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• M3/H — Cubic Meters per Hour
• PRDT — Physical Restraint Decision Tree
• PRE — Proportional Reduction of Error
• PRC — Photometry, Radiometry, and Calorimetry
• PR — PRobability of ....
• PPU — Physics processing unit
• POCOE — Principle Of Conservation Of Energy
• PPP — Physics for Paper and Print
• PQ — Photon To Quark
• XMLL — X-ray Magnetic Linear Loop
• URL — Universal Resource Locator
• US — United States of America
• USA — United States of America
• PHYY — Physics
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
• A-BOMB — Atomic Bomb
• 19F — Fluorine-19
• PI — Penning ionization [
• XMCD — X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism
• CT — Computed Tomography
• PN — PN (Pressure Nominal)
• CPMG — Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill pulse sequence
• PNEUM — pneumatic
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• PM — Particle Multiplication
• PME — Particle-Mesh Ewald
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• WAXD — Wide-Angle X-Ray Diffraction
• PHWR — Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor
• PMF — Predictor Model File
• PIC — Precision Ion Chamber
• ANOVA — Analysis of Variance (statistics)
• QDVP — Quasi-Degenerate Variational Perturbation
• PI — 3.1415926535
• PIF — Physics at the Information Frontier
• PHW — Potable Hot Water
• PML — Physical Measurement Laboratory
• YB:YAG — Ytterbium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet
• NTU — Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
• PHD — P-Helicity Decoupling Scheme (P=Momentum)
• YAEL — Yankee Atomic Environmental Laboratory
• PILAC — Pulsed Ion Linear ACcelerator
• PIE — Possibility of Infinite Energy
• MIM — Metal-Insulator-Metal (Diode)
• JMMM — Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
• PISA — Photovoltaic Information System For Architects
• MM — Millimeter
• PL — Proton Loss
• PIV — Position Information Vector

• KAMIOKANDE — A solar neutrino experiment at the Kamioka Observatory in Japan
• Y' — Out-of-plane Velocity - vertical
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• T-O-F — time of flight
• A — Ampere
• UASER — Ultrasound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
• R- E/I — Ohms Law (not an acronym)
• α — angular acceleration
• CBRN — Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• ° C — Degree centigrade
• KAMLAND — KAmioka Liquid Scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector
• LAQL — Lowest Analytically Quantifiable Level
• ZPDH — Z-Pinch-Driven Hohlraum
• WHO — World Health Organization
• FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency
• HAPPEX — Hall A Proton Parity Experiment
• FARCAL — Facility for Advanced Radiometric Calibrations
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• LAGOS — Laser Gravitational-wave Observatory in Space
• SWAG — Scientific Wild-Ass Guess. A Close Approximation.
• APCVD — Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• IDMS — Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry
• ω — angular velocity
• SMYS — Specified Minimum Yield Strength
• JASJA — Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan
• QEDA — Quantum Electrodynamics Atomic Theory
• CY — Calendar Year
• WANFCS — West Area Neutrino Facility Control System
• QFEB — Quasi-Free Electron Bremsstrahlung
• KARMEN — Karlsruhe-Rutherford Medium-Energy Neutrino Experiment
• VAPEPS — Vibroacoustic Payload Environment Prediction System
• ECR — Electron Cyclotron Resonance
• RF — Radio Frequency
• 2DEG — Two-Dimensional Electron Gas
• LAPHY — Laser Physics
• LAMSCAL — Large Area Monochromatic Source for Calibrations
• HASYLAB — Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor
• N-FSBS — Near-Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• AC — Alternating Current
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• DT — Differential Temperature
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• TQM — Total Quality Management
• CFF — Critical Flicker Fusion
• DAMP — Division of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• WWW — World Wide Web

• LAFOC — Laser Focus
• JAJAP — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
• KATRIN — KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino
• LOD — Limit Of Detection
• GAMS4 — NIST High Resolution Spectrometer
• R&D — Research & Development
• EEO — Equal Employment Opportunity
• CMOS — Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• SRAM — Static Random Access Memory (ess-ram)
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• MDMT — Minimum Design Metal Temperature
• SOG — Spin-on Glass
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• ESA — European Space Agency
• TKN — Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• EMT — effective medium theory
• HACCP — Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
• NOE — Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NMR)
• µ — Micro
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• FY — Fiscal Year
• QA/QC — Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
• MOCVD — Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• LVL — Level
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• NM — Nanometer
• ROYGBIV — Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet (Colors of the Rainbow)
• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• PDL — Polarization Dependent Loss
• DB — Decibel
• BP — Boiling Point
• DL — Deciliter
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• LTE — Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• FM — frequency modulation
• STD — Standard
• UPS — Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• HOMESTAKE — A solar neutrino experiment in the Homestake Gold Mine in South Dakota
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• NQR — Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance

• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• KG — Kilogram
• MAD — Mean Absolute Deviation
• TPD — Temperature Programmed Desorption (for Gas Chromatography)
• RIU — Refractive Index Unit
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• SIMOPS — SIMultaneous OPerationS
• JXST — Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology
• CCT — Circuit
• MEG — Motionless Electromagnetic Generator
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• SPL — Sound Pressure Level
• DN — Diameter Nominal
• WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
• MIL — Military
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• SPR — Surface Plasmon Resonance
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• WFI — Water For Injection (pharmaceutical Term)
• AIP — American Institute of Physics
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• 3PE — Three-Photon Excitation
• 2D WAXD — Two-Dimensional Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• AES — Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
• PCS — Photon Correlation Spectroscopy
• MFP — Mass Flow Parameter
• NCO — Numerically Controlled Oscillator
• CMM — Coordinate Measuring Machine
• GND — Ground
• KLY — Kilo Langley
• DQE — Detective Quantum Efficiency
• NMR — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• VHS — Van Hove Singularity
• IID — independent and identically distributed random variables
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• PECVD — Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
• IC — Integrated Circuit
• SNOM — Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• 2PE — Two-Photon Excitation
• ACS — American Chemical Society
• HD — High Density

• AEC — Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
• CT — Current Transformer
• LFP — Local Field Potential
• XQC — X-ray Quantum Calorimeter
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• AF — Audio Frequency
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• ISS — International Space Station
• ESD — Electrostatic Discharge
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• THD — Total Harmonic Distortion
• NSA — National Security Agency
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• JND — Just Noticeable Difference
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• LF — Low Frequency
• CW — Continuous Wave
• RAI — Resident Assessment Instrument
• DN/DC — Specific refractive index increment
• 4WM — Four Wave Mixing
• CARS — Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• LO — Local Oscillator
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• DPM — Disintegrations Per Minute
• MQSA — Mammography Quality Standards Act
• FTF — Fundamental Train Frequency
• H — Hot
• PHCHE — Physics and Chemistry of Earth
• HSI — Hue Saturation Intensity
• PWH — PetaWatt-Hour
• DSR — Dynamic Shear Rheometer
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• EVM — Error Vector Magnitude
• ESR — Electron Spin Resonance
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• FMRI — Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• UTD — Uniform Theory of Diffraction
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• IR — Infrared
• BAPS — Bulletin of the American Physical Society
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• AAPM — American Association of Physicists in Medicine's
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• KE — Kinetic Energy
• BIT — Bulk Ion Temperature
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• IRB — Institutional Review Board

• COIL — Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser
• TLC — Thin Layer Chromatography
• OASIS — Optically Adaptive System for Imaging Spectroscopy
• MOBY — Marine Optical Buoy
• PO2 — Partial pressure of oxygen
• FTG — Field Testing Group
• JB — Jacquet-Blondel method
• NTP — normal temperature and pressure
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• P — Pressure
• E=MC2 — Energy=Mass * (Velocity of light)**2
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• NCU — Nano Containment Unit
• CW — Clockwise
• AEDY — Aerospace Dynamics
• FDR — False Discovery Rate
• PET — positron emission tomography
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• HPLC — High Performance Liquid Chromatography
• NRC — National Response Center
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• PDSH — Pressure Differential Switch High
• AMA — Actual Mechanical Advantage
• APS — American Physical Society
• DOAS — Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
• IDCT — Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
• FOS — Faint Object Spectrograph
• HIC — Hydrogen Induced Cracking
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• C&E — Cause and Effect
• SIG — Signal
• ILSS — Interlaminar Shear Strength
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• SC — South Carolina
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• OPCPA — Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• AT&T — Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
• ITL — Information Technology Laboratory
• TOMO-SAR — Synthetic Aperture Radar TOMOgraphy
• STP — Standard Temperature Pressure
• IHPRPTP — Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology Program
• OTA — Optical Tube Assembly (telescopes)
• FTMW — Fourier Transform Microwave
• 3D — Three Dimensional
• FWT — Fast Wavelet Transform
• PM — Particulate Matter
• AES — Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
• ER — Energy Research

• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• DIBL — Drain-induced Barrier Lowering
• MOD — Minimum Object Distance
• ERDA — Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis
• SUPER-K — Super-Kamiokande
• CW — Carrier Wave
• DOHC — Dual Overhead Cam
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• LMS — Least Mean Square
• WG — Working Group
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• FASCAL — Facility for Automatic Spectroradiometric Calibrations
• EBIS — Electron Beam Ion Source
• CAV — Constant Angular Velocity
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• LOCF — Last Observation Carried Forward
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• AFV — Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
• TDH — Total Dynamic Head
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• FRET — Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
• EPR — Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
• PEM — Proton Exchange Membrane
• CMC — Calibration Measurement Capabilities
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• NG6, NG-6 — Monochromatic Beam Line near the end of NG6
• TLE — Two Line Elements
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• GR — General Relativity
• SAXS — Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
• XMLD — X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism
• RFI — Relative Fluorescence Intensity
• CDM — Cold Dark Matter
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• ACD — Autoregressive Conditional Duration
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• DOP — Dilution Of Precision
• ZQ — Zero-Quantum
• EF — Energy Factor
• PEL — Permissible Exposure Limit
• ID — Inside Diameter
• ANS — American Nuclear Society
• MTBF — Mean Time Between Failures
• EMR — Electromagnetic Radiation
• RSP — Rapid Solidification Process
• CHJS — Chinese Journal of Semiconductors
• HQSC — Heisenberg Quantum Spin Chain
• EDS — Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy

• SCC — Standards Coordinating Committee
• 1D — One-Dimensional
• 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
• DPF — Displacement Power Factor
• ACDC — Alternating Current/Direct Current
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• NG7 — Neutron Guide No. 7
• FEGT — Furnace Exit Gas Temperature
• JEWA — Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
• CVAAS — Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
• DNA — Defense Nuclear Agency
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• NDT — Nondestructive Test
• SIM — Selected ion monitoring
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• NEDT — Noise Equivalent Delta Temperature
• GNO — Gallium Neutrino Observatory
• FP — Freezing Point
• RAP — Reliable Acoustic Path
• CV — Constant Velocity
• BS — Beam Splitter
• PAGE — Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
• CLSM — Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
• DPA — Differential Power Analysis
• LTL — Linear Temporal Logic
• CWT — Continuous Wavelet Transform
• MURR — University of Missouri Research Reactor
• PGNAA — Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis
• SHP — Shaft Horsepower
• OSA — Optical Society of America
• CPS — Cycles Per Second (now Hertz)
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• DOT — Diffuse Optical Tomography
• P — Predicted
• RIXS — Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• LS — Liquid Scintillation
• APOMA — American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
• KELVIN — Scientific temperature scale
• MO — Molecular Orbital
• EDM — Electric Dipole Moment
• DFT — Density Functional Theory
• MRA — Mutual Recognition Arrangement
• UA — University of Arizona
• EDX — Energy-Dispersive X-ray Analysis
• HAADF — high-angle annular dark field SEM
• IDCY — Idle Cycle
• IFD — Indentation Force Deflection
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• EOM — Electro-Optic Modulator

• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• SCF — Self-Consistent Field
• ACPD — Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions
• A — Atomic
• ICR — Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• PIV — Particle Image Velocimetry
• TOE — Theory of Everything
• AC — Aerodynamic Center
• MIS — Magnetic Isolation System
• LDA — Local Density Approximation
• OOCA — Object Oriented Computing in Astrophysics
• MMC — Maximum Material Condition
• LEP — Large Electron Positron
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscopy
• EV — Electron Volt
• MV — Medium Voltage
• PHRV — Physical Review
• ACIP — Aerodynamic Coefficient Instrumentation Package
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• BSDF — Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function
• GUE — Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (of Random Matrixes In Quantum-transport Studies)
• FFF — Field-Flow Fractionation
• RPT — Refractory Period of Transmission
• PL&I — Plasmas and Ions
• ISP — INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• CHIPS — Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
• ATR — Attenuated Total Reflectance
• PMTS — Predetermined Motion Time System
• MIRD — Medical Internal Radiation Dose
• AMPC — Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• WDXRF — Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
• AMPS — Atmospheric Magnetospheric Plasma System
• AEDC — Arnold Engineering Development Center
• LM — Lumen
• ESO — European Southern Observatory
• HPS — Health Physics Society
• MBQ — Megabecquerel
• N — Normal
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• CDF — Collider Detector at Fermilab
• AMS — Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
• HPS — High Pressure Sodium
• ECD — Electron Capture Dissociation
• HPHT — high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• BIPM — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
• ISE — Ion Selective Electrode

• CARI — combustion air requirement index
• LIF — Laser Induced Fluorescence
• OPD — Optical Path Difference
• FCC — Face-Centered Cubic
• LFAE — Ligand Field Activation Energy
• VIV — Vortex Induced Vibration
• 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)
• SIA — Semiconductor Industry Association
• FCI — Full Configuration Interaction
• WDDL — Wave Dynamic Differential Logic
• SD — Super Deformed
• HID — high intensity discharge (electricity)
• FE — Finite Element
• BHN — Brinell Hardness Number
• CCDC — Cyclic Channel Die Compression
• ETC — Electron Transport Chain
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• OD — Optical Density
• PE — Potential Energy
• DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung.
• BCC — Body-Centered Cubic
• SWG — Standard Wire Gauge
• ACD — Air Constrained Dampening
• RTT — Round Trip Timer
• PCM — Phase Contrast Microscopy
• LOA — Law of Attraction
• SNS — Spallation Neutron Source
• HE — High Energy
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• EELS — Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• QWIP — Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector
• S — Short
• LE — Low Energy
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• FEL — Free Electron Laser
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• LMU — Location Measurement Unit
• RTD — Resistance Temperature Detector
• FFR — Fractional Flow Reserve
• DPP — Division of Plasma Physics
• ICARUS — Imaging Cosmic and Rare Underground Signal
• TXM — Transmission X-ray Microscope
• EP — Extreme Pressure
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• RAC — Research Advisory Committee
• 2LOT — 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
• LAF — Laminar Air Flow
• CED — Cohesive Energy Density
• EOS — Equation Of State

• PTA — Pure Tone Average
• H — Hotel
• ST&A — Space Technology and Aeronautics
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• EPC — Electronic Pressure Control
• TOV — Threshold of Visibility
• AO — Adaptive Optics
• PHR — Physics Reports
• GAM — Generalized Additive Model
• POC — Physical Optics Corporation
• VTZ — Valence Triple Zeta (basis Set)
• BCT — Body-Centered Tetragonal
• MOR — Modulus of Rupture
• DLA — Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
• MPLB — Modern Physics Letters B
• AOM — acoustic-optic modulator
• FLIR — Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer
• PBC — Polarization-Beam Combiner
• CES — Constant Elasticity of Substitution
• LT — Low Temperature
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• MOA — Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
• QWW — Quantum Well Wire
• SPM — Scanning Probe Microscope
• MS/MS — Tandem Mass Spectrometry
• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• FTL — Faster Than Light
• CCV — Continuing Calibration Verification
• PHYN — Physics Notes
• ICP-AES — Inductively Coupled Plasma-atomic Emission Spectrometry
• NV — Night Vision
• AFT — Attractor Field Therapy
• KAERI — Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• EMR — Electromagnetic Resonance
• AC — Attenuation Coefficient
• WTMM — Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima
• HDR — High Dose Rate
• TEPC — Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter
• MFCG — Magnetic Flux Compression Generator
• MCM — Mobil Composition of Matter
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• PE — Performance Evaluation
• OPA — Optical Parametric Amplifier
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• ENDL — Evaluated Nuclear Data Library
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• ASPP — Atmospheric and Space Plasma Physics
• RG — Radius of Gyration
• SI — International System of Units (Système international d'unités)

• AEM — Acoustical Emission Monitoring
• RST — Rapid Suspension Technology
• PHEMT — Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor
• AO — Atomic Orbital
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• MPI — Multiphoton Ionization
• CC — Closed Circuit
• LWR — Light Water Reactor
• FTNIR — Fourier Near Infra Red
• PRL — Physical Review Letters
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• JPCS — Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
• RSE — Relative Standard Error
• PM — Phase Modulation
• BQ — Becquerel
• ACB — Annular Confinement Beam
• OLED — Organic Light-Emitting Diode
• GFP — Green Fluorescent Protein
• R — Roentgen
• ZPE — Zero Point Energy
• GRI — Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
• RKR — Rydberg-Klein-Rees
• QFS — Quantum Filtered Spectra
• LEACH — Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy
• EGO — Eccentric Geophysical Observation
• PIV — Peak Inverse Voltage
• HTBB — High-Temperature Black Body
• MAG — Magnetic
• PHA — Physics And Astronomy
• DSM — Design Structure Matrix
• KOPIO — AKlong decay experiment at Brookhaven.
• CQGRS — Classical and Quantum Gravity Supplement
• BBIR — Broad Band Infrared
• GP — General Physics Corporation
• TEMP — Temperature
• SRM — Standard Reference Material
• PHYR — Physical Research
• OPC — Optical Particle Counter
• AFC — Aerodynamic Flight Control
• DVM — Digital Voltmeter
• QP — Quantization Parameter
• LDA — Laser Doppler Anemometry
• AMS — Acoustic Measurement System
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• PDE — Product Data Exchange
• VU — Volume Unit
• NPC — Nuclear Pore Complex

• JPCM — Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• MJPS — Moldavian Journal of the Physical Sciences
• JETP — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
• 2-D — Two Dimensional
• HVLP — high volume, low pressure
• CBR — California Bearing Ratio
• ULVZ — Ultra-Low Velocity Zone
• IK — Inverse Kinematics
• WDM — Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
• MOKE — Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instrumental Coefficient Package
• EF — Electric Field
• AAPT — American Association of Physics Teachers
• EM — Environmental Management
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• CICP — Communications in Computational Physics
• QD — Quantum Dot
• SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
• FCA — Formal Concept Analysis
• LSDA — Local Spin Density Approximation
• TC — Transmission Convergence (ATM)
• TM — Transverse Magnetic
• ADB — Aerodynamic Data Book
• 2B1Q — Two Binary One Quaternary
• BNCT — Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• SSNMR — Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• IOR — Index of Refraction
• IVR — Intramolecular Vibrational Relaxation
• CCPP — Combined Cycle Power Plant
• CVD — Chemical Vapor Deposition
• AEQ — Aeronautical Quarterly
• ASAC — aerodynamic surfaces assembly and checkout
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• APS — Advanced Photon Source
• CEA — Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• E — Electra
• HEA — High Energy Astrophysics
• PCF — Photonic Crystal Fiber
• NM — Newton Meter
• CGU — Canadian Geophysical Union
• ADPHY — Advances in Physics
• ECSED — Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data
• ADCL — Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory
• HTD — Heat Transfer Division
• CQGRA — Classical and Quantum Gravity
• APH — Astroparticle Physics
• HI — High Intensity
• APRF — Army Pulse Radiation Facility

• OPS — Optical Physical Section
• AFT — Aerodynamic Flight Test
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• ABEC — Annular Bearing Engineering Committee
• CLV — Constant Linear Velocity
• ILD — Indentation Load Deflection
• PD — Propagation Delay
• RMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• CJLTP — Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics
• FDTD — Finite Difference Time Domain
• HVT — High Velocity Thermocouple
• XPS — X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• PP2PP — proton-proton to proton-proton
• IIT — Indian Institute of Technology
• LSND — Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
• RJMP — Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics
• CEI — Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano
• JCHPH — Journal of Chemical Physics
• SRV — Safety Relief Valve
• RHF — Restricted Hartree-Fock
• EIE — electron impact excitation
• ETS — Energy Transfer System
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• PEPSI — Proton Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging
• ANPHY — Annals of Physics
• ECRIS — Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source
• ATI — Above-Threshold Ionization
• OPO — Optical Parametric Oscillator
• GGA — Generalized Gradient Approximation
• EER — Estimated Energy Requirement
• AMTF — Acoustic Model Test Facility
• NIDR — National Institute of Dental Research (National Institutes of Health)
• CTMP — Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulp
• EAA — Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• C — Countess
• EGS — Electron Gamma Shower
• ITUFF — IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
• LSP — Lightest Supersymmetric Particle
• FP — Focal Plane
• EOM — Equation of Motion
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• APAS — Aerodynamic Performance and Sizing Program
• AECL — Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's
• AMP — Amplitude
• YP — Yield Point
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• LIPC — laser-induced plasma channel
• CPK — Corey, Pauling, Koltun
• AMPS — Atmosphere, Magnetosphere & Plasmas in Space
• CEC — California Energy Commission

• LC — Liquid Chromatography
• FWHM — Full Width at Half Maximum
• TQ — Time Quotient
• MBH — Thousand BTU per Hour
• MFT — Mean Field Theory
• AJP — American Journal of Physics
• SERS — Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering
• BBO — Beta-Barium Borate
• 1PI — One Particle Irreducible
• ADM — Absolute Distance Meter
• ACESJ — Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal
• MPN — Most Probable Number
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• CFSE — Crystal Field Stabilization Energy
• ICE — Internal combustion engine (transportation)
• MSX — Midcourse Space Experiment
• CSI — Compton Scatter Imaging
• CLM — Compound Light Microscope
• AIAA — American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
• CMH — Cubic Meter per Hour
• DDS — Direct Digital Synthesizer
• VRM — Vector Ruggedness Measure
• DMI — Dynamic Momentum Index
• DAP — Donor Acceptor Pair
• CRPL — Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory
• REST — Representational State Transfer
• VMD — Visual Molecular Dynamics
• ED — Electron Diffraction
• HDOP — Horizontal Dilution Of Position
• PZT — Piezoelectric Translator
• COMPASS — COMPuter ASSurance Conference
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• ADAP — Aerodynamic Data Analysis Program
• PRC — Pressure Regulator Control
• SCF — Supercritical Fluid
• CCPCE — Current Contents Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
• BMDO — (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do)
• HRC — Rockwell Hardness C
• JJAPL — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Letters
• CCD — Charged Coupled Device
• ITELC — IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
• ENR — Enrichment and Reprocessing (technology)
• TMD — Tuned Mass Damper
• RSM — Response Surface Method
• MOT — Magneto Optical Trap
• HPPT — High Pressure Phase Transformation
• RLD — Reciprocal Linear Dispersion
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• MUT — Material Under Test

• IOT — Inductive Output Tube
• TEM — Transverse Electromagnetic
• BPM — Beam Position Monitor
• ASAS — Aerodynamic Stability Augmentation System
• NVIS — Night Vision Imaging System
• CBNM — Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements
• LNP — Lecture Notes in Physics
• AUM — Arbitrary Unit of Mass
• PMG — Permanent Magnet Generator
• REL — Recommended Exposure Limit
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• POGS — polar-orbiting geomagnetic survey
• UTA — Unresolved Transition Array
• DE — Differential Equation(s)
• ASD — Astrophysics Science Division
• AFTA — Acoustic Fatigue Test Article
• PSSC — Physical Science Study Committee
• ALICE — A Large Ion Collider Experiment
• SPH — Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics
• VCC — Voltage Collector-to-Collector (transistors)
• SSADM — Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology
• HV — High Vacuum
• ADGEO — Advances in Geophysics
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• QMS — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• 2PPE — Two-Photon Photoemission
• TJ — TeraJoule
• LLG — Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation
• EPJ — European Physical Journal
• MOKE — Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect
• SVD — Shock Vibration Digest
• LFCC — Linear Frequency Cepstral Coefficient
• LIM — Limit
• JKPS — Journal of Korean Physical Society
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• NLC — Next Linear Collider
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• CCM — Computational Continuum Mechanics
• DUV — Deep Ultraviolet
• BSDM — Biased Site Disordered Model
• TIB — Tracker Inner Barrel
• NEI — Nuclear Energy Institute
• UMIST — University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
• AIH — Acoustical Imaging and Holography
• AFI — Accordion Fringe Interferometry
• PTCA — Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angiography
• ASC — Aerodynamic Surface Control
• PLL — Phase Locked Loop
• ODC — Orthogonal Defect Classification

• RHEED — Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction
• PHAPP — Physics and its Applications
• RBS — Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry
• HO — High Order
• JATP — Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• EDAX — energy dispersive analysis of X-rays
• DU — Durability
• STASA — Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
• FTIR — Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
• DMC — Dynamic Motion Control
• RC — Resistor-Capacitor
• ICP — Inductively Coupled Plasma
• FIM — Field Intensity Meter
• AF — Acceleration Factor
• QO — Quasi-Optical
• MPMS — Magnetic Property Measurement System
• FHMM — Factorial Hidden Markov Model
• WHHM — Werthamer Helfand Hohenberg and Maki
• BC — Boundary Condition
• RXS — Resonant X-Ray Scattering
• ARES — Advanced Rheometric Expansion System
• CARB — Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
• 3DSSPP — Three-Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program
• WAMW — Weight-Average Molecular Weight
• UB — Upper Bound
• CLC — Capillary Liquid Chromatography
• SWAP — Short-Wavelength Automated Perimetry
• QM — Quantum Mechanics
• BGM — Basis Generator Method
• SEAQUEST — A series of fixed target Drell-Yan experiments at Fermilab
• AMS — Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
• CHJCP — Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics
• BF-TEM — Bright-field transmission electron microscopy
• APAC — Applied Acoustics
• TC — Temperature Control
• DOP — Degree of Polarization
• ARL — Average Run Length
• APHY — Acoustical Physics
• TMA — Thermal Mechanical Analysis
• COMPH — Computers in Physics
• CF — Cold Fusion
• AAAC — Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
• BIB — Blocked Impurity Band
• PPHTS — Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors
• STEM — Storable Tubular Extendible Member
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• TEF — Time-Energy-Frequency
• SG — Specific Gravity
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)

• ITSU — IEEE Transactions on Sonics Ultrasonics
• IC — Internal Combustion
• PFG — Pulsed Field Gradient
• LBLRR — LBL Research Review
• PMMA — Polymethylmethacrylate
• SR — Special Relativity
• YS — Yield Strength
• HS — Hot Spot
• AUJPA — Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement
• TBB — Triple Beam Balance
• SSCP — Springer Series on Chemical Physics
• RDP — Rubidium Di-Hydrogen Phosphate
• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• VOX — Voice Operated EXchange
• LBT — Large Binocular Telescope
• BWO — Backward Wave Oscillator
• CCP6 — Collaborative Computational Project 6
• ATDB — Aerothermodynamic Data Book
• HSS — Hollow Structural Section
• DLP — Digital Light Processing
• WAFAC — Wide-Angle Free-Air Chamber
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• BLB — Black Light Bulb
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• NJPH — New Journal of Physics
• ESR — Electrical Substitution Radiometer
• CCFL — Countercurrent Flow Limitation
• M — Mass
• LISS — Linear Imaging Self-Scanning
• GS — Gauss
• TIMS — Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• PID — Photoionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• SFG — Sum Frequency Generation
• NAA — Neutron Activation Analysis
• DE — Discrete Event (program specification)
• VLT — Visible Light Transmission
• EMILY — Extreme Monkey Indigestion Laryngitis Youngen
• NEMS — National Energy Modeling System
• AVCOR — algorithm vibration correlation
• CHPHY — Chinese Physics
• PNP — Positive-Negative-Positive
• LCIF — Laser-Collision-Induced Fluorescence
• RVST — Resonance Vibrating Screening Technology
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• OGB — Original Grain Boundary
• IDC — Insulation Displacement Contact (connector)
• SANS — Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
• MSLD — Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector

• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• AMB — As Measured By
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• GEC — Gaseous Electronics Conference
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• MDR — Mass Distribution Ratio
• PASTI — Public Address Speech Transmission Index
• STS — Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
• PCPP — Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
• AERTE — Aerojet Technology
• NVH — Noise Vibration Harshness
• DSA — digital subtraction angiography
• JDS — Joint Density of States
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• LTA — Low temperature (oxygen plasma) ashing
• RPN — Remote Plasma Nitridation
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• ABMP — American Board of Medical Physics
• VEEL — Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels
• ALVIB — algorithm payload vibration
• NVLAP — National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
• CMS — Compact Muon Solenoid
• NIR — Near Infrared
• IV — Input Voltage
• LOQ — Limit of Quantitation
• EIES — Electron Impact Emission Spectroscopy
• HFS — Hydrogen Forward Scattering
• KWP — Kilowatt-Peak
• LVDT — Linear Variable Differential Transformer
• EBIT — Electron Beam Ion Trap
• ELT — Extremely Large Telescope
• TCS — Three-Dimensional Complex Space Theory
• TLI — Tilted Laser Image
• MBE — Molecular Beam Epitaxy
• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• SCCM — standard cubic centimeters per minute
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• MTXM — Magnetic Transmission X-Ray Microscopy
• CPS — Central Plasma Sheet
• FM — Ferromagnetic
• BIM — Body In Motion
• RHM — Roentgen Hour Meter
• EF — Extra Fine
• JETPL — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters
• HHPN — Hydraulic High Pressure Nebulization
• QRHE — quantum anomalous Hall effect
• GUT — Grand Unification Theory
• XPS — X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• COS — Change of State
• SW — Surface Wave

• FIR — Far Infrared
• AD — Antimatter Decelerator
• IMA — Ideal Mechanical Advantage
• ARACO — Archives Acoustics
• PAC — Probably Approximately Correct
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• ASVIB — algorithm scoreboard vibrations
• COASP — Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics
• JEPT — Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics
• MAP — Maximum A Posteriori estimate
• NRLM — National Research Laboratory of Metrology (Japan)
• PSML — Physical Systems Modeling Laboratory
• SCV — Squared Coefficient of Variation
• ARCP — Annual Reviews of Computational Physics
• GEC — General Electrodynamics Corporation
• LVR — Lever
• DALR — Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
• 2DHG — Two-Dimensional Hole Gas
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• STM — Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• NERI — Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
• SQM — Square Meter
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• AEJ — Aeronautical Journal
• FTICR — Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• FT-IRAS — Fourier Transform-Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• CXRO — Center for X-Ray Optics at Berkeley, CA
• CHPHL — Chinese Physics Letter
• NISTAR — NIST Advanced Radiometer
• FI — Field Intensity
• MEMS — Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
• VAC — Vacuum Assisted Closure
• WXRF — Wavelength-dispersive X- Ray Fluorescence
• 2PH TDF — Two-Particle-Hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation
• NEMP — Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse
• TL — Time Line
• BR — Branching Ratio
• LCTE — Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• SI — Système International d'unités (International System of Units)
• WLF — Williams-Landel-Ferry equation
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• VT — Valid Time
• BELLE — B detector at KEK in Japan
• SEE — Secondary Electron Emission
• LCLS — Linac Coherent Light Source
• UMRK — Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
• CH — Continuum Hypothesis
• CIPM — International Committee of Weights and Measures, France

• BPAS — Bulletin of Pure and Applied Science
• LC — Liquid Crystal
• CEJPH — Central European Journal of Physics
• FOC — Forward Only Conversion
• CFM — Creates Forward Motion
• ACR — Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• TJPH — Turkish Journal of Physics
• UCSUSA — Union of Concerned Scientists, United States of America
• PSST — Plasma Sources Science Technology
• TC — Thermal Conductivity
• CPL — Chemical Physics Letters
• JPSJS — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Supplement
• PLA — Physics Letters A
• MICE — Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
• PMR — Proton Magnetic Resonance
• HTPPL — High Temperature Plasma Physics Lab
• ENSDF — Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File
• MIST — Microgravity Science and Technology
• ATU — Accumulated Thermal Unit
• MBS — Minimum Breaking Strength
• VA — Volt Ampere
• J — Torsional Constant for a structural Section
• TPP — Thermal Power Plant
• BTI — Bubble Technology Inc
• AF — Anisotropic Filtering
• RFP — Radiation Flux Parameter
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• WIMP — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
• LI-ION — Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• MOSFET — Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
• FDFD — Finite Difference Frequency Domain
• JVC — Journal of Vibration and Control
• CZJPH — Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
• EPI — Echo Planar Imaging
• QMF — quadrature mirror filter banks
• IO — Interactive Optimum
• CAM — Computer-Aided Machining
• ND — Neutron Detector
• MRIR — medium-resolution infrared radiometer
• HRTF — Head-Related Transfer Function
• DONUT — Direct Observation of the Nu Tau
• ST — Spherical Tokamak
• AMJPH — American Journal of Physics
• BET — Brunauer - Emmett - Teller
• FEC — Ferro-Electric liquid Crystal
• IMS — Institute for Molecular Science
• ULTRA — Ultrasonics
• PO2 — Pressure of Oxygen
• EMW — Electromagnetic Wave
• GPIB — General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus

• PHL — Physics Letters
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• PCSE — Physical Chemistry: Science and Engineering
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• XSW — X-Ray Standing Wave
• SPE — solid phase extraction method
• DREAMS — Dynamic Range Enhancement Applied to Mass Spectrometry
• TC — Technical Committee (HL7)
• PAPGE — Pure and Applied Geophysics
• RECAN — Regional European and Central Asian ALARA Network
• CFT — Crystal Field Theory
• SEA — Statistical Energy Analysis
• CLR — Center of Lateral Resistance
• ABHP — American Board of Health Physics
• TC — Thermal Control
• MMC — Moving Micro Cross
• MS — MilliSeconds
• SCAMPY — Scanning Micro Pyrometer
• JMP — Journal of Mathematical Physics
• RT — Reverberation Time
• HWP — Half-Wave Plate
• EPA — Electron Positron Accumulator
• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• ANIPS — Annals of the Israel Physical Society
• DUS — Duplex Ultrasound
• JSMAJ — Japan Society of Microgravity Application Journal
• HC — Hard Condition
• STAR — Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC
• IPL — Intense Pulsed Light
• EJTP — Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics
• ODE — Ordinary Differential Equation
• JGE — Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
• JJAPS — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Supplement
• PTCP — Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics
• LRSP — Living Reviews in Solar Physics
• TST — Time-Space-Time
• UHT — Ultra High Temperature
• MEL — Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
• AMMAC — Mexican Metrology Association
• JRLR — Journal of Russian Laser Research
• YKP — Yano- Koonin- Podgoretskii
• SEM — Scanning Electron Microscopes
• CPR — Chemical Physics Reports
• JVST — Journal of Vacuum Science Technology
• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• TG — Temperature Gradient
• ITD — Inlet Temperature Difference
• SHWAV — Shock Waves
• BSS.2 — Beta-Particle Secondary Standards System
• AESIJ — Aeronautical Society India Journal

• OAM — Orbital Angular Momentum
• PFC — Parallel Flange Channel
• LLB — Laboratoire Leon Brillouin
• NEANDC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Data Committee
• 3DFFM — Three-Dimensional Fourier Filtering Method
• COTPH — Communications in Theoretical Physics
• MMCP — Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
• AFA — Average Fock Approximation
• JGP — Journal of Geometry and Physics
• CLFR — Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector
• RTP — Research Trends in Physics
• XSV — Expendable Sound Velocimeter
• ECT — Error Correction Term
• IBFM — Interacting Boson-Fermion Model
• FTMS — Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry
• GCA — Gradual Channel Approximation
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• JCA — Journal of Computational Acoustics
• PEPI — Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
• HERO — High Energy Replicated Optics
• CERN — Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
• DCT — Discrete Cosine Transformer
• HELEN — High Energy Laser Embodying Neodymium
• MUNU — An experiment at the Bugey reactor in France studying electron - electron neutrino scattering.
• CPIP — Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
• TCB — Temporal Coherence Boundary
• COMMP — Comments in Modern Physics
• EPIC — Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
• GR&R — Gauge Reproducibility And Repeatability
• PMT — Photo Multiplier Tube
• PTI — Proxima Therapeutics Inc.
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• TW — Top of Wall
• PCM — Phase Change Materials
• PRF — Petroleum Research Fund
• GLM — Generalized Linear Model
• SBLC — S-Band Linear Collider
• CCFL — Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
• VIS — Visible
• LORAN-C — A Radio Navigation System Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard
• WKB — Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (phase-shift Formula For Potential Scattering)
• HBT — Hanbury Brown-Twiss
• CRT — Conformal Radiation Therapy
• ENZ — Epsilon-Near-Zero
• TMP — Turbo Molecular Pump
• PDE — Possible Duplicate Emission
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• FD — Finite Difference
• LO — Laser Optics
• GFAAS — graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry

• FTG — Full Tensor Gradient
• EL — Europhysics Letters
• EXO — Enriched Xenon Observatory
• GML — General Measurement Loop
• UCLA — Harbor-University of California Los Angeles
• OSU — Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio, United States
• EFW — Evanescent Floquet Wave
• CR — Curvature Radiation
• PFID — Perturbed Free Induction Decay
• LPCVD — Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• SAJPH — South African Journal of Physics
• QFT — Quantitative Fluorescence Technique
• SCF — Stress Concentration Factor
• PT — Peak Torque
• ASAJ — Acoustical Society of America Journal
• LAL — The Laboratoire de L'Accelerateur Lineaire at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France
• MCU — Microcontroller Unit
• JGGS — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity Supplement
• ESR — Experimental Storage Ring
• PAPPH — Pure and Applied Physics
• GCK — Geiger Counter Kit
• SBR — Spectral Band Replication
• NCF — Near Coherence of Filters
• POPRV — Pilot Operated Pressure Relief Valve
• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• ABF — All but Finitely
• FOC — Forward of Center
• FCG — Fatigue Crack Growth
• BHLH — Basic Helix-Loop-Helix
• PTF — Physics of Thin Films
• PPPL — Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• JSP — Journal of Statistical Physics
• LAND — Large Area Neutron Detector
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• TWA — time-weighted averaged
• FBM — Fractional Brownian Motion
• JAG — Journal of Applied Geophysics
• ACOUL — Acoustics Letters
• PHT — Physics Today
• CSLPT — Cambridge Studies in Low Temperature Physics
• FZK — Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
• CRP — Coordinated Research Program
• JPSJ — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
• EGR — Entropy Gradient Reversal
• NPIC — Nuclear Power Institute of China
• BMD — Bending Moment Diagram
• ND — Neutron Density
• NSOM — Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• CER — Controlled Energy Release

• HF — Hartree-Fock Method
• PPCF — Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• APD — VERP)/action potential duration
• CDW — Continuum Distorted Wave
• EEEL — Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
• JMAPH — Journal of Mathematics and Physics
• C&EA — Cause and Effect Analysis
• SCR — Space Charge Region
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
• ITPS — IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
• QCD — Quantum Chromodynamics
• SQ — Scalar Quantization
• CMR — Colossal Magnetoresistance
• WL — Weak Localization
• VHT — Very High Temperature
• SEM — Standard Error of Measurement
• JFLU — Journal of Fluorescence
• CONPH — Contemporary Physics
• EIEIO — Electron Impact Excitation of Ions from Organics
• FOAM — Foam Optics and Mechanics
• BEB — Binary-Encounter-Bethe
• ACCW — Auxiliary Component Cooling Water
• HEI — Heat Exchange Institute Inc.
• ICP — Injector Control Pressure
• PFD — Photon Flux Density
• KCDB — Key Comparison and Calibration Database
• K2K — KEK to Kamioka
• FSBS — Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• CPSSH — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces and Heterogeneous Catalysis
• URA — Universities Research Association, Inc.
• MML — Material Measurement Laboratory
• SEI — Specific Energy Input
• CPCAR — Chemistry and Physics of Carbon
• ETI — Environmental Technology Initiative
• NOBCCHE — National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers
• MQA — measurement quality assurance
• 3DWBA — Three-Body Distorted-Wave Born Approximation
• ACTS — Automated Computer Time Service
• LSC — Liquid Scintillation Counting
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• ADEXG — Advances in Exploration Geophysics
• HYPER-CP — A Search for Direct CP Violation in Hyperon Decays
• RDCMP — Recent Development in Condensed Matter Physics
• BJAP — British Journal of Applied Physics
• DEG — Dimensional Electron Gas
• DWP — Dispensing Well Plate
• ARO — United States Army Research Office
• HPM — High Power Microwave
• LTP — Low Temperature Physics

• HVL — Half Value Layer
• POF — Physics of Fluids
• ARPES — Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• LOMO — Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital
• XRF — X-Ray Fluorescence
• QDT — Quantum-Defect Theory
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• BES — Beijing Spectrometer (China)
• ADCHP — Advances in Chemical Physics
• AFVH — Anti- Ferromagnetic van Hove scenario
• MICGQ — Microgravity Quarterly
• IN2P3 — Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules
• GDOG — Generalized Double Optical Gating
• IPM — Ionization Profile Monitor
• MO — Magneto-optic
• BIA — Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
• ADGR — Advances in Geophysical Research
• DDF — Distance Distortion Factor
• MEA — Membrane Electrode Assembly
• IPTS — International Practical Temperature Scale
• SSCOM — Solid State Communications
• PCED — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Delta
• TUT — Time Under Tension
• HVL — Half-Value Layer
• FCFC — Full-Coverage Film Cooling
• OPTLE — Optics and Lasers in Engineering
• RPV — Reactor Pressure Vessel
• FRET — fluorescence resonant energy transfer
• STSSP — Selected Topics in Solid State Physics
• JLUM — Journal of Luminescence
• ADTPH — Advanced Texts in Physics
• DOT — Degeneration Over Time
• RRDSP — Recent Research Development in Statistical Physics
• TQW — Triangular Quantum Well
• PSL — Polystyrene-latex
• KN — Kilo Newton
• HUT — Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
• APT — Analytic Perturbation Theory
• JMPS — Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• CAT — Computed Axial Tomography
• ETDS — Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
• EOPAP — Earth and Ocean Physics Application Program
• AGS — Alternating-gradient Synchrotron
• ADMPS — Advances in Mechanics and Physics of Surfaces
• IAPT — Indian Association of Physics Teachers
• PCL — Physics and Chemistry of Liquids
• CRYRING — Electron Accelerator and Storage Ring Facility (Stockholm, Sweden)
• RVMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• PES — Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• JESRP — Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena

• DARD — Dynamic Axial Rotational Device
• TCPH — Topics in Current Physics
• AOM(S) — acousto-optic modulator(s)
• JAE — Journal of Acoustic Emission
• ETRAN — Monte Carlo computer code for Electrons and Photons through Extended Media
• EEP — Einstein Equivalence Principle
• IQEC — International Quantum Electronics Conference
• RIBD — Reactive Ion Beam Deposition
• OIML — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• SGORS — Studies in Geophysical Optics and Remote Sensing
• IGC — International Gravity Commission
• CEV — Constant Elasticity of Variance
• AICF — Acoustic Inertial Confinement Fusion
• JPCRD — Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
• CGS — Centimeter, Gram, Second
• CEBAF — Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
• JMOA — Journal of Microwaves Optics and Acoustics
• RCU — Rapid Cooling Unit
• CEL — Correlated Emission Laser
• IRIS — Internal Rotary Inspection System
• LRR — Living Reviews in Relativity
• ACRU — Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit
• ACFA — Asian Committee for Future Accelerators.
• TCD — Thermal Conductivity response Detector
• GUIDE — Generalized Unbiased Interaction Detection and Estimation
• FFE — Far Field Extension
• VNIIFTRI — National Scientific and Russian Research Institute for Physical, Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements
• LENR — Low Energy Nuclear Reactions
• NA — Neutral Axis
• F&M — Force and moment
• ADPPR — Advances in Plasma Physics Research
• NEANSC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Science Committee
• JVE — Journal of Vibration Engineering
• TDCR — Triple-to-Double Coincidence Ratio
• VCM — Voice-Coil Motor
• LPB — Laser and Particle Beams
• ECP — Effective Core Potential Approxn.(in Electronic-structure Calcn.)
• CPB — Center Point of Balance
• PAES — Positron-Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• TCH — Transmission Converter Hydraulic
• JLVEN — Journal of Light & Visual Environment
• MOP — Maximum Operating Pressure
• AECL — Atomic Energy Canada Limited
• ITAS — IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
• NELAC — National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference
• GB — Grain Boundary
• NEBM — Nudged Elastic Band Method
• DSM — Dynamic Scattering Mode
• JAERI — Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
• MAPHS — Mathematical Physics Studies

• AAPP — Association of Applied Physicists Pakistan
• TRFM — Time Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
• AOI — Angle Of Incidence
• OSRD — Office of Standard Reference Data
• DQS — Discrete Quantum State
• BUIPS — Bulletin of the Israel Physical Society
• PLPHR — Plasma Physics Reports
• ECH — Eddy Current Heating
• COPP — Contributions to Plasma Physics
• CRI — Cambridge Research Instrumentation
• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• MGG — Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics
• ASA — Accessible Surface Area
• MKSA — Meter, Kilogram, Second, Ampere
• ISS — Input-to-State Stability
• HVLA — High-Velocity Low Amplitude
• ASME — American Society for Mechanical Engineers
• RTPC — Radial Time Projection Chamber
• QZE — Quantum Zeno Effect
• RFP — Random Free Process
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• SHC — Specific Heat Capacity
• ITM — IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
• BEFE — Bio-Electric Field Enhancement
• SCOT — Support Coated Open Tubular
• TD — Time Differential
• JSCI — Journal of Scientific Instruments
• ACE — Acoustic Compliance Enhancement
• PRVP — Proceedings of Vibration Problems
• MTF — Magnetized Target Fusion
• CAJPH — Canadian Journal of Physics
• CCG — Calibration Coordination Group
• DARE — Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• ILC — International Linear Collider
• P6 — physics
• ESRF — The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.
• IPP — Institute of Plasma Physics
• PHRVL — Physical Review Letters
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• MPPCF — Million particles per cubic foot
• ISAC — Isotope Separator and Accelerator Facility
• SLM(S) — spatial light modulator(s)
• QMF — Quadrature Mirror Filter
• IMGC — Istituto di Metrologia "G. Colonnetti" (Italy)
• TIMED — Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
• GXR — Grazing X-ray Reflectometry
• ICBP — International Conference on Biological Physics
• IVBT — Intravascular brachytherapy
• TTSP — Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
• MBB — Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics

• QEG — Quantum Einstein Gravity
• FPS — foot-pound-second [cf. cgs and mks]
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• CIRRPC — Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination
• CCSM — Cross Correlogram Spectral Matching
• HFD — High Frequency Detection
• TRM — Time-Reversal Mirror
• RFP — Relativistic Fokker Planck
• QGT — Quantum Graph Theory
• WWV — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Colorado
• AWA — The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator
• DCMP — Directions in Condensed Matter Physics
• VP — Vapor Pressure
• LHM — Liquide Hydraulique Minerale
• CIE — Commission Internationale De L'Éclairage
• BOMD — Born Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics
• JPLPH — Journal of Plasma Physics
• QMD — Quantum Molecular Dynamics (for Calcns. On The Dynamics Of A Quantum Particle Coupled To A Classical Many-body System)
• BFRL — Building and Fire Research Laboratory
• SCD — Single Crystal Diffraction
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• ENO — Essentially Non-Oscillatory
• HSST — Heavy-Section Steel Technology
• MPAG — Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry
• RO — Read Only
• CCPP — Collaborative Computational Plasma Physics
• LISA — Laser Inferometer Space Antenna
• CMCV — Charge Motion Control Valve
• FIOP — Field Induced Ordered Phase
• MW — Microwave
• FUSE — Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Explorer
• IPSN — L'Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
• PSD — Physical Sciences Data
• TT — Torsion Twist
• CHJG — Chinese Journal of Geophysics
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• ARPES — Angle Resolved Photo Electron Spectroscopy
• INDC — International Nuclear Data Committee
• EPJAP — European Physical Journal, Applied Physics
• RVMPS — Reviews of Modern Physics Supplement
• TZFC — Triple Zeta Frozen Core
• CTPHY — Classical Theoretical Physics
• LRA — Locked Rotor Ampere
• PER — Physics Education Research
• PDS — power density spectra
• RBF — radial basis function network
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• HYAAS — Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotom etry.
• CRCPD — Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
• MIMIC — Microscopy and Microanalysis

• GEOS — Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite
• ICAMDATA — International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications
• MPLA — Modern Physics Letters A
• FT/MS — Fourier Transform / Mass Spectroscopy
• FC — Flow Controller
• CPSS — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces
• TNO — Trans-Neptunian Object
• GRS — Gamma Ray Spectrometer
• REI — Rad Elec Inc.
• ACRR — Annular Core Research Reactor
• REBAT — Restricted Bandwidth Technique
• RHIC — Brookhaven'sRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider began operation in 2000
• ZPF — Zero Point Field
• ADSMP — Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics
• JAP — Journal of Applied Physics
• MNX — Magnetic Nozzle Experiment
• HOQS — Highest Occupied Quantum State
• DMC — Diffusion Monte Carlo
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• POT — Power Over Time
• JLWT — Journal of Lightwave Technology
• BABAR — B-Bbar (anti-B) detector at SLAC'sB Factory
• IAG — International Association of Gravity
• IGRF — International Geomagnetic Reference Field
• HFIR — High Flux Isotope Reactor
• NPSS — Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
• EHT — Extra High Tension
• ZDR — Z-Differential Reflectivity
• NSTP — Non-Spatial Thinking Process Theory
• NPA — Nuclear Physics Apparatus
• NP — Neper
• CLA — Condition Lever Angle
• ARPA-E — Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
• HFB — Hartree Fock Bogoliubov
• ADTM — Alternate Density Transmission Medium
• DPPC — Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
• DSFD — Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
• LEAR — Low Energy Antiproton Ring
• PMMC — Permanent Magnet Moving Coil
• AUJPH — Australian Journal of Physics
• AL — argon laser
• RG — renormalization group
• TMP — Thermo Mechanical Pulping
• CTP — Course of Theoretical Physics
• PAW — Physics Analysis Workstation
• LCAP — Laser Cooling and Atomic Physics
• ARROW — Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide
• ZL — Zyklon Loop
• PHPL — Physics of Plasmas
• CPLIP — Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

• SSION — Solid State Ionics
• JGR — Journal of Geophysical Research
• ADPLP — Advances in Plasma Physics
• FFAG — Fixed-Field Alternating Gradient
• JGG — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
• FRAC — Fracture Research and Application Consortium
• POF — Plane of Focus
• INS — Inelastic Neutron Scattering
• FUV — Far Ultraviolet
• LITA — Laser-Induced Thermal Acoustics
• GMC — Global Motion Compensation
• ALG — Advanced Lithography Group
• EPAD — Environmental Physics and Design
• ADBMP — Advances in Biological and Medical Physics
• CNIF — Californium Neutron Irradiation Facility
• APAS — Astrophysical Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences
• WLLN — Weak Law of Large Numbers
• RMU — Ring Main Unit
• CRR — Center for Radiological Research
• NR — Nuclear Reactor
• CM — Center of Mass
• PSTM — Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope
• RUPHJ — Russian Physics Journal
• ERF — Energy Rejection Filter
• FOCUS — FOtoproduction of Charm: Upgraded Spectrometer
• CCPR — Consultative Committee on Photometry and Radiometry
• PAW — Plasma Arc Weld
• CTRZ — Central Torodial Recirculation Zone
• FCPM — Fundamental Constants and Precision Measurements
• GRT — Germanium Resistance Thermometer
• DNAA — Delayed Neutron Activation Analysis
• BTE — Brake Thermal Efficiency
• OFR — Optics for Research
• UFM — Ultrasonic Force Microscopy
• GRASP — Graphical Representation and Analysis of Surface Properties
• PET — photosynthetic electron transport
• TPM — Transport in Porous Media
• LWIR — Long-Wave Infrared
• AP — Anti-Proton
• CCTF — Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency
• DMF — Decayed, Missing, Filled
• PHB — Physics Bulletin
• LEFM — Linear Elasticity Fracture Mechanics
• CSD — Computational Structural Dynamics
• PHYNY — Physics New York
• MTF — Modulation transfer function.
• NOMAD — Neutrino Oscillation Magnetic Detector
• PACS — Physics and Astronomy Classification Schemex
• NORAMET — A North American regional collaboration in national measurement standards and services
• TI — Thermal Inertia

• JSGEO — Journal of Series Geophysics
• BSM — Bell State Measurement
• SSTEC — Solid State Technology
• SNO — Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
• BGSM — Bowman Gray School of Medicine
• JNMP — Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
• LET — Linear Energy Transfer (in Spacecraft Power Systems)
• HEPAP — High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
• CTI — Critical Technologies Institute
• SCMP — Studies in Condensed Matter Physics
• SINH — hyperbolic sine function
• RVMAP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• RTTR — Real Time Thermal Rating
• RRDAP — Recent Research Development in Applied Physics
• ADV — Automatic Drain Valve
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
• LPM — Light-Particle Monitor
• PVT — Position Velocity Time
• TTY — Torque to Yield
• EBSD — Electron Back Scatter Diffraction
• GWCE — Generalized Wave Continuity Equation
• LIGO — Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
• IMECE — International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
• E — Electric
• JIMW — Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
• ICRM — International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology
• SPDF — Space Physics Data Facility
• BB — Blackbody
• APL — Advanced Physics Laboratory
• 4THD — Fourth Dimension
• WDXS — Wavelength Dispersive Xray Spectroscopy
• ESU — Energy Storage Unit
• ELECM — Electromagnetics
• PZM — Pressure Zone Microphone
• ITASS — IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing
• ASD — Active Surface Definition
• PEAQ — Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality
• EGAS — European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy
• DNP — Division of Nuclear Physics
• CTF — CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) Test Facility
• RAP — Roentgen area product
• SDIF — Sony Digital Interface Format
• QED — Quantum Electrodynamics
• CSEWG — Cross Section Evaluation Working Group
• APPHL — Applied Physics Letters
• ASSP — Advanced Solid-State Photonics
• JPHCS — Journal of Physics - Conference Series
• PPCPP — Progress in Photochemistry and Photophysics
• MMF — Magneto Motive Force

• DAMA — Dark Matter
• MACHO — Massive Compact Halo Object
• IBB — Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
• GRNS — Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer
• DIA — Dynamic Input Area
• PLDS — Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures
• VLA — Very Large Array
• CPHY — Communications on Physics
• ARDS — Analysis of Rotor Dynamic Systems
• ES — Elementary Stream
• HEPIC — High Energy Physics Information Center
• JMAGR — Journal of Magnetic Resonance
• FLIR — Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
• CBA — Center for Backyard Astrophysics
• SOC — Second-Order Cone
• JCOPH — Journal of Computational Physics
• XRR — X-ray Reflectivity
• HIPD — High-Intensity Powder Diffractometer
• HDT — Heat Distortion Temperature
• CLIC — Compact Linear Collider
• GHRS — Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
• RRDP — Recent Research Development in Physics
• PHSS — Physics of the Solid State
• VRV — Variable Radial Velocity
• IBIS — Ion Beam Information System
• SVGL — Silicon Valley Group Lithography
• HHF — High Heat Flow
• CSIC — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Spanish
• RVGSP — Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
• BCMPA — Billion Cubic Meters per Annum
• BARC — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• FMSF — Fissile Material Storage Facility
• DOT — Delivery Optimized Thermodynamics
• CHJPH — Chinese Journal of Physics
• APM — Absolute Proper Motion
• DIW — De-Ionzied Water
• ATCS — Active Thermal Convective System
• JNLM — Journal of Non Linear Mechanics
• DTM — Dynamic Thermal Management
• GSP — Generalized Sequential Pattern
• HPGE — High Purity Germanium
• SSELE — Solid State Electronics
• IACS — Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences
• RPT — Reference Point Tracking
• LUNA — Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics at Gran Sasso.
• RBMK — Reactor Bolshoi Moshchnosti Kanalni
• FTMS — Fluid Transfer Management System
• ESB — Electrical Substitution Bolometer
• CAST — Council of Agricultural Science and Technology
• LCL — Lamp Center Length

• MOI — moments of inertia
• GWR — Guided Wave Radar
• PRPH — Progress of Physics
• DLV — Direct Linear Valve
• ODEND — Optical Detected Electron Nuclear Double Resonance
• CIRMS — Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards
• SASER — Soud Amplification by Stimulated Emmision of Radiation
• NAPM — National Association of Photographic Manufacturers
• AGUFM — American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
• QOA — Quasi-Optical Amplifier
• DQD — Dissipative Quasigeostrophic Dynamics
• AET — Active Edge Table
• MIS — Mirror Image Stimulation
• WAXS — Wide Angle X-ray Scattering
• BM — Bending Magnet
• MOTRIMS — Magneto-Optical Trap Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• DEPA — Dynamic Elastic Properties Analyzer
• HTOL — High Temperature Operating Lifetest
• ASTP — Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics
• ER — Elastic Recoil
• NBSR — National Bureau of Standards Reactor
• EPS — European Physical Society
• PEP — Positron Electron Project
• ARIE — Asynchronous Ratio Of Internal To External
• EXMPS — Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences
• NAMT — National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed
• STMP — Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
• NPPSB — Nonequilibrium Problems in the Physical Sciences and Biology
• DOG — Double Optical Gating
• FDR — Failure Divergence Refinement
• HB — Hydrogen Bond
• CESR — The Cornell Electron Storage Ring
• SEMPA — Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis
• QMC — Quantum Monte Carlo
• ACDM — Automated Contour Detection Method
• PL — Physics Laboratory
• AGW — Acoustic Gravity Wave
• HALO — Hypersonic Aircraft Launch Option
• DLT — Dynamic Laser Trimming
• JSUP — Journal of Superconductivity
• JGEO — Journal of Geodynamics
• NIKHEF — National Institute for Subatomic Physics
• STSP — Solar Terrestrial and Space Physics
• XRL — X-Ray Lithography
• PTHPH — Progress of Theoretical Physics
• ATW — Accelerator Transmutation Of Waste (for Radioactive Waste)
• BINP — Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia.
• GLCP — Global Linear Collider Project
• AVN — Accuracy Vanishing Now
• TPHY — Techniques of Physics

• HEP — DOE's Division of High Energy Physics, part of HENP.
• SGL — Sander Geophysics Ltd
• BTFM — Basic Two Fluid Model
• SDFF — Spectroscopically Determined Force Field
• BBR — Back Bouncing Rod
• HACR — High Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometer
• AEC — Active Energy Control
• CPS — Constant Pressure System (toys)
• EOS TPC — Equation of State Time Projection Chamber experiment
• TLP — Thread-Level Parallelism
• JGRS — Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement
• ESSPH — Essays in Physics
• MPDS — Mechanics and Physics of Discrete Systems
• MQDT — Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory
• AXAF — Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• PBG — Photonic Band Gap
• DDFT — Dynamic Density Functional Theory
• NSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• BRAN — Boulder Research and Administrative Network
• MSA — Meridian Stress Assessment
• WDFF — Weak Dipole Form Factor
• EAF — Electric Arc Furnace
• GCFC — Generalized Complementary Flux Condition
• LMRI — Laboratoire de Mesure des Rayonnements Ionisants (France)
• DTSS — Distributed Temperature and Strain Sensor
• CONFP — Contemporary Fundamental Physics
• CQW — Coupled Quantum Wells
• ISSI — International Space Science Institute (Bern, Switzerland)
• F — Flux
• LOCA — Loss of Coolant Accident
• NPGEO — Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
• ALR — Active Lead Ring
• OPTLT — Optics Laser Technology
• XUV — Extreme Ultraviolet
• OPTSP — Optics and Spectroscopy
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• CPC — Charged Particle Cannon
• SQW — Single Quantum Well
• ISCC — Inter-Society Color Council
• TLD — Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter systems
• UHV-SPM — Ultra High Vacuum Scanning Probe Microscopy
• SCC — Spectral Calibration Chamber
• LAMPF — Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility
• OSL — Optical Stimulated Luminescence
• HADES — High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer
• PHYES — Physics Essays
• EZW — Embedded Zero-tree Wavelet
• ALEPH — Apparatus for LEP PHysics, at CERN
• TWT — Transonic Wind Tunnel
• RRDPC — Recent Research Development in Physical Chemistry

• CIPT — CNS Institute for Physics Teachers
• RGM — Resonating Group Method
• MCMS — Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures
• GDT — Gas Discharge Tube
• SCLIR — Secondary Calibration Laboratories for Ionizing Radiation
• JEMT — Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique
• LMR — Laser Magnetic Resonance
• LGA — lattice gas automaton
• PSL — Physics of Solids and Liquids
• STMAP — Studies in Mathematical Physics
• PHFL — Physics of Fluids
• FANS — Filter Analyzer Neutron Spectrometer
• ACFM — Advanced Coal Flow Measurement
• KKR — Korringa Kohn Rostoker approximation
• ICPEAC — International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions
• ALCPG — American Linear Collider Physics Group
• FBS — Few-Body Systems
• HWP — Half Wavelength Plate
• PTR — Proton Transfer Reaction
• SSBD — Steady State Beam Deflection
• ADVP — Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profiler
• RSM — Regional Spectral Model
• BEC — Bose-Einstein Condensation
• COPHC — Computer Physics Communications
• PWR — Pressurized-Water Reactor
• IOP — Institute Of Physics
• QCC — Quadrupole Coupling Constant
• ICNIRP — International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
• NRRT — Normal Reference Range Table
• OSTP — One Step Transition Probability
• CNT(S) — carbon nanotube(s)
• MUCOOL — MUon COOLing experiment
• NPHS — Nature Physical Science
• FST — Full Scale Tunnel
• EOP — Earth and Ocean Physics
• INSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
• HCCD — Mono-deuterated Acetylene
• QPT — Quantum Phase Transition
• MEVVA — Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc
• PBE — Pool Boiling Experiment
• HTS — High Tear Strength
• NUGEO — Nuclear Geophysics
• FIM — Field Ion Microscope
• EHB — Electronic Handbook
• PPM — Peak Program Meter
• LEED — Low Energy Electron Diffraction
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
• SVPAC — Soviet Physics Acoustics
• PAR — Parabolic Aluminum Reflector
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Science Center

• QNH — Quasi Non-Hydrostatic
• ENDF — Evaluated Nuclear Data File
• PMB — Physics in Medicine and Biology
• AFPL — Air Force Phillips Laboratory
• OBQ — Optimize Beam Quality
• GAPP — Global Analysis of Particle Properties
• WMAP — Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
• HFA — Hot Flow Anomaly
• VAT — Vibro-Acoustic Test
• ASET — Association of Super-advanced Electronics Technologies
• TIRF — Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence
• ARAC — Arithmetic Robot Application Control
• TME — Theory Model Elimination
• JSLR — Journal of Soviet Laser Research
• SLAC — The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California
• XDB — X-Ray Data Booklet
• OSPL — Output Sound Pressure Level
• QTI — Quantum Theory of Immortality
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• PEP-II — The official name for the SLAC B Factory
• EOTD — Enhanced Observed Time Difference
• PWS — Primary Working Standard
• LOPI — Loss of Piping Integrity
• ANSOM — Apertureless Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• MONO — MONOphonic
• DR-SFG — Doubly Resonant Sum Frequency Generation
• DMIP — Division of Medical Imaging Physics
• NZJGG — New Zealand Journal Geology and Geophysics
• FTAM — Flow Through Alpha Monitor
• PCN — Physics and Contemporary Needs
• ERI — Extended Range Imaging
• DSEG — Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics
• EJPH — European Journal of Physics
• FCDC — Fundamental Constants Data Center
• CDM — Ceramic Discharge Metalhalide
• SSDL — Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories
• GRAND — gamma ray and neutron detector
• NML — National Measurement Laboratory (Japan)
• MFPL — MAP (Multiple Application Platform) Fabry-Perot Laser
• SSGSR — Springer Verlag Springer Series on Group Geophysics Space Research
• CASS — Calibration Accuracy Support System
• QTG — Quantum Theory of Gravity
• NIM — National Instrumentation Methods
• SPP — Storage Photostimulable Phosphor
• ZPD — Zeta Potential Distribution
• EFP — Effective Fringing Property
• MU2E — A Fermilab experiment that will search for the conversion of a muon into an electron
• BCS — Bragg Crystal Spectrometer
• FDM — fused deposition modeling
• FFAH — Filament-Filled Annular Helical

• CPI — Computational Physics Inc
• NBS-6 — Previous Primary Frequency Standard
• RSPS — Rochester Symposium for Physics Students
• MQT — Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling
• MRSE — Manifest Refractive Spherical Equivalent
• PHYW — Physics World
• EME — Electromagnetic Effects
• LDMS — Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry
• PHP — Physics in Perspective
• FIMS — Fissionable Isotope Mass Standards
• CBO — Corrected Born-Oppenheimer (in Calcns. For Mol. Complexes)
• TDIF — Teac Digital Interface Format
• TME — Total Mechanical Energy
• W/F — Wandel/ Fietstochten
• ENEA — Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E L'Ambiente
• CAMOS — Committee on Atomic Molecular and Optical Sciences
• WGCV — Working Group on Calibration and Validation
• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• PTHPS — Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
• HAARP — Hf Active Auroral Research Program (Hf being "high frequency")
• COP — Coefficient Of Power
• JAES — Journal of Audio Engineering Society
• DRI — Differential Refractive Index
• LO — Local Orbitals
• HEAD — High Energy Astrophysics Division
• DCOF — Dynamic Coefficient of Friction
• PISCO — Parallel Imager for Southern Cosmological Observations
• FRAM — Functional Resonance Accident Model
• HVC — High-Velocity Core
• PVST — Pressure Vacuum Stability Test
• MPAM — Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics
• ORELA — Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator
• NS — Navier-Stokes
• QCL — Quantum Cascade Laser
• BETA NMR — Beta-radiation Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• JULIA — Jena University Laboratory of Ion Acceleration
• OPERA — Oscillation Project with EmulsiontRacking Apparatus
• ACCI — Atlantic Canada Coral Initiative
• HPL — High Pressure Lanes
• CSTN — Color Super Twist Nematic
• EOA — Effective Orifice Opening
• LHEP — Left Hand Elliptical Polarization
• IPPP — Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology
• MOP — Minds on Physics
• CHPH — Chemical Physics
• EUROMET — A European collaboration in measurement standards
• RIDIC — Radiation Internal Dose Information Center
• LCT — Lattice Compatibility Theory
• DBG — Disease Biophysics Group
• XLS — Xenon Light Source

• APS — Advanced Propagation Systems
• FCI — Fast Causal Inference
• IMRT — intensity-modulated radiation therapy
• HRE — Heterogeneity Recency Exit
• BEPC — Beijing Electron Positron Colider
• ERCOFTAC — European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion
• NQA — Nuclear Quality Assurance
• APT — Annular Proton Telescope
• YAG — Holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet
• PEM — polymer-electrolyte-membrane
• SPECT — single-photon emission computed tomography
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Spectroscopy
• ENAPC — Environmental Analytical and Physical Chemistry Series
• CRMMP — Classical Reviews in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• AF — Alternating Field
• KIAA — Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
• IC — indirect calorimetry
• BNC — Boron Nitride Coating
• JDEM — The Joint Dark Energy Mission
• AXAF-I — Imaging Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• RAND — Radio Neutrino Detector array
• CTD — Central Tracking Detector
• SM — Standard Model
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instituteumental Coefficient Package
• ULE — Ultra Light Engineering
• WNO — Weakly Non- Oscillatory
• WICM — Waves in Complex Media
• FRSE — Freundeskreis Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn
• RESL — Radiological and Environmental Science Laboratory
• AED — g.l.c.-atomic emission detection
• P-P — Peak-to-Peak (Value)
• COBR — Continuous Oscillatory Baffle Reactor
• REM — Roentgen Equivalent Man (Unit of Dose Equivalent)
• VR-SFG — Vibrationally Resonant Sum-frequency Generation
• LLD — Lamp Lumen Depreciation
• CCPP — Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
• COSMOS — Cosmologically Significant Mass Oscillation Search at Fermilab to detect muon neutrino to tau neutrino oscillations.
• CFT — Central Fiber Tracker
• ZFF — Zero Forcing Function
• ASCA — Japan-NASA X-ray Satellite
• AGS — The Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven
• FT — Fourier transformation
• ICFA — International Committee for Future Accelerators
• DHV — Demonstrate Higher Value
• BQP — Bounded-error Quantum Polynomial time
• FEDEM — Finite Element Dynamics in Elastic Mechanisms
• CPA — Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• RMP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• PGP — Physics of Geological Processes
• TASSII — Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Investigation

• FRIB — Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
• DWNT(S) — double-wall nanotube(s)
• ZI — Zone Industrielle
• IESNA — Illumination Engineering Society of North America
• ECRIS — Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Ion Source
• BG — Boltzmann Gibbs
• AGP — Annals of Geophysics
• CHORUS — CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research Apparatus
• BTD — Basic Thermodynamics
• GTRD — Generalized Transverse Resonance-Diffraction
• CHTM — Center for High Technology Materials
• H — Hotness
• ROC — Receiver Operator Characteristic Curve
• AGUSM — American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting
• FZS — Far Zone Scattering
• MOEMS — Micro-Optical Electro-Mechanical System
• TGF — Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash
• TBL — Turbulent Boundary Layer
• DRM — Digital Radio Mondial
• PETT — Positron Emission Transverse of Transaxial
• MTD — Minimum Translation Distance
• FID — Free Induction Decay (Fourier Transform Spectroscopy)
• ADS — Automated Dynamic Shear
• PFW — Propagating Floquet Wave
• MBIR — Medium Background Infrared Facility
• BEAM — Bosiger Energy Alignment Method
• PREP — Professional Research Experience Program
• CFL — Compact Fluorescent Lamp
• LHC — The Large Hadron Collider
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council Science, Engineering and Technology
• VLT — Very Large Telescope
• FTM — Fluid Transfer Management
• BKT — Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless crossover
• CFR — Continuous Flow Recycling
• LVE — Light Vibrational Energy
• DD — Differential Detection
• BB — Broad-bandwidth
• FISCO — Fieldbus Instrinsic Safety Concept
• LEIR — Low Energy Ion Ring
• EDF — Enhanced Depth of Field
• IEN — Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale (Italy)
• HELP — High Energy Laser Propagation
• NAS/NRC — National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
• RLP — Right Lifting Property
• MP — magnetic particle
• BZ — Band Zero
• IRDCF — Infrared Detector Calibration Facility
• GLC — Global Linear Collider
• IPNS — Intense Pulsed Neutron Source
• ZDC — Zero-Degree Calorimeter

• EGR — Energy Generation Region
• CISR — Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation
• QP — quasiparticle
• CT — Computed tomographic scan
• HW — Hard Wall
• ECT — Edge Crush Testing
• GWC — Generalized Wave Continuity
• VDG — Van de Graaff
• INFN-LNF — The National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Italy
• KTG — Kinetic Theory of Gases
• PCE — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
• UVA — University of Virginia
• SKA — Square Kilometre Array
• GINGA — Japanese X-ray Satellite
• CFCD — Computational Fuel Cell Dynamics
• DGT — Denier Gradient Technology
• JINR — The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.
• CDMS — Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
• NMS — Natural Matrix Standard
• NLCTA — Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator
• IPAP — Institute of Pure and Applied Physics
• AFCP — Atomic Flux Coating Process
• IQI — Image Quality Indicator
• LOT — Laser-Optic Technology
• PV — plasma volume
• OFS — Österreichisches Forschungszentrum
• IRIS — Integrated Radiation Information System
• BPS — Bogomolnyi-Prasad-Sommerfield
• CMMPH — Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• LASJ — Laser Journal
• UVB — Ultraviolet B
• RKB — Restricted Kinetic Balance (method In Calcns. Of Wave Functions And Energies)
• CTMC — Classical Trajectory Monte Carlo
• JULIE — Joint Utilization of Laser Integrated Experiments
• WTCQ — Wavelet Trellis Coded Quantization
• AESR — Array-Enhanced Stochastic Resonance
• LFO — literature-low frequency oscillations
• NACT — Nonlinear Asymptotic Coupling Theory
• VRS — Vortex Ring State
• OCQ — Old Covariant Quantization
• QHO — Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
• KEK — Koo Energy Ken
• IWEPNM — International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials
• IOPD — Integrated Optical Path Difference
• HI RES FLY'SEYE — High-energy cosmic ray experiment in Dugway, Utah
• MARGR — Marine Geophysical Researches
• MCT — Mercury-cadmium-telluride
• KIP — Kenya Ict Policy
• MAFF — Munich Accelerator for Fission Fragments
• CPEP — Contemporary Physics Education Project

• GSI — Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
• ISPP — Illinois State Physics Project
• QGM — Quantitative Gas Measurement
• CEM — Cascade Exciton Model
• CRESST — Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers
• VWC — Vector Wavelet Coding
• NAS — Net Analyte Signal
• HFM — Highly Friction Modified
• SFD — Shear Force Diagram
• QGD — Quantum-Geometry Dynamics
• HPLA — High Power Large Aperture
• EDN — Event Detection and Notification
• CTP — Center for Theoretical Physics
• FR — Filtered Radiometer
• ITER — International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
• RRP — Research Reports in Physics
• PSJ — Pivoted Shoe Journal
• TL — Temporal Logic
• DESY — Deutches Elektronen SYnchrotron laboratory in Hamburg, Germany
• QFEP — Quantum Free Energy Perturbation (calcn. Method)
• HPLC — High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic
• FACSS — Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
• KP — Knowles and Physics
• DFS — Displaced Fermi Surface
• JTURB — Journal of Turbulence
• Q — Quantizer
• WDW — Wheeler De- Witt equation
• ING — Intense Neutron Generator
• IVR — intramolecular vibrational redistribution
• ARXPS — Angle Resolved X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• IC — Initial Condition
• MAPLE — Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment
• ANVIS — Aviator Night Vision Imaging System
• HERA — Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator at DESY
• OTD — Optical Technology Division
• FZ — Far Zone
• CAP — Current Applied Physics
• PB — Primary Beam
• QTN — Quasi-Thermal Noise
• APPMT — Advanced Photon Processing and Measurement Technology
• NDE — Nucleon Decay Experiment
• DM — Distance Measured
• TTZ — Teisseyre Tornquist Zone
• CCMP — Computational Condensed Matter Physics
• DACU — Data Acquisition and Control Unit
• STF — Space-Time-Frequency
• EBAS — Electron Bombardment Anneal System
• TAM — Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• HPPT — HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS AND TECHNICS
• ISI — In-Situ Interferometer

• FF — Forward Facing
• CQM — constituent-quark model
• QCI — Quadratic Configuration Interaction
• SMSI — Strong Metal-support Interaction
• AKD — Altered Kinetic Distance
• AOI — Areas of Interaction
• MAG — Modern Approaches in Geophysics
• EQE — External Quantum Efficiency
• QCA — Quasi- Crystalline Approximation
• VXR — Visible Transfer Radiometer
• OPAL — Omni Purpose Apparatus for LEP, at CERN
• BAW — Bulk Acoustic Wave
• APEX — AntiProton Experiment
• HEAT — High-Energy Antimatter Telescope
• MDRF — Materials Dosimetry Reference Facility
• NG6M — Neutron Guide No. 6
• FF — Fission Fragments
• MOPITT — Measurement of Pollution In The Troposphere
• JCCRER — U.S.-Russia Joint Coordinating Committee on Radiation Effects Research
• HVLS — High volume low speed
• TD-FW — Time Domain Floquet Wave
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Standards Committee
• QIO — Quantum Infinite-Order
• ORT — Oak Ridge Tennessee
• CONCP — Contemporary Concepts in Physics
• TCAOCC — Two-Center Atomic Orbital Close Coupling
• BSS — Beta Secondary System
• MCHF — Multi-Configuration Hartree-Fock
• P&S — Permanent and Stationary
• DEA — Downstream Endcap Array
• BEC — Bose Einstein Condensate
• ATD — Above-Threshold Dissociation
• MPS — The Microdrop Particle Search at SLAC
• ATLAS — Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System
• IHEP — Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing, China.
• BHS — Bachelet Hamann Schluter pseudopotentials
• TDM — Two Dimensional Material
• ELNES — Energy-loss near-edge structure
• PV — Pressure Vessel
• ACFF — Alternating Current Field Measurement
• WSQ — Wavelet Scalar Quantization
• BEV — Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Vienna, Austria
• EOM — Electron-Optical Modulator
• MACRO — Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory
• ECFA STUDY — Study group Physics and Detectors of a Linear Collider.
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• PE — Plasma Effects
• CMMPE — Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics
• TRU — Transuranic
• FEAT — Fusion Energy Advanced Tokamak

• NSEP — National Standard Examination in Physics
• CT — Conductivity Temperature
• LP — Linear Polarization
• MINERVA — A neutrino-scattering experiment that uses the NuMI beamline at Fermilab to search for low-energy neutrino interactions
• NEMS — Nanoelectromechanical Systems
• PS — polystyren
• LH — Left Handed
• BAVL — Barium Vapor Laser
• FED — Field-Emitter Display
• DOELAP — Department Of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program
• QHB — Quantum Nature of the Hydrogen Bond
• CCRI — Comité Consultatif des Rayonnements Ionisants
• EP — Electrostatic Potential
• PDI — percent depth ionization
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Student Chapter
• CCFP — Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
• BW — Bottom of Wall
• APPHY — Applied Physics
• NORA — Non-Overlapping Redundant Array
• SLM — Single Longitudinal Mode
• LCL — lifting condensation level
• WFS — Wave Field Synthesis
• EU — Entropy Unit
• EIPP — Eastern Interconnect Phasor Project
• CTE — Correlated Transfer And Excitation
• WLM — Weak Localization Model
• LBRS — Low Background Reference System
• ESCR — Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance
• NEAR-INFRARED — NIR
• RVPP — Reviews of Plasma Physics
• QSA — Quantitative Surface Analysis
• IBFW — Incidence of the reflected Beam from the Front Wall
• CPPM — Center for Particle Physics of Marseilles
• CTP — Classical Turning Point
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
• SFC — Sideway Force Coefficient
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatory
• BTEV — Proposed dedicated B physics experiment at Fermilab's Tevatron
• AM1 — First Launch in the morning series of EOS platforms
• CNO — Carbon Nitrogen And Oxygen
• PLTP — Progress in Low Temperature Physics
• DOIM — Dense Optical Interface Module
• ROCK — Rigidity Optimized Conformational Kinetics
• PADE — Parallel Applications Development Environment
• HEPL — High Energy Physics Laboratory
• FORATOM — FORum ATOMique Européen
• FOE — Force of Energy
• SMKW — Secondary Magneto- Kinetic Wave
• OPALS — Optronic, Photonic, and Advanced Laser Simulator
• SOS — Spin Orbital Splitting

• DNC — Does Not Change
• PIGP — Proceedings of the Institute of General Physics
• NUMI — Neutrinos at the Main Injector
• EBM — Energy by Motion
• SV — Shock and Vibration
• MOT — Magnetooptical Trap
• EIEO — Energy In, Energy Out
• ACM — Adiabatic Connection Model
• QFM — Quench Flow Monitor
• RPPH — Reports of Progress in Physics
• BAS — Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• EMMA — Euclidean Model MAtching
• BSSI — British Superultramodern Scientific Institution
• ECC — Engineered Cementitious Composite
• STLR — Safety Thermal Limit Recorder
• VSV — Vacuum Switching Valve
• CSDA — Continuous-Slowing-Down Approximation
• ULP — Ultra-short Light Pulse
• FHM — Fast Harmonic Method
• ACP — American Center for Physics
• SEBA — Standards Employees Benefit Association
• NCRA — National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
• RFZ — Reflection Free Zone
• OPSL — Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser
• ESS — European Spallation Source
• OW — One Wave
• NAAL — North American Aerodynamic Laboratory (Wind Tunnel)
• ASCA — Advanced Spacecraft for Cosmology and Astrophysics
• JANNAF — Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force
• BBN — Brains And Backbone Network
• DBC — Delicate Balance Collective
• HIRDLS — High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder
• ECS — Eddy Covariance System
• BP — Before Polarization
• BD — Below Detection
• ASL — Ambient Stress Level
• ART — Adaptive Resonance Theory
• SCF — Spectral Comparator Facility
• NMI — National Measurement Institute
• BCR — Boron Control Rod
• VPM — Virtual Phase Microscope
• EFS — Enhanced Fujita [EF] scale (weather)
• MEAS — Measurements
• JCMT — James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
• QMD — Quantum Metrology Division
• MINOS — Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search
• LGG — Least General Generalization
• SSPM — Solid State Photomultipliers
• C — Country
• LMAPH — Letters in Mathematical Physics

• HRTS — High Resolution Telescope Spectrograph
• BM — Behavioral Model
• NPL — Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
• WWVB — Call letters for NIST lf radio station in Colorado
• MEXP — Methods of Experimental Physics
• EIC — Electron Ion Collider (nuclear physics)
• MACH — Modelo Acoplado de Coordinacion Hidrotermica
• LCG — light curve generator
• INFN — Italy's Institute Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
• IMB — Irvine, Michigan and Brookhaven
• HIRES — High Resolution Echellle Spectrometer
• RD — relative dispersion
• VUV — Vacuum Ultraviolet
• NTIMS — Negative Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer
• VATF — Vibration and Acoustic Test Facility
• MLDA — Modified Local Density Approximation
• NPDF — Nuclear Parton Distribution Function
• DMF — Dual Mass Flywheel
• I — Amperage
• LST — Light Stabilizer Technology
• FC — Footcandle
• WHC — Washington Hospital Center
• CR — CRystalline solid
• DFL — Distributed Feedback Laser
• PPSL — Proceedings of the Physical Society of London
• AIF — Assumed Internal Force
• GVHD — Graft-Versus Host Disease
• IPT — Inductive Power Transfer
• CM — Convenient Measure
• EDR — Equivalant Direct Radiation
• MC — magnetic coil
• SPU — Single Particle Unit
• REDA — Resonant-Excitation-Double-Autoionization
• GIBI- — 2 ^ 30
• EEPROM — Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• CAMP — Computational and Applied Mathematical Physics
• PINS — Portable Isotopic Neutron Spectroscopy
• VLHC — Very Large Hadron Collider
• MEST — Matter Energy Space Time
• RRDCP — Recent Research Development in Chemical Physics
• HERA-B — Fixed-target experiment at DESY, to investigate CP violation in the B meson
• PEEI — Physics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior
• KET — Komitee für ElementarTeilchenphysik
• LFAM — Line Focus Acoustic Microscopy
• EDT — Equivalent Difference Transmission
• MSDB — Magnetically Stabilized Fluidized Bed
• TPF — Two Photon Fluorescence
• SMZ — Strong Measure Zero
• ITS — International Temperature Scale
• FTMD — Field procedure for determining Test Maximum Density

• NANO — Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation
• SFF — Scientific Fudge Factor
• LEPP — Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
• ZDR — Zeroth-order Design Report
• RWB — Recirculating Walking Beam
• CS — Chern-Simons
• ANTARES — Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research
• LWGR — Light-Water-cooled, Graphite-moderated Reactor
• TPB — Tetraphenyl Butadiene
• PHYED — Physics Education
• SPPS — surface plasmon polaritons
• STPD — Solar Terrestrial Physics Division
• R — Radiation
• SFCP — Special Foreign Currency Program
• FIM — Functional Imaging Methods
• FBAP — Function Block Application Process
• ULTIM — Ultrasonic Imaging
• NIMP — National Institute of Materials Physics
• SIG — Signaling Channel
• RHED — Regions of High Electron Density
• FIR — far-infrared radiation
• HT — High Tension
• FIT — Frequency Intensity Time
• DP — Data Point
• PA — Proton Affinity
• AIGER — American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium
• DFTS — Dispersive Fourier Transform Spectrometry
• PAIS — Photo Acoustic Infrared Spectroscopy
• FFAI — Field-Free Associative Ionization
• FIMS — Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer
• RTP — Rapid Thermal Processing
• CDCU — Correlated Dimension Correlated Uniqueness
• PD — Prismatic Diffuser
• LTEC — Lamp Testing Engineers Conference
• OHEP — Office of High Energy Physics
• VLG — Varying Localized Geminal
• MOS — Marine Optical System
• CCDM — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Meter
• FSW — Fast Spherical Wavelet
• TNA — Thermal Neutron Analysis
• PEEP — Physics Ethics Education Project
• DC — Double Capture
• MICE — Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
• FIRI — Fourth International Radiocarbon Intercomparison
• CAO — Carlsbad Area Office
• RHIP — Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
• PLM — Polarized Light Microscopy
• ILL — L'Institut Laue Langevin
• FSI — Fluid Solid Interaction
• APPL — APplied Physics Letters

• FFP — Field-Free Point
• PMRS — Proton magnetic resonance Spectroscopy
• AFC — Amplitude to Frequency Conversion
• KTEV — Kaons at the Tevatron
• TAGU — Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
• HIPA — High Intensity Proton Accelerator
• ATLAS — A Toroidal LHC Apparatus
• LASP — Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado
• HPP — Hydropower Plant P
• C — Count
• PMG — Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics
• VIBGYOR — Violet,Indigo,Blue,Green,Yellow,Orange,Red
• CMT — Chaos Magic Theory
• DDD — Dynamic Digital Depth
• NL — Net Light
• ESDIAD — Electron-Stimulated Desorption Ion Angular Distributions
• SCIBOONE — The SciBar Booster Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab
• CXRS — Charge-Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy
• CAPE — Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics
• ODEPR — Optical Detected Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• DOE — Dynamic Operating Environment
• QOG — Quasi-Optical Grill
• TID — Total Ionizing Dose
• TESLA — TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator
• NOVA — The NuMI Off-axis ve Appearance experiment
• RFS — Receptive Field Size
• INS — Ion-Neutralization Spectroscopy
• ERATO — Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology Office
• UATD — Uniform Asymptotic Theory of Diffraction
• NCNR — NIST Center for Neutron Research
• RHR — Right Hand Rule
• SSPL — Solid State Physics Laboratory
• FEA — Field-Emitter Array
• APGR — Association for Pushing Gravity Research
• MCNP — Monte Carlo Neutron Photon (computer code)
• MT — Mechanical Transfer
• TTP — Trends in Theoretical Physics
• NPB — Nuclear Physics B
• ADTMP — Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
• NED — Nuclear Effects Directorate
• POP — Plasma Oscillation Probe
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy
• NRRS — Near Resonance Rayleigh Scattering
• ASSI — Airglow Solar Spectrometer Instrument
• PMPO — Peak Momentary Performance Output
• MPSD — Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
• ICPS — International Conference of Physics Students
• CIRF — Circular Flow
• TLA — Two Level Analysis
• MWE — Meters of Water Equivalent

• MME — Methanol Maser Emission
• MEA — Materials Engineering Associates
• UDM — Unified Dimensional Model
• CBH — Correlated Barrier Hopping
• CFCP — Copecenter For Cosmological Physics
• WD — Weak Dipole
• SDIU — Scanivalve Digital Interface Unit
• WFSM — Weak Field And Slow Motion
• JILA — formerly Joint Institute Laboratory for Astrophysics
• APL — Applied Physics Letters
• H — Hotline
• NRCC — National Research Council Canada
• WFST — Weighted Finite State Transducers
• SNGR — Stochastic Noise Generation and Radiation
• NGS — National Geological Society
• MCU — Mobile Calibration Unit
• FVL — Future of Vertical Lift
• JPTEO — Journal of Physics - Teacher Education Online
• PMBC — Process-Model Based Control
• DMM — Deep Mixing Method
• FPC — Fullerene Production Chamber
• IPHO — International Physics Olympiad
• SCOF — Static Coefficient of Friction
• REB — Relativistic Electron Beam
• TOBSY — Total ThroughBond Correlation Spectroscopy
• C — Counter
• TPR — Tangential Pond Return
• PPS — Proceedings of the Physical Society
• NPS — nanoparticle(s)
• RIMS — Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• QM — Quark Model
• SQM — Super Quantum Mechanics
• FIMS — Field Intensity Measuring Sustem
• FCCU — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Unit
• TLA — Temporal Logic of Actions
• SPE — solid phase extraction column
• CIAQ — Committee on Indoor Air Quality
• QGD — Gate - Drain Charge
• CFE — Coplaner Fluid Ejector
• UXT — Uniaxial Strain Test
• IUPAP — International Union for Pure and Applied Physics.
• XROI — X-Ray Optical Interferometer
• MMFT — Many Mode Floquet Theory
• CTM — Core Transport Model
• FMI — The Fermilab Main Injector
• CHAOS — Canadian High Acceptance Orbit Spectrometer
• DAFNE — Double Annular Factory for Nice Experiments
• FPL — Fluroscent Pulse Light
• SKACR — Superconducting Kinetic-inductance Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• QNP — Quattro Nuclear Probe

• BPPI — Biophysics of Proteins and Protein Interactions
• DGT — Discrete Group Transform
• WERB — Washington Editorial Review Board
• ERI — Electron Repulsion Integral
• CREB — Cern Reports Editorial Board
• RMC — Radiative Muon Capture
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Process
• INPE — National Space Research Institute (Brazil)
• MCQDT — Multi Channel Quantum Defect Theory
• ECFA — European Committee for Future Accelerators
• NEWRAD — New Radiometry
• DFIR — Diffused Infrared
• ISSP — Institute Of Solid State Physics
• TL — Total Length
• MDS — Measurement Data Set
• INMRI-ENEA — Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti - Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie
• DM(S) — Digital material(s)
• MOA — Model of Attraction
• MPD — Multiphoton Detector
• NIPDE — National Initiative for Product Data Exchange
• QFT — Quantum Field Theory
• DUS — Distinctiveness, Uniformity, and Stability
• RINF — Retinoid Inducible Nuclear Factor
• MRFM — magnetic resonance force microscopy
• CSTL — Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
• HLM — Hierarchical Linear Modeling
• MOEMS — Micro Optp Electro Mechanical Systems
• EDXRF — energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• CCFR — Chicago Columbia Fermilab Rochester
• ADI — Advanced Distance Integration
• MND — Mahan-Nozieres-DeDominicis
• ARGONEUT — The Argon Neutrino Teststand
• ALARA — As Long As Radiation Allows
• FTSI — Fourier Transform Spectral Interferometry
• EBR — Enormous Black Rhombus
• SIAP — System for Improved Acoustic Performance
• VTD — Variable Torque Differential
• BPC — Boost Pressure Control
• FMSS — Fast Mode Stationary Shock
• WNM — Warm Neutral Medium
• UV-B — Ultraviolet-Biological
• AFTA — Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets
• CCDS — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Second
• ILC-TRC — International Linear Collider-Technical Reviewing Committee
• LPA — Long Path Absorption
• LENS — Low Energy Neutrino Spectroscopy, at Heidelberg.
• FMUP — Flawed Modern Ultramodern Physics
• EPV — Exclusion Principle Violating
• LHCB — Large Hadron Collider beauty Experiment
• NPGS — Nanometer Pattern Generation System

• ATFT — Affine Toda Field Theory
• BGO — bismuth-germanate (scintillator)
• CET — Constant Elasticity of Transformation
• HELEN — High Energy physics Latin-American-European Network
• AAA — Advanced Applications of Accelerators
• SYM — Super Yang-Mills Theory
• LDDV — Least Distance of Distinct Vision (optometry)
• PHENIX — Pioneering High-Energy Nuclear Interaction eXperiment, at Brookhaven.
• SI — selectivity index
• MPI — Magnetic Particle Inspection
• CAA — Computational Aeroacoustics
• SIMS — Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
• OPTPN — Optics & Photonics News
• FBG — Fiber Bragg Grating
• UVB — Ultraviolet Beta
• MME — Magnetic Molecular Energizer
• UHE — Ultra High Energy
• ALCSG — Asian Linear Collider Steering Committee.
• BLJPH — Bulgarian Journal of Physics
• RVGES — Reviews of Geophysics Supplement
• PEMF — Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field
• MDL — Method Detection Levels
• CLEAR — Controlled Liquid Electrophoresis Absorption Reflection
• HPL — Hot-electron Photo-Luminescence
• QCT — Quasi-Classical Trajectory
• LNV — Lepton-Number Violating
• MRPI — Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Imaging
• LCRD — Linear Collider Research and Development
• TAI — International Atomic Time
• PSI — Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland, Joint Institute of ETH)
• SCR — Silicon Controlled Rectifier
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center
• MOTA — Man Of The Atom
• ICBM — Iogen Configuration Building Module
• LHC-B — Large Hadron Collider B Experiment
• ASA — Aperture Setting Adjustment
• QG — Quantum GRavity
• NVD — Noise & Vibration Detection
• NEOS — Newport Electro-Optic Systems
• LVIS — Low Velocity Intense Source
• NASSP — National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme
• BZ — Brillouin Zone
• LDP — Low Density Plasma
• SNAP — SuperNova Acceleration Probe, proposed space telescope
• DR — Direct Reading
• LPRI — Laboratoire Primaire des Rayonnements Ionisants, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• ZGS — Zero Gradient Synchrotron
• SGR — Soft Gamma Repeater
• DTI — Diesel Turbo Intercooled
• GERDA — The GERmanium Detector Array

• IPP — Institute of Particle Physics
• SFA — Sachs Freeman and Associates
• BF — Back and Forth
• PAMA — Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance
• IPVD — Interior Physical Vapor Deposition
• PTET — Physics And Technology Energy Team
• PHACO — Physical Acoustics
• DIGM — Diffusion Induced Grain Motion
• PD — Poincare duality
• TWTA — traveling-wave tube amplifier
• WSPM — Wavelet-based Statistical Parametric Mapping
• BNM — National Bureau of Metrology, France
• KSU — King Saud University
• CTS — Convert Texture Sequence
• BLP — boron-loaded plastic (scintillator)
• MRSM — Multiple Response Surface Modeling
• MAC — Magnitude Amplification Cavity
• PHT — Pseudo Hadamard Transformation
• TPAG — Theory and Practice of Applied Geophysics
• EURATOM — European Nuclear Energy Organization
• AIM — Advanced Idea Mechanics
• RRV — Record Relocation Vector
• QHF — Quantum Heisenberg Ferromagnet
• N — Neutrino
• UVV — Ultra-Violet V (395-445nm)
• ESC — Environmental Stress Cracking
• TSLO — Tracking Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope
• LJP — Lennard-Jones Potential
• JDP — Joint Displacement Principle
• MFP — Maximal Fixed Point
• SIFC — Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator
• FNAL — The Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois
• GMTI — Global Magnetization Transfer Imaging
• FMSS — Fermi Mass Storage System
• LBIR — Low Background Infrared Radiometry
• OQS — Occupied Quantum State
• ISOLDE — Isotype On-Line separator at CERN
• WFTE — Wigner Function Transport Equation
• CJP — Canadian Journal of Physics
• SPIRES — Stanford Public Information Retrieval System
• PGS — Plane Grating Spectrometer
• PD — Projective Dimension
• SVJPP — Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics
• OPAL — Open Physics Abstraction Layer
• FND — Folded Normal Density
• FLAP — Flexible Learning Approach to Physics
• OSP — Of Open Source Physics
• NI&D — Nuclear Interactions and Dosimetry
• PHLRV — Physics of Life Reviews
• ZETA — Zero Energy Thermonuclear Apparatus

• APOP — Automatic Particle Orientation Procedure
• PAR — Partially Absorbed or Reflected
• ARUPS — Angle-Resolved Ultra-violet Photoemission Spectroscopy
• LF — Low Friction
• WGCM — Working Group on Coupled Modelling
• AIC — Analytical Instrument Control
• MFCS — Microbial Fuel Cells
• AFS — Abstract Force Simulator
• HEPA — High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting
• CRDS — Cavity-Ring-Down Spectroscopy
• RDQ — Rate Distortion Quantization
• JPARC — Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
• IGRA — interferon-gamma release assay
• ITAMP — International Meeting of Theory of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• OMNIS — Observatory For Multiflavor Neutrinos From Supernovae
• FIOA — Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics
• ATWE — Annual Time Weighted Exposure
• GSQM — General Superfield Quantization Method
• ITRP — International Technology Recommendation Panel
• QVB — Quasiempirical Valence Bond (method)
• TAD — time-averaged difference
• FCFR — Fusion Component Failure Rate
• UFP — Ultra-Fine Particle
• MIP — Minimum Ionizing Particle
• ITEP — Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
• PEL — Particle Emission Level
• UNI — Ultrafast Nonlinear Interferometer
• SCF — Standard Chromatogram File
• SLC — SLAC Linear Electron-Positron Collider
• GRASP — General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception
• DAFS — Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure
• EPB — Extracted Proton Beam
• NEC — Nippon Electric Corporation
• AMS — Accelerator-Mass Spectrometry
• ELL — Equivalent Loudness Level
• SPEAR — The Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring
• X — Horizontal axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• NUTEV — Neutrinos At the Tevatron
• PPEP — Plasma Physics and Environmental Perturbation
• UHV — Use An Ultrahigh Vacuum
• E — Efficiency
• PFU — Proton Flux Unit
• ITAP — Isentropic Trajectory Analysis Project
• COLTRIMS — Cold Target Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• ULV — Ultra Low Volume
• HDMS — Heidelberg Dark Matter Search
• IMB — Irvine / Michigan / Brookhaven experiment
• SAXES — Super Advanced Xray Emission Spectrometer
• IFEL — Inverse Free Electron Laser
• OCLI — Optical Cooling Laboratory Incorporated

• GMRI — Gated Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• WGFF — Working Group for Fluid Flow
• RBE — Relative Biological Efficiency
• AFPS — Analyzing Fluid Power Systems
• CBO — Coherent Betatron Oscillations
• PFX-I — Penning Fusion eXperiment - Ions
• IET — Integrated Energy Technique
• NBS-4 — Older Primary Frequency Standard
• MES — Minimum Efficient Scale
• MET — Medium Energy Telescope
• DRIP — Diamagnetically Restored Inverted Pendulum
• CFS — Constant-Final-State Spectroscopy
• HR3DCT — High Resolution 3-D Computed Tomography
• MAF — Mass Air Filter
• BESS — Breaking Electroweak Symmetry Strongly
• ASTER — Advance Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer
• LPE — Little Physics Engine
• PIXE — Particle Induced Xray Emission
• ASWT — Arbitrary Shape Wavelet Transform
• TSFU — Two Scale Factor Universality
• MLIA — Molecular Libraries of Imaging Agents
• SAGE — Soviet-American Gallium Experiment
• BEAR — Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation
• NICE-OHMS — Noise-Immune Cavity Enhanced Optical Heterodyne Molecular Spectroscopy
• ZPF — Zero-Point-Fluctuation
• CP — Coulomb potential
• ALPS — Applications And Libraries For Physics Simulations
• RT — Reference Time
• QF — The Quasiconvexification of F
• CAD — Charged Area Development
• COMPASS — Common Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy
• POS — Point of Stress
• QELS — Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
• HQM — Hemi-Quantal Mechanics
• SNR — SuperNova Remnant
• NESTOR — Neutrino Extended Submarine Telescope with Oceanographic Research
• SSPP — Static Strength Prediction Program
• ITU — Institut für Transurane
• HEPA — high efficiency particulate air (filter)
• ICMP — Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
• EPT — Exchange Perturbation Theory
• WBCT — Wavelet Based Contourlet Transform
• SACR — Space-based Active Cavity Radiometer
• CAL — Controlled Axial Lifetime
• MIC — Microbial Influenced Corrosion
• MTG — Methanol To Gasoline
• RIMS — Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• SCFL — Self-Consistent Field Lattice
• CKM — Charged Kaons at the Main Injector
• KLOE — K LOng Experiment

• FCF — Fusion Component Failure
• LLI — Laser-Induced Incandescence
• MIPP — Main Injector Particle Production
• GN — Gaussian Noise
• HIR — Halogen Infra Red
• LIPS — Lorentz Invariant Phase Space
• MMKT — Methods and Models of Kinetic Theory
• ZPV — Zero Pressure Volume
• JPG — Journal of Physics G
• NMUM — Neutron and Muon User Meeting
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
• CNRF — Cold Neutron Research Facility
• HTRA — High Time Resolution Astrophysics
• WONP — Workshop on Nuclear Physics
• ELCSG — European Linear Collider Steering Group
• NIST-F1 — Current NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• HARPS — High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (spectrography)
• CASP — Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics
• MTTF — Muon Trigger Track Finder
• MFR — Mass Flow Rate
• GARD — Graviton Atom Relocation Disruptor
• HL — Heat Loss
• AFFT — Asymptotically Free Field Theories
• NAMP — National Analytical Management Program
• ILS — International Laser Spectroscopy
• YY — Yoboseyo And Yeu
• E — Epsilon
• PVA — Powerful Vacuum Action
• CORM — Council for Optical Radiation Measurements
• CDC — Correlated-Double-Capture
• POPA — Panel on Public Affairs of American Physical Society
• MSIS — Mass Spectrometer and Incoherent Scatter
• TLS — Two-Level tunneling System
• ACR — Advanced Candu Reactor
• MURMEMWC — 'MURMURING MEMORIAL WATER CLOSET' PRE-DATED BY 1913 MODEL YEAR AND PATENT; aka; Ed Loud Memorial Toilet
• TCV — Tokamak à Configuration Variable
• CCM — complementary contact model
• PML — Perfect Matched Layer
• SRO — Short Range Order
• FNR — Ford Nuclear Reactor
• RFZ — Reverse Flow Zone
• QPD — Quantum Physics Division
• BOMAB — Bottle Manikin Absorber
• CDP — Center for Defect Physics
• NAD — Nihilistic Animation Data
• QTE — Quantum Transport Equation
• IES — Illumination Engineering Society
• REIXS — Resonant Elastic and Inelastic Xray Scattering
• CSI — Contact Surface Imaging
• B — Baryon

• DDDI — Density Dependent Delta Interaction
• HSI — Hot Surface Igniter
• RBUU — Relativistic Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck
• LBNE — long baseline neutrino experiment
• ALB — Anti Lock Brake
• DC — Dynamic Conversion
• RIBF — Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory
• MDAP — Momentum Density of Annihilation Pairs
• ORP — Optimization of Radiation Protection
• ADMIT — Analytical Detection Methods for the Irradiation Treatment of foods
• MINIMAX/ T-864 — A search for disoriented chiral condensates at Fermilab.
• QEQ — Charge Equilibration
• BCS — Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory of superconductivity
• DOC — Distribution Of Chaos
• HRDE — High Resolution Digital Extensometer
• UEB — Universal Energetic Balancing
• GDRIMS — Glow-Discharge Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• AG — Anti-Gravity
• BEPM — Bielefeld Encounters in Physics and Mathematics
• SOUDAN II — Soudan II underground detector
• LENA — Laboratory For Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (Duke University)
• CNDD — conspecific negative density dependence
• SIG — Signaling equipment
• NICE — Nuclear Information Compendium Europe
• IFD — Internal Force Deflection
• CPM — Collision Probability Methods
• MM — Molecular Mechanics
• RBNP — Reverse Brazil Nut Problem
• MAT — Manifold Air Temperature
• QVE — Quasi-Vibrational Energy
• LSOP — Little Shop Of Physics
• HTN — Horizontal Transfer N items
• CFE — Classical Free Electron Model
• PCAP — Physics and Computing Advisory Panel
• WBGT — Wet-Bulb Globe Thermometer
• MSV — Molecular Surface Viewer
• SUBI — Southern Urals Biophysics Institute
• PIB — Particle In a Box
• NJCH — New Journal of Chemistry
• HPI — Hybrid Polarization Interferometry
• GGCP — Generalized Grand Canonical Potential
• WIPM — Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
• GPH — Gas Permeable Hollow
• RKE — Rotational Kinetic Energy
• PQS — Parallel Quantum Solutions
• YPP — Young Particle Physicists
• BEDO — Beitr. elektronenmikroskop. Direktabb. Oberfl.
• AMD — Area Mass Density
• EAPL — Electronic AstroPhysical Journal Letters
• ESPD — European Solar Physics Division

• HTS — High-Temperature Superconductivity
• DORT — Discrete Ordinates Code
• D — Dense
• SAM — Super Accelerator Machine
• RSS — Regression Sum of Squares
• F. — fiber(s)
• SCET — Soft Collinear Effective Theory
• PEP — Pauli Exclusion Principle
• TUFIR — Tunable Far Infrared (Radiation)
• AMO — Atomic, Molecular and Optical
• MIRF — Medical and Industrial Radiation Facility
• INMM — Institute for Nuclear Materials Management
• AXAF-S — Spectroscopy Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• MTS — Muffin Tin Surface
• MSEL — Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory
• HLBC — Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber
• QHE — Quantum Hall Effect
• HSE — Hard Sphere Expansion
• AIM — Accurate, Intentional, Measurable
• MPB — Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
• VCC — Vertical Concrete Cask
• THERMAL AND EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS — thermal and epithermal neutrons
• BSM — Beam Simulation Method
• WFSS — Weak Field Seeking State
• NNP — Non Neutral Plasma
• ILV — Indicative Limit Values
• DEXA — dual energy Xray absorptiometry
• STV — Space-Time Velocity
• UTE — Universal Theory of Existence
• TQF — Triple- Quantum- Filtered
• XRS — X-Ray Spectrometer
• HECT — High-Energy Computed Tomography