ANSOM — Apertureless Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• HEPAP — High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
• CFM — Creates Forward Motion
• IPTS — International Practical Temperature Scale
• QMC — Quantum Monte Carlo
• ALEPH — Apparatus for LEP PHysics, at CERN
• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• X — Horizontal axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• FF — Forward Facing
• BF-TEM — Bright-field transmission electron microscopy
• XRL — X-Ray Lithography
• PV — plasma volume
• HEPIC — High Energy Physics Information Center
• NLCTA — Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator
• HWP — Half-Wave Plate
• PFD — Photon Flux Density
• SPDF — Space Physics Data Facility
• MU2E — A Fermilab experiment that will search for the conversion of a muon into an electron
• MOPITT — Measurement of Pollution In The Troposphere
• OPERA — Oscillation Project with EmulsiontRacking Apparatus
• ESSPH — Essays in Physics
• CSTN — Color Super Twist Nematic
• MNX — Magnetic Nozzle Experiment
• NEAR-INFRARED — NIR
• GRT — Germanium Resistance Thermometer

• INSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
• ODC — Orthogonal Defect Classification
• GWCE — Generalized Wave Continuity Equation
• FFAI — Field-Free Associative Ionization
• ECP — Effective Core Potential Approxn.(in Electronic-structure Calcn.)
• GRASP — Graphical Representation and Analysis of Surface Properties
• PHSS — Physics of the Solid State
• EQE — External Quantum Efficiency
• ULV — Ultra Low Volume
• QCI — Quadratic Configuration Interaction
• ARPES — Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• PBE — Pool Boiling Experiment
• RMP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• DOELAP — Department Of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program
• MP — magnetic particle
• MACH — Modelo Acoplado de Coordinacion Hidrotermica
• AUM — Arbitrary Unit of Mass
• CHJS — Chinese Journal of Semiconductors
• LLG — Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation
• ZPD — Zeta Potential Distribution
• JPHCS — Journal of Physics - Conference Series
• TIRF — Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence
• LCT — Lattice Compatibility Theory
• CASS — Calibration Accuracy Support System
• SDIF — Sony Digital Interface Format
• QTG — Quantum Theory of Gravity
• PACS — Physics and Astronomy Classification Schemex
• RTP — Research Trends in Physics
• PHFL — Physics of Fluids
• ATCS — Active Thermal Convective System
• AM1 — First Launch in the morning series of EOS platforms
• ISSI — International Space Science Institute (Bern, Switzerland)
• BAS — Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• FCI — Fast Causal Inference
• NBSR — National Bureau of Standards Reactor
• QDT — Quantum-Defect Theory
• QGM — Quantitative Gas Measurement
• SINH — hyperbolic sine function
• FC — Footcandle
• PPSL — Proceedings of the Physical Society of London
• FMI — The Fermilab Main Injector
• ITER — International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
• MIMIC — Microscopy and Microanalysis
• CHORUS — CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research Apparatus
• VLG — Varying Localized Geminal
• ODE — Ordinary Differential Equation
• QED — Quantum Electrodynamics
• EDN — Event Detection and Notification
• MBIR — Medium Background Infrared Facility
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)

• JGR — Journal of Geophysical Research
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instituteumental Coefficient Package
• PTHPS — Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
• LDMS — Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry
• FPS — foot-pound-second [cf. cgs and mks]
• CCM — Computational Continuum Mechanics
• RSM — Regional Spectral Model
• PCSE — Physical Chemistry: Science and Engineering
• IPHO — International Physics Olympiad
• 4THD — Fourth Dimension
• WHC — Washington Hospital Center
• EAF — Electric Arc Furnace
• TL — Total Length
• CMMPH — Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• XRR — X-ray Reflectivity
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council Science, Engineering and Technology
• SQW — Single Quantum Well
• WICM — Waves in Complex Media
• CTS — Convert Texture Sequence
• RRDAP — Recent Research Development in Applied Physics
• ZPV — Zero Pressure Volume
• TRU — Transuranic
• BR — Branching Ratio
• AGS — The Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven
• HOQS — Highest Occupied Quantum State
• PWS — Primary Working Standard
• MDR — Maximum Detectable Rigidity
• BIT — Bulk Ion Temperature
• OASIS — Optically Adaptive System for Imaging Spectroscopy
• HSST — Heavy-Section Steel Technology
• P-P — Peak-to-Peak (Value)
• JIMW — Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
• ZGS — Zero Gradient Synchrotron
• SGR — Soft Gamma Repeater
• NSOM — Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• EOS TPC — Equation of State Time Projection Chamber experiment
• ASME — American Society for Mechanical Engineers
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
• FUSE — Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Explorer
• LIGO — Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
• ZFF — Zero Forcing Function
• IMECE — International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
• CSD — Computational Structural Dynamics
• HPL — High Pressure Lanes
• DBC — Delicate Balance Collective
• ITASS — IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing
• LLD — Lamp Lumen Depreciation
• CQM — constituent-quark model
• CQW — Coupled Quantum Wells
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Project Agency

• DESY — Deutches Elektronen SYnchrotron laboratory in Hamburg, Germany
• HW — Hard Wall
• AGP — Annals of Geophysics
• BAW — Bulk Acoustic Wave
• UXT — Uniaxial Strain Test
• BBR — Back Bouncing Rod
• PBG — Photonic Band Gap
• IDC — Insulation Displacement Contact (connector)
• FCF — Fusion Component Failure
• CCFP — Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
• EGR — Energy Generation Region
• NAS — Net Analyte Signal
• CHPH — Chemical Physics
• FFP — Field-Free Point
• H — Hotline
• CR — CRystalline solid
• SPECT — single-photon emission computed tomography
• CONFP — Contemporary Fundamental Physics
• PLDS — Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures
• EMMA — Euclidean Model MAtching
• PLA — Physics Letters A
• BCS — Bragg Crystal Spectrometer
• AFPL — Air Force Phillips Laboratory
• QFEP — Quantum Free Energy Perturbation (calcn. Method)
• SCLIR — Secondary Calibration Laboratories for Ionizing Radiation
• HPLC — High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic
• GLC — Global Linear Collider
• APPHL — Applied Physics Letters
• LHEP — Left Hand Elliptical Polarization
• RRV — Record Relocation Vector
• MAFF — Munich Accelerator for Fission Fragments
• CDW — Continuum Distorted Wave
• EDR — Equivalant Direct Radiation
• TW — Top of Wall
• SPIRES — Stanford Public Information Retrieval System
• RBF — radial basis function network
• WAFAC — Wide-Angle Free-Air Chamber
• PV — Pressure Vessel
• PEP-II — The official name for the SLAC B Factory
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• SSCOM — Solid State Communications
• JSLR — Journal of Soviet Laser Research
• PO2 — Partial pressure of oxygen
• WIPM — Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
• RMU — Ring Main Unit
• SSPP — Static Strength Prediction Program
• BEAR — Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation
• RSPS — Rochester Symposium for Physics Students
• MSDB — Magnetically Stabilized Fluidized Bed
• OSPL — Output Sound Pressure Level

• DEG — Dimensional Electron Gas
• DARE — Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• AGUSM — American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting
• BSS — Beta Secondary System
• TUT — Time Under Tension
• PEMF — Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field
• SANS — Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
• QTI — Quantum Theory of Immortality
• TDIF — Teac Digital Interface Format
• BB — Broad-bandwidth
• ISI — In-Situ Interferometer
• ADPPR — Advances in Plasma Physics Research
• IOPD — Integrated Optical Path Difference
• ESB — Electrical Substitution Bolometer
• BETA NMR — Beta-radiation Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• FIRI — Fourth International Radiocarbon Intercomparison
• TOP — Time Optimized Process
• BQP — Bounded-error Quantum Polynomial time
• LOCA — Loss of Coolant Accident
• ASL — Ambient Stress Level
• WERB — Washington Editorial Review Board
• OIML — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• SGL — Sander Geophysics Ltd
• SAXES — Super Advanced Xray Emission Spectrometer
• PFID — Perturbed Free Induction Decay
• AED — g.l.c.-atomic emission detection
• DWNT(S) — double-wall nanotube(s)
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• CCMP — Computational Condensed Matter Physics
• FTAM — Flow Through Alpha Monitor
• NIMP — National Institute of Materials Physics
• PCN — Physics and Contemporary Needs
• LVE — Light Vibrational Energy
• CDMS — Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
• VSV — Vacuum Switching Valve
• EPB — Extracted Proton Beam
• MARGR — Marine Geophysical Researches
• ART — Adaptive Resonance Theory
• EURATOM — European Nuclear Energy Organization
• TPM — Transport in Porous Media
• TDCR — Triple-to-Double Coincidence Ratio
• SSDL — Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories
• PAMA — Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance
• HTRA — High Time Resolution Astrophysics
• EP — Electrostatic Potential
• FRSE — Freundeskreis Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn
• MAG — Modern Approaches in Geophysics
• PET — photosynthetic electron transport
• FMUP — Flawed Modern Ultramodern Physics
• WWV — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Colorado

• ADBMP — Advances in Biological and Medical Physics
• DOIM — Dense Optical Interface Module
• BPC — Boost Pressure Control
• SFA — Sachs Freeman and Associates
• IPC — Integrated Proton Current
• MPD — Multiphoton Detector
• CEV — Constant Elasticity of Variance
• RRDPC — Recent Research Development in Physical Chemistry
• ASTP — Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics
• CIPT — CNS Institute for Physics Teachers
• NS — Navier-Stokes
• BP — Before Polarization
• SOUDAN II — Soudan II underground detector
• JPTEO — Journal of Physics - Teacher Education Online
• ASET — Association of Super-advanced Electronics Technologies
• SI — selectivity index
• FBS — Few-Body Systems
• HWP — Half Wavelength Plate
• CCFR — Chicago Columbia Fermilab Rochester
• MDRF — Materials Dosimetry Reference Facility
• ADI — Advanced Distance Integration
• BSM — Bell State Measurement
• ACFM — Advanced Coal Flow Measurement
• PO2 — Pressure of Oxygen
• FIR — far-infrared radiation
• MBH — Thousand BTU per Hour
• CEM — Cascade Exciton Model
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy
• ANTARES — Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research
• IWEPNM — International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials
• HPL — Hot-electron Photo-Luminescence
• PSTM — Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope
• LMRI — Laboratoire de Mesure des Rayonnements Ionisants (France)
• EHT — Extra High Tension
• CF — Cross Flow
• FBAP — Function Block Application Process
• HAARP — Hf Active Auroral Research Program (Hf being "high frequency")
• RRP — Research Reports in Physics
• AIGER — American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium
• HSI — Hot Surface Igniter
• PEAQ — Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality
• APPMT — Advanced Photon Processing and Measurement Technology
• PDS — power density spectra
• DGT — Discrete Group Transform
• H — Hotness
• ISPP — Illinois State Physics Project
• OPTLT — Optics Laser Technology
• NPGS — Nanometer Pattern Generation System
• AIM — Accurate, Intentional, Measurable
• DEA — Downstream Endcap Array

• MOS — Marine Optical System
• CCDM — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Meter
• MCC — Mesoscale Compressible Community
• AOM(S) — acousto-optic modulator(s)
• TNA — Thermal Neutron Analysis
• SUBI — Southern Urals Biophysics Institute
• COBR — Continuous Oscillatory Baffle Reactor
• BSM — Beam Simulation Method
• VUV — Vacuum Ultraviolet
• MONO — MONOphonic
• JGEO — Journal of Geodynamics
• TIB — Tracker Inner Barrel
• RHIC — Brookhaven'sRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider began operation in 2000
• HF — High Flange
• SQM — Square Meter
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• TERS — Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• PMBC — Process-Model Based Control
• ERCOFTAC — European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion
• PHPL — Physics of Plasmas
• XUV — Extreme Ultraviolet
• APT — Annular Proton Telescope
• BINP — Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia.
• QEG — Quantum Einstein Gravity
• ADSMP — Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics
• HF — Hartree-Fock Method
• NIST-F1 — Current NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• FCG — Fatigue Crack Growth
• TTZ — Teisseyre Tornquist Zone
• LCRD — Linear Collider Research and Development
• EFW — Evanescent Floquet Wave
• BLP — boron-loaded plastic (scintillator)
• ICBM — Iogen Configuration Building Module
• SPARS — Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
• EBM — Energy by Motion
• QCC — Quadrupole Coupling Constant
• CMPC — Constrained Multivariable Predictive Control
• FLIR — Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
• CMT — Chaos Magic Theory
• TPHY — Techniques of Physics
• AOI — Areas of Interaction
• PPPL — Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• SMZ — Strong Measure Zero
• BCR — Boron Control Rod
• CHAOS — Canadian High Acceptance Orbit Spectrometer
• FRAM — Functional Resonance Accident Model
• AGUFM — American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
• CFR — Continuous Flow Recycling
• HIRDLS — High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder
• SVPAC — Soviet Physics Acoustics

• REIXS — Resonant Elastic and Inelastic Xray Scattering
• HI RES FLY'SEYE — High-energy cosmic ray experiment in Dugway, Utah
• TT — Torsion Twist
• WIAS — Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics
• ECFA — European Committee for Future Accelerators
• MBB — Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
• SND — Spherical Neutral Detector
• SBLOCA — Small-Break Loss-Of-Coolant Accident
• POF — Physics of Fluids
• RB — Rigid Body
• FFAG — Fixed-Field Alternating Gradient
• NAAL — North American Aerodynamic Laboratory (Wind Tunnel)
• ZDR — Zeroth-order Design Report
• STMAP — Studies in Mathematical Physics
• SF — Static force
• CRESST — Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers
• PHT — Pseudo Hadamard Transformation
• FIM — Functional Imaging Methods
• MPDS — Mechanics and Physics of Discrete Systems
• RPV — Reactor Pressure Vessel
• CCG — Calibration Coordination Group
• SVGL — Silicon Valley Group Lithography
• RHR — Right Hand Rule
• QFT — Quantum Field Theory
• GSP — Generalized Sequential Pattern
• WMAP — Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
• FANS — Filter Analyzer Neutron Spectrometer
• MOP — Minds on Physics
• CCDS — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Second
• CFE — Coplaner Fluid Ejector
• BHS — Bachelet Hamann Schluter pseudopotentials
• ZDC — Zero-Degree Calorimeter
• EHB — Electronic Handbook
• FNR — Ford Nuclear Reactor
• CISR — Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation
• EPV — Exclusion Principle Violating
• IPL — Intense Pulsed Light
• W/F — Wandel/ Fietstochten
• SIFC — Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator
• KSU — King Saud University
• GLM — Generalized Linear Model
• CRCPD — Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
• RPT — Reference Point Tracking
• ATD — Above-Threshold Dissociation
• MQSA — Mammography Quality Standards Act
• JPLPH — Journal of Plasma Physics
• WEDG — Wire Electro-Discharge Grinding
• CAD — Charged Area Development
• FPL — Fluroscent Pulse Light
• SZB — Single Zone Boundary

• FTG — Field Testing Group
• CET — Constant Elasticity of Transformation
• CPEP — Contemporary Physics Education Project
• IAG — International Association of Gravity
• PPCPP — Progress in Photochemistry and Photophysics
• FC — Flow Controller
• VQN — Vibrational Quantum Number
• ITAMP — International Meeting of Theory of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• BLJPH — Bulgarian Journal of Physics
• BAVL — Barium Vapor Laser
• LBRS — Low Background Reference System
• ROCK — Rigidity Optimized Conformational Kinetics
• BTD — Basic Thermodynamics
• BKT — Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless crossover
• C — Counter
• EBAS — Electron Bombardment Anneal System
• ZETA — Zero Energy Thermonuclear Apparatus
• FHM — Fast Harmonic Method
• BEC — Bose Einstein Condensate
• NJCH — New Journal of Chemistry
• MICE — Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
• QNP — Quattro Nuclear Probe
• FZ — Far Zone
• GCFC — Generalized Complementary Flux Condition
• DFL — Distributed Feedback Laser
• BBN — Brains And Backbone Network
• OMNIS — Observatory For Multiflavor Neutrinos From Supernovae
• FOE — Force of Energy
• RBNP — Reverse Brazil Nut Problem
• PCM — Phase Change Materials
• ELNES — Energy-loss near-edge structure
• REB — Relativistic Electron Beam
• NR — Nuclear Reactor
• FRAC — Fracture Research and Application Consortium
• KCDB — Key Comparison and Calibration Database
• SPEAR — The Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring
• EJPH — European Journal of Physics
• NEWRAD — New Radiometry
• LHC — The Large Hadron Collider
• HERA-B — Fixed-target experiment at DESY, to investigate CP violation in the B meson
• MIP — Minimum Ionizing Particle
• BCMPA — Billion Cubic Meters per Annum
• RPPH — Reports of Progress in Physics
• ICBP — International Conference on Biological Physics
• HPP — Hydropower Plant P
• NPHS — Nature Physical Science
• HVLA — High-Velocity Low Amplitude
• PAW — Physics Analysis Workstation
• AF — Alternating Field
• RSS — Regression Sum of Squares

• FIMS — Fissionable Isotope Mass Standards
• CAO — Carlsbad Area Office
• PE — Plasma Effects
• VET — Vibration Energy Transfer
• CAP — Current Applied Physics
• DSEG — Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics
• TESLA — TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator
• GMTI — Global Magnetization Transfer Imaging
• DAFNE — Double Annular Factory for Nice Experiments
• QCT — Quasi-Classical Trajectory
• FED — Field-Emitter Display
• PL — Physics Laboratory
• RRDCP — Recent Research Development in Chemical Physics
• RTTR — Real Time Thermal Rating
• DOE — Dynamic Operating Environment
• GRS — Gamma Ray Spectrometer
• E — Electric
• PDML — Photovoltaic Device Measurement Laboratory
• TAM — Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• IRIS — Integrated Radiation Information System
• FFAH — Filament-Filled Annular Helical
• EFS — Enhanced Fujita [EF] scale (weather)
• CPI — Computational Physics Inc
• MDS — Measurement Data Set
• CTD — Central Tracking Detector
• SM — Standard Model
• REM — Roentgen Equivalent Man (Unit of Dose Equivalent)
• ICE — Internal combustion engine (transportation)
• JLVEN — Journal of Light & Visual Environment
• BD — Below Detection
• NG6M — Neutron Guide No. 6
• FT-IRAS — Fourier Transform-Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• APPHY — Applied Physics
• ICFA — International Committee for Future Accelerators
• IMRT — intensity-modulated radiation therapy
• MEST — Matter Energy Space Time
• BSSI — British Superultramodern Scientific Institution
• MCQDT — Multi Channel Quantum Defect Theory
• AI — Associative Ionization
• AID — Also Includes Drugs
• PDI — percent depth ionization
• PAIS — Photo Acoustic Infrared Spectroscopy
• WONP — Workshop on Nuclear Physics
• FIMS — Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer
• EIPP — Eastern Interconnect Phasor Project
• KN — Kilo Newton
• FDM — fused deposition modeling
• ULTIM — Ultrasonic Imaging
• WI — Wavelet Image
• QHF — Quantum Heisenberg Ferromagnet

• SDIU — Scanivalve Digital Interface Unit
• HFD — High Frequency Detection
• TMP — Thermo Mechanical Pulping
• MCMS — Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures
• PAR — Parabolic Aluminum Reflector
• WNM — Warm Neutral Medium
• ISBR — Inter-SubBand Radiation
• NCRA — National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
• LPC — LHC Physics Center
• BOMD — Born Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics
• NIPDE — National Initiative for Product Data Exchange
• NAD — Nihilistic Animation Data
• OSL — Optical Stimulated Luminescence
• HPI — Hybrid Polarization Interferometry
• WTCQ — Wavelet Trellis Coded Quantization
• TE — Total energy
• TL — Temporal Logic
• QMF — Quadrature Mirror Filter
• INFN-LNF — The National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Italy
• ATWE — Annual Time Weighted Exposure
• HFM — Highly Friction Modified
• CT — Computed tomographic scan
• BEDO — Beitr. elektronenmikroskop. Direktabb. Oberfl.
• CV — Flow Coefficient
• LGA — lattice gas automaton
• MML — Material Measurement Laboratory
• HEAT — High-Energy Antimatter Telescope
• SSTR — Solid State Track Recorder
• FIOA — Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics
• OPTPN — Optics & Photonics News
• RIMS — Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• IHEP — Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing, China.
• QFED — Quantum Field-Effect Directional coupler
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Spectroscopy
• SSELE — Solid State Electronics
• TGF — Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash
• TOBSY — Total ThroughBond Correlation Spectroscopy
• PV — Product Volume
• MEXP — Methods of Experimental Physics
• NPPSB — Nonequilibrium Problems in the Physical Sciences and Biology
• MET — Medium Energy Telescope
• TSD — Time Speed Distance
• ODEND — Optical Detected Electron Nuclear Double Resonance
• AIF — Assumed Internal Force
• C — Country
• BM — Behavioral Model
• BSDM — Biased Site Disordered Model
• GWC — Generalized Wave Continuity
• ACM — Adiabatic Connection Model
• MES — Minimum Efficient Scale

• GIBI- — 2 ^ 30
• NRLM — National Research Laboratory of Metrology (Japan)
• LLB — Laboratoire Leon Brillouin
• BEV — Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Vienna, Austria
• ALCSG — Asian Linear Collider Steering Committee.
• GINGA — Japanese X-ray Satellite
• PLTP — Progress in Low Temperature Physics
• INS — Ion-Neutralization Spectroscopy
• VATF — Vibration and Acoustic Test Facility
• SIMS — Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
• NGS — National Geological Society
• OSP — Of Open Source Physics
• WBGT — Wet-Bulb Globe Thermometer
• PHP — Physics in Perspective
• BRAN — Boulder Research and Administrative Network
• VFH — Vector Field Histogram
• DM(S) — Digital material(s)
• UVA — University of Virginia
• DC — Double Capture
• LPM — Light-Particle Monitor
• GRAND — gamma ray and neutron detector
• LTEC — Lamp Testing Engineers Conference
• SSUV — Shuttle Solar Ultraviolet
• BE — Bose Einstein
• CBO — Corrected Born-Oppenheimer (in Calcns. For Mol. Complexes)
• BGSM — Bowman Gray School of Medicine
• BNC — Boron Nitride Coating
• QELS — Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
• ALR — Active Lead Ring
• FPC — Fullerene Production Chamber
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatory
• MCHF — Multi-Configuration Hartree-Fock
• PRC — Pressure Regulator Control
• FZS — Far Zone Scattering
• SCOF — Static Coefficient of Friction
• RDQ — Rate Distortion Quantization
• DAFS — Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure
• JAP — Journal of Applied Physics
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Process
• PEMI — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer
• CDC — Controlled Dispersion Characteristic
• TCH — Transmission Converter Hydraulic
• Z — Depth axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• H — Hot
• RHIP — Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
• RKE — Rotational Kinetic Energy
• ADAM — Absolute Disintegration of Available Mass
• MWE — Meters of Water Equivalent
• ICNIRP — International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
• ASCA — Japan-NASA X-ray Satellite

• TTP — Trends in Theoretical Physics
• MOEMS — Micro Optp Electro Mechanical Systems
• EC — electron-capture
• NAS/NRC — National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
• QHB — Quantum Nature of the Hydrogen Bond
• ITRP — International Technology Recommendation Panel
• KTEV — Kaons at the Tevatron
• CFCP — Copecenter For Cosmological Physics
• DR — Direct Reading
• STLR — Safety Thermal Limit Recorder
• MDAP — Momentum Density of Annihilation Pairs
• DRIP — Detector Response Intercomparison Program
• GRASP — General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception
• C&EA — Cause and Effect Analysis
• ASWT — Arbitrary Shape Wavelet Transform
• FF — Fission Fragments
• R — Radiation
• IRDCF — Infrared Detector Calibration Facility
• ECPR — Electrically-Calibrated Pyroelectric Radiometer
• NBS-4 — Older Primary Frequency Standard
• MTF — Modulation transfer function.
• LEED — Low Energy Electron Diffraction
• BW — Bottom of Wall
• PHYED — Physics Education
• HEI — Heat Exchange Institute Inc.
• QHE — Quantum Hall Effect
• SWIP — Society of Women in Physics
• HTS — High Tear Strength
• FSBS — Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• WFTE — Wigner Function Transport Equation
• E — Epsilon
• CNDD — conspecific negative density dependence
• AAA — Advanced Applications of Accelerators
• TKF — Trifari Krussman and Fishel
• HEAD — High Energy Astrophysics Division
• HDMS — Heidelberg Dark Matter Search
• SOT — Space Or Time
• IESNA — Illumination Engineering Society of North America
• DE — Dynamic Effort
• SIG — Signaling Channel
• RT — Ray Tracing
• ICS — Incredible Cross-Section
• BCS — Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory of superconductivity
• ORLAND — Oak Ridge Large Neutrino Detector
• QGD — Quantum-Geometry Dynamics
• SEMATECH — Consortium of 14 U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturers
• NORAMET — A North American regional collaboration in national measurement standards and services
• AERD — Alpha Energy Range Discrimination
• MME — Methanol Maser Emission
• B — Baryon

• ACCI — Atlantic Canada Coral Initiative
• NCOGH — Nuclear Coal Oil Gas Hydroelectric
• MOEMS — Micro-Optical Electro-Mechanical System
• EEP — Einstein Equivalence Principle
• HDT — Heat Distortion Temperature
• MAC — Magnitude Amplification Cavity
• PAR — Partially Absorbed or Reflected
• JULIE — Joint Utilization of Laser Integrated Experiments
• ORELA — Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator
• GSL — Generalized Second Law
• HRTS — High Resolution Telescope Spectrograph
• VDG — Van de Graaff
• TCAOCC — Two-Center Atomic Orbital Close Coupling
• ISOLDE — Isotype On-Line separator at CERN
• AFC — Amplitude to Frequency Conversion
• NRCC — National Research Council Canada
• MLIA — Molecular Libraries of Imaging Agents
• KISS — Keep It Simple Solutions
• IFEL — Inverse Free Electron Laser
• SMKW — Secondary Magneto- Kinetic Wave
• OCLI — Optical Cooling Laboratory Incorporated
• AMD — Area Mass Density
• EAPL — Electronic AstroPhysical Journal Letters
• DCP — Dielectronic Core Polarization
• CLEAR — Controlled Liquid Electrophoresis Absorption Reflection
• RFZ — Reverse Flow Zone
• QHO — Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
• NPSS — Nuclear Power Sources
• ACFF — Alternating Current Field Measurement
• IBIS — Ion Beam Information System
• LHCB — Large Hadron Collider beauty Experiment
• CTE — Correlated Transfer And Excitation
• LITA — Laser-Induced Thermal Acoustics
• WGFF — Working Group for Fluid Flow
• QSW — Q-switched laser
• UVB — Ultraviolet Beta
• SACR — Space-based Active Cavity Radiometer
• CESR — The Cornell Electron Storage Ring
• ZF — Zero Field
• CEC — California Energy Commission
• RBUU — Relativistic Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck
• DDDI — Density Dependent Delta Interaction
• UEB — Universal Energetic Balancing
• AIM — Advanced Idea Mechanics
• DP — Data Point
• SSPM — Solid State Photomultipliers
• NOMAD — Neutrino Oscillation Magnetic Detector
• MQDT — Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory
• SL — Super Linear
• UV-B — Ultraviolet-Biological

• NMI — National Measurement Institute
• INM — Institute National de Metrologie
• AXAF-I — Imaging Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• MUCOOL — MUon COOLing experiment
• SAM — Super Accelerator Machine
• QGD — Gate - Drain Charge
• CKM — Charged Kaons at the Main Injector
• WETT — Water Energy Technology Team
• AFFT — Asymptotically Free Field Theories
• ATFT — Affine Toda Field Theory
• TLA — Temporal Logic of Actions
• LHM — Liquide Hydraulique Minerale
• NAMT — National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed
• DTM — Dynamic Thermal Management
• HT — High Tension
• LBIR — Low Background Infrared Radiometry
• THERMAL AND EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS — thermal and epithermal neutrons
• QMD — Quantum Metrology Division
• NRG — Neutron Radiated Glodents
• PPS — Proceedings of the Physical Society
• JMAGR — Journal of Magnetic Resonance
• PB — Primary Beam
• QTN — Quasi-Thermal Noise
• CMMPE — Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics
• RC — Reaction Co-efficient
• VNIIOF — All-Union Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements
• LHC-B — Large Hadron Collider B Experiment
• MIPP — Main Injector Particle Production
• P&S — Permanent and Stationary
• FCC — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker
• MMFT — Many Mode Floquet Theory
• ES — Event Set
• MAT — Manifold Air Temperature
• LEAR — Low Energy Antiproton Ring
• NEBM — Nudged Elastic Band Method
• APGR — Association for Pushing Gravity Research
• MTD — Minimum Translation Distance
• MACHO — Massive Compact Halo Object
• CMPA — Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics
• ACR — Advanced Candu Reactor
• DMP — Division of Material Physics
• SSPG — Solid State Physics Group
• MKSA — Meter, Kilogram, Second, Ampere
• MINERVA — A neutrino-scattering experiment that uses the NuMI beamline at Fermilab to search for low-energy neutrino interactions
• INMRI-ENEA — Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti - Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie
• RVST — Resonance Vibrating Screening Technology
• DEXA — dual energy Xray absorptiometry
• PSSC — Physical Science Study Committee
• HEPL — High Energy Physics Laboratory
• AFPS — Analyzing Fluid Power Systems

• NSEP — National Standard Examination in Physics
• XQ — X-ray Quantum
• ALARA — As Long As Radiation Allows
• VQM — Visual Quantum Mechanics
• DLT — Dynamic Laser Trimming
• PADE — Parallel Applications Development Environment
• FTMS — Fluid Transfer Management System
• IPT — Inductive Power Transfer
• FEDEM — Finite Element Dynamics in Elastic Mechanisms
• EFP — Effective Fringing Property
• NUGEO — Nuclear Geophysics
• TWTA — traveling-wave tube amplifier
• ADTMP — Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
• CCRI — Comité Consultatif des Rayonnements Ionisants
• HEP — DOE's Division of High Energy Physics, part of HENP.
• NML — National Measurement Laboratory (Japan)
• COSMOS — Cosmologically Significant Mass Oscillation Search at Fermilab to detect muon neutrino to tau neutrino oscillations.
• GSQM — General Superfield Quantization Method
• RKB — Restricted Kinetic Balance (method In Calcns. Of Wave Functions And Energies)
• DRIP — Diamagnetically Restored Inverted Pendulum
• SPY — Secondary Particle Yield
• ALB — Anti Lock Brake
• NDSM — Non-Dimensional Schmidt Model
• QRB — Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics
• ATLAS — A Toroidal LHC Apparatus
• PAB — Physics Astronomy Building
• STF — Space-Time-Frequency
• ATW — Accelerator Transmutation Of Waste (for Radioactive Waste)
• HALO — Hypersonic Aircraft Launch Option
• GD — Good Deformation
• SCF — Standard Chromatogram File
• SLC — SLAC Linear Electron-Positron Collider
• ARIE — Asynchronous Ratio Of Internal To External
• LASJ — Laser Journal
• HAI — Horizontal Advance Increment
• PS — polystyren
• EOTD — Enhanced Observed Time Difference
• OMEGA — 24-Beam Laser Facility at Rochester
• QZP — Quantum Zeno Paradox
• RVGSP — Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
• JCCRER — U.S.-Russia Joint Coordinating Committee on Radiation Effects Research
• EU — Entropy Unit
• PAPPH — Pure and Applied Physics
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
• SSSYN — Springer Series on Synergetics
• DOG — Double Optical Gating
• SF — Surface Friction
• CDCU — Correlated Dimension Correlated Uniqueness
• FNAL — Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
• WSPM — Wavelet-based Statistical Parametric Mapping

• LVIS — Low Velocity Intense Source
• CXRS — Charge-Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy
• PVA — Powerful Vacuum Action
• APM — Associated Particle Method
• IBFW — Incidence of the reflected Beam from the Front Wall
• DFL — density functional theory
• CCPP — Collaborative Computational Plasma Physics
• BZ — Brillouin Zone
• JILA — formerly Joint Institute Laboratory for Astrophysics
• BESS — Breaking Electroweak Symmetry Strongly
• ASTER — Advance Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer
• MINIMAX/ T-864 — A search for disoriented chiral condensates at Fermilab.
• QEQ — Charge Equilibration
• TOTEM — TOTal Elastic and diffractive cross section Measurement
• RH — Reference Height
• CFS — Constant-Final-State Spectroscopy
• ESS — European Spallation Source
• SNPA — Standard Nuclear Physics Approach
• ITS — International Temperature Scale
• ERATO — Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology Office
• QPT — Quantum Phase Transition
• CTMC — Classical Trajectory Monte Carlo
• STPD — Solar Terrestrial Physics Division
• SLM — Single Longitudinal Mode
• NCNR — NIST Center for Neutron Research
• CFSE — Crystal Field Stabilization Energy
• ED — Element Distinctness
• QOA — Quasi-Optical Amplifier
• ISR — Initial State Radiation
• GLAST — Gammaray Large Area Space Telescope
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Press
• CBS — Compton BackScattering
• NLDFT — Nonlocal Density Functional Theory
• MONOLITH — Massive Observatory for Neutrino Oscillations or LImits on THeir existence
• SVJPP — Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics
• PHYW — Physics World
• SDLA — Serial Data Link Analysis
• SVPSS — Soviet Physics Solid State
• QIO — Quantum Infinite-Order
• SURF-III — The NIST Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility Electron Storage Ring
• IN2P3 — Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules
• RHED — Regions of High Electron Density
• NUS — Nuclear Safety Standard
• TSFU — Two Scale Factor Universality
• PMPO — Peak Momentary Performance Output
• WCFF — Worst Case Fractionated Formulation
• NED — Nuclear Effects Directorate
• DSM — Differential Stress Model
• SWBXT — Synchrotron White Beam X-Ray Topography
• TDM — Two Dimensional Material

• POP — Plasma Oscillation Probe
• HEPA — High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting
• OCQ — Old Covariant Quantization
• TCBG — Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group
• CNT(S) — carbon nanotube(s)
• NRRS — Near Resonance Rayleigh Scattering
• W — Weak
• MPS — The Microdrop Particle Search at SLAC
• EXAFS — Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
• BXR — BMDO Transfer Radiometer
• SIRCUS — Spectral Irradiance and Radiance Calibration with Uniform Sources
• TCD — Thermal Conductivity response Detector
• INFN — Italy's Institute Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
• IPNS — Intense Pulsed Neutron Source
• AG — Anti-Gravity
• HET — High Energy Transformation
• CM — Convenient Measure
• BEPM — Bielefeld Encounters in Physics and Mathematics
• ASA — Aperture Setting Adjustment
• EPICS — Experiment Physics and Industrial Control System
• PMB — Physics in Medicine and Biology
• CRNP — Cooperative Research Network Physics
• SIR — Selective Internal Radiation
• RVGES — Reviews of Geophysics Supplement
• NM — Non-Magnetic
• DNC — Does Not Change
• VR — Vibrationally resonant
• QFEX — Quantim Field Theory under the influence of EXternal conditions
• QMIS — Quantum Mechanics of Individual Systems
• CTP — Center for Theoretical Physics
• RIDIC — Radiation Internal Dose Information Center
• LF — Low Friction
• SPE — solid phase extraction column
• SPS — Super Proton Synchrotron
• HPD — Holistic Probabilistic Design
• TQ — Third Quantization
• FLAP — Flexible Learning Approach to Physics
• DU — Durability
• DACU — Data Acquisition and Control Unit
• HARPS — High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (spectrography)
• FTM — Fluid Transfer Management
• SHC — Specific Heat Capacity
• MPPCF — Million particles per cubic foot
• FSW — Fast Spherical Wavelet
• CHTM — Center for High Technology Materials
• JCMT — James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
• ACP — American Center for Physics
• PMM — Perpetual Motion Machine
• SV — Shock and Vibration
• MIRF — Medical and Industrial Radiation Facility

• CCM — complementary contact model
• TOR — Total Outflow Resistance
• URIA — Undergraduate Research Institute in Astrophysics
• XPOP — X is Perpendicular to Orbit Plane
• TNO — Trans-Neptunian Object
• AKD — Altered Kinetic Distance
• ILL — L'Institut Laue Langevin
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• FID — Free Induction Decay (Fourier Transform Spectroscopy)
• TLS — Two-Level tunneling System
• OFS — Österreichisches Forschungszentrum
• TTF — TESLA Test Facility
• VR-SFG — Vibrationally Resonant Sum-frequency Generation
• DFIR — Diffused Infrared
• LZT — Lead Zirconate Titanate
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
• TP — Time Polygon
• FRAP — FRibourg Atomic Physics
• CIAQ — Committee on Indoor Air Quality
• NRIP — NIST Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program
• PSI — Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland, Joint Institute of ETH)
• MPSD — Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center
• CARS — coherent antistokes raman scattering
• EBR — Enormous Black Rhombus
• AMSB — Anomaly Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking
• IET — Integrated Energy Technique
• NDE — Nucleon Decay Experiment
• FTS — Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
• PBQ — PhotoBeam Quantum
• NPDF — Nuclear Parton Distribution Function
• NMI — National Metrology Institute
• COLTRIMS — Cold Target Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• CI — Constant Intensity
• SRO — Short Range Order
• BNM — National Bureau of Metrology, France
• DOC — Distribution Of Chaos
• SEBA — Standards Employees Benefit Association
• CWP — Century Women to Physics
• FSC — Free Space Coil
• HVLS — High volume low speed
• FOCUS — FOtoproduction of Charm: Upgraded Spectrometer
• APL — Applied Physics Letters
• EBSDA — Electron BackScattered Diffraction Analysis
• TEV — Tera (Billion) Electron Volts
• ECH — Eddy Current Heating
• QTM — Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization
• TID — Total Ionizing Dose
• IPAP — Institute of Pure and Applied Physics
• MRPI — Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Imaging

• FTSI — Fourier Transform Spectral Interferometry
• CPIC — International Physics Center, Elba
• SIAP — System for Improved Acoustic Performance
• RS-232 — An IEEE Standard Bus
• BOMAB — Bottle Manikin Absorber
• ARGONEUT — The Argon Neutrino Teststand
• EDXRF — energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• BM — Bending Magnet
• PH — Percentage Hydrogen
• SSPL — Solid State Physics Laboratory
• CNRF — Cold Neutron Research Facility
• SMSI — Strong Metal-support Interaction
• HW — Hazen-Williams
• USAIDR — US Army Institute of Dental Research
• CCPP — Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
• CFL — Compact Fluorescent Lamp
• ITOP — Improving the Teaching of Physics
• MPN — Most Probable Number
• HIPE — Helium Image Processing Engine
• IRIS — International Reactor Innovative and Secure
• FTMS — Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy
• EGG — Energy Gradient Growth
• HSD — Hadron String Dynamics
• CPPM — Center for Particle Physics of Marseilles
• ADMIT — Analytical Detection Methods for the Irradiation Treatment of foods
• CDS — Continuous Deflection Separation
• WFST — Weighted Finite State Transducers
• LRA — Locked Rotor Ampere
• SCCM — standard cubic centimeters per minute
• CBH — Correlated Barrier Hopping
• ILC-TRC — International Linear Collider-Technical Reviewing Committee
• IETS — Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy
• TPAG — Theory and Practice of Applied Geophysics
• GPH — Gas Permeable Hollow
• LEIR — Low Energy Ion Ring
• BGT — Brueckner-Gammel-Thaler potential
• LEP — Large Electron-Positron collider
• APOP — Automatic Particle Orientation Procedure
• VOC — Volts, Open-Circuit
• SEI — Specific Energy Input
• BRT — Boundary Region Theory
• CEMRC — Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring Research Center
• NPS — nanoparticle(s)
• RVPP — Reviews of Plasma Physics
• RT — Reference Time
• BED — Binary-encounter-dipole
• PHENIX — Pioneering High-Energy Nuclear Interaction eXperiment, at Brookhaven.
• SV — Short Vector
• COMPASS — Common Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy
• EUVL-LLC — EUV Lithography - Limited Liability Corporation

• P — Propagation
• TOSCA — Toplological Oscillation Search with kinematic analysis
• LMAPH — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• KF — Kinematical Factor
• SFD — Shear Force Diagram
• RBE — Relative Biological Efficiency
• WEMC — Western European Metrology Club
• TEM — Tunneling Electron Microscopy
• AIC — Analytical Instrument Control
• POT — Power Over Time
• AP — Anti-Proton
• KEK — Koo Energy Ken
• RAP — Roentgen area product
• ARXPS — Angle Resolved X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• UCN — Ultra Cold Neutron
• IGRA — interferon-gamma release assay
• VSV — Vacant Surrounding Volume
• HENP — Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics
• JTURB — Journal of Turbulence
• QWI — Quantum Well Intermixing
• WWVH — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Hawaii
• DELPHI — Detector with Lepton Photon and Hadron Identification at CERN'sLEP accelerator
• FTIR — Fourier Transform Infra-Red
• WFPP — Weak Fixed Point Property
• TD — Time Definite
• TEXT — Texas Experimental Tokamak
• PBO — Particle Beam Optics
• IMD — Interactive Molecular Dynamics
• J — Torsional Constant for a structural Section
• DFTS — Dispersive Fourier Transform Spectrometry
• NMS — Nihilistic Motion Set
• CJP — Canadian Journal of Physics
• LMR — Laser Magnetic Resonance
• PGS — Plane Grating Spectrometer
• WANF — West Area Neutrino Facility
• WN — Weak Normalization
• LH — Light Hadrons
• CTF — CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) Test Facility
• ORM — Office of Radiation Measurement
• CRDS — Cavity-Ring-Down Spectroscopy
• DORT — Discrete Ordinates Code
• VNIIM — Mendeleyev Institute of Metrology
• GN — Gaussian Noise
• RAND — Radio Neutrino Detector array
• GALLEX — The Gallium EXperiment at Gran Sasso
• IUPAP — International Union for Pure and Applied Physics.
• ATLAS — Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System
• FISCO — Fieldbus Instrinsic Safety Concept
• UHV-SPM — Ultra High Vacuum Scanning Probe Microscopy
• SHTR — Standard Heat Transfer Rate

• FCCU — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Unit
• DPS — Disintegrations Per Second
• MINOS — Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search
• FPL — Frequent Power Loss
• CH — Color Hold
• VAC — Voltage A C
• TD-FW — Time Domain Floquet Wave
• SAGE — Soviet-American Gallium Experiment
• SP — Superultramodern Physics
• ILCSG — International Linear Collider Steering Group
• EDT — Equivalent Difference Transmission
• LNLS — National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (Brazil)
• RD — relative dispersion
• ELL — Equivalent Loudness Level
• AMO — Atomic, Molecular and Optical
• NIKHEF — National Institute for Subatomic Physics
• INMM — Institute for Nuclear Materials Management
• DR-SFG — Doubly Resonant Sum Frequency Generation
• REDA — Resonant-Excitation-Double-Autoionization
• SASER — Soud Amplification by Stimulated Emmision of Radiation
• NEOS — Newport Electro-Optic Systems
• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• C — Count
• SKACR — Superconducting Kinetic-inductance Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• CSE — Compton Scattering Enhancement
• AFP — Accelerated Freefall Progression
• ODS — Optimized Deformation System
• PQS — Parallel Quantum Solutions
• BLIP — Blipbayesians Laboring In Physics
• FSI — Fluid Solid Interaction
• UTNF — Ultraweak Thermalized Neutron Field
• HQM — Hemi-Quantal Mechanics
• DMM — Deep Mixing Method
• AQ — Anomalous Quadrupole
• QVE — Quasi-Vibrational Energy
• DIGM — Diffusion Induced Grain Motion
• COP — Cooling Operating Procedures
• SERS — Surfaced Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• PIGP — Proceedings of the Institute of General Physics
• MSC — Multiple Scatter Correction
• KET — Komitee für ElementarTeilchenphysik
• MFR — Mass Flow Rate
• TXR — Thermal-infrared Transfer Radiometer
• AMS — Accelerator-Mass Spectrometry
• CA — Crash Avoid
• NUSL — The National Underground Science Laboratory in the Homestake Mine, S.D.
• LH — Left Handed
• PHAPP — Physics and its Applications
• IQI — Image Quality Indicator
• QOG — Quasi-Optical Grill

• LPRI — Laboratoire Primaire des Rayonnements Ionisants, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• CSI — Contact Surface Imaging
• GML — Galvanometer - Mirror Lightbeam
• LS — Linear Superposition
• FMSS — Fast Mode Stationary Shock
• RMC — Radiative Muon Capture
• FEAT — Fusion Energy Advanced Tokamak
• HLBC — Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber
• MND — Mahan-Nozieres-DeDominicis
• LWGR — Light-Water-cooled, Graphite-moderated Reactor
• TAI — International Atomic Time
• OTD — Optical Technology Division
• DE — Dynamic Equivalence
• APIF — Astroparticle Physics International Forum
• FST — Full Scale Tunnel
• PCL — Physics and Chemistry of Liquids
• TAD — time-averaged difference
• GRAIL — Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
• QP — quasi periodic
• WGCM — Working Group on Coupled Modelling
• HAM — Hoshino Anniversary Model
• ELMD — Extended-LaGrangian Molecular Dynamics
• LO — Local Orbitals
• CORM — Council for Optical Radiation Measurements
• TOT — Test of Time
• MCNP — Monte Carlo Neutron Photon (computer code)
• RS — Resonance Strength
• IPSN — L'Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
• JANNAF — Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force
• YBCO — Yttrium-Barium-Cuprate
• SW — Same Wave
• FEA — Field-Emitter Array
• HECT — High-Energy Computed Tomography
• NNP — Non Neutral Plasma
• CDCC — Continuum Discretized Coupled Channels
• NBS — Numeric Backspace
• MPAM — Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MOA — Model of Attraction
• CAPE — Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics
• LDP — Low Density Plasma
• LIPS — Lorentz Invariant Phase Space
• HSE — Hard Sphere Expansion
• OMPI — Ottawa Medical Physics Institute
• IOPP — Institute of Physics Publishing
• HIPA — High Intensity Proton Accelerator
• LNV — Lepton-Number Violating
• CASP — Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics
• MACRO — Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory
• TAPS — Three Arm Photon Spectrometer
• NEC — Nippon Electric Corporation

• ULP — Ultra-short Light Pulse
• HMT — Hybrid Metamorphose Theory
• UED — Units, Events, and Dynamics
• NEMS — Nanoelectromechanical Systems
• IMF — Intermediate Mass Fragments
• WFSS — Weak Field Seeking State
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• PWH — PetaWatt-Hour
• BCC — Broadband Calibration Chamber
• VCO — voltage control oscillator
• SEAWIFS — Sea-Viewing of Wide Field Sensor
• ADR — Automatic Device Replacement
• SPPS — surface plasmon polaritons
• COUPP — The Chicagoland Observatory for Underground Particle Physics
• NCF — Non-linear Connecting Force
• USNC — United States National Committee
• BF — Back and Forth
• UHV — Use An Ultrahigh Vacuum
• MPE — Multi Photo Electron
• BM — Bohr Magnetron
• CAT — Cherenkov Array at Themis
• MWIR — Medium Wavelength Infrared
• PHACO — Physical Acoustics
• MEBI- — 2 ^ 20
• SDF — Spectral Density Function
• CPS — Centimeters Per Second
• FAD — FASCAL Absolute Detector
• CPT — conjugation, parity, and time
• MEAS — Measurements
• FNAL — The Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois
• JCGM — Joint Committee for Guides on Metrology
• WFS — Wave Field Synthesis
• OCS — On-Chip Spectroscopy
• EPICS — Environmental Physics And Industrial Control System
• NAMP — National Analytical Management Program
• CUP — Curl Usability Productivity
• SSP — Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
• ALU — Applied Laser Unit
• FSS — Final Steady State
• DCOI — Directional Cone Of Influence
• ICPS — International Conference of Physics Students
• QCD — Quantum Chromo Dynamics
• ILS — International Laser Spectroscopy
• DFS — Displaced Fermi Surface
• RV — Reference Value
• ARUPS — Angle-Resolved Ultra-violet Photoemission Spectroscopy
• VPT — Vizag Port Trust
• GGCP — Generalized Grand Canonical Potential
• OPSL — Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser
• ISCC — Information System to Support Calibrations

• QGD — Quantum Generating Diffusion
• BRAHMS — The Broad Range Hadron Magnetic Spectrometer located at Brookhaven.
• OQS — Occupied Quantum State
• IGEX — International Germanium Experiment in Spain.
• STL — Solid To Layer
• ASSI — Airglow Solar Spectrometer Instrument
• DBP — Division of Biological Physics
• STP — Space Time Product
• MDL — Method Detection Levels
• G-E — Grazing-Exit
• APPL — APplied Physics Letters
• ED — Expanded Discrimination
• SPTR — Scottish Physics Teaching Resources
• MAF — Mass Air Filter
• GTR — Generalized Threshold Replenishment
• QPD — Quantum Physics Division
• UHMW — Ultra-High Molecular Weight
• PEM — polymer-electrolyte-membrane
• SSWP — Springer Series on Wave Phenomena
• DEC — Digital Electronics Corporation
• DRM — Digital Radio Mondial
• SLAC — The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California
• BTEV — Proposed dedicated B physics experiment at Fermilab's Tevatron
• SEF — Spectral Energy Flux
• INPE — National Space Research Institute (Brazil)
• MMKT — Methods and Models of Kinetic Theory
• WCFG — Weighted Control Flow Graph
• KTG — Kinetic Theory of Gases
• USNL — Urban Spectra Natural Light
• ROC — Receiver Operator Characteristic Curve
• MOTA — Man Of The Atom
• MOM — Modification of Mu
• LGG — Least General Generalization
• OPD — Ocean Physics Department
• NFAP — Nano Fountain Active Probe
• USM — Unifying Semantic Model
• DSB — Diagonal Spin Basis
• SOSF — Scanning Ocular SpectroFluorophotometer
• DBG — Disease Biophysics Group
• IPPP — Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology
• MEA — Materials Engineering Associates
• CNTFGL — Centrifugal
• IIP — International Institute of Physics
• HPLA — Horizontal Plane Large Amplitude
• CPM — Collision Probability Methods
• CC — Conservation of Charge
• MARS — Multiple-Angle Reference System
• SAGENAP — Scientific Assessment Group for Experiments in Non-Accelerator Physics
• LNS — Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, in southern Italy.
• ENEA — Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E L'Ambiente

• VL — Vacuum Level
• KLOE — K LOng Experiment
• PCS — Passive Cross Section
• MLDA — Modified Local Density Approximation
• ADATS — Analog Delayed Annihilation Time Spectra
• BENE — Beams for European. Neutrino Experiments
• EIC — Electron Ion Collider (nuclear physics)
• HVC — High-Velocity Core
• PSS — Physics Selection Strategy
• ITU — Institut für Transurane
• GARD — Graviton Atom Relocation Disruptor
• USCEA — US Council for Energy Awareness
• GMR — Giant Magnetoresistance Recording
• VPI — Virtual Plane Imaging
• GERDA — The GERmanium Detector Array
• FBG — Fiber Bragg Grating
• EPT — Exchange Perturbation Theory
• HPPT — HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS AND TECHNICS
• TME — Theory Model Elimination
• AXAF-S — Spectroscopy Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• DDD — Dynamic Digital Depth
• MSEL — Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory
• QG — Quantum GRavity
• XTE/PCA — X-ray Timing Explorer/Proportional Counter Array
• CT — Conductivity Temperature
• NIST-7 — Former NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• COP — Coefficient Of Power
• GVHD — Graft-Versus Host Disease
• HELEN — High Energy Laser Embodying Neodymium
• TAMOC — Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Community
• LSOP — Little Shop Of Physics
• HIR — Halogen Infra Red
• CAA — Computational Aeroacoustics