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• PRE — Proportional Reduction of Error
• PRDT — Physical Restraint Decision Tree
• M3/H — Cubic Meters per Hour
• PRC — Photometry, Radiometry, and Calorimetry
• PR — PRobability of ....
• POCOE — Principle Of Conservation Of Energy
• PPU — Physics processing unit
• PPP — Physics for Paper and Print
• PQ — Photon To Quark
• XMLL — X-ray Magnetic Linear Loop
• US — United States of America
• CT — Computed Tomography
• USA — United States of America
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
• PI — Penning ionization [
• CPMG — Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill pulse sequence
• A-BOMB — Atomic Bomb
• XMCD — X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism
• ANOVA — Analysis of Variance (statistics)
• PNEUM — pneumatic
• PN — PN (Pressure Nominal)
• PM — Particle Multiplication
• MIM — Metal-Insulator-Metal (Diode)
• MM — Millimeter
• PHWR — Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor
• CBRN — Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear
• NTU — Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
• YAEL — Yankee Atomic Environmental Laboratory
• PHYY — Physics
• PMF — Predictor Model File
• PME — Particle-Mesh Ewald
• WAXD — Wide-Angle X-Ray Diffraction
• DAMP — Division of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• PIF — Physics at the Information Frontier
• PIC — Precision Ion Chamber
• YB:YAG — Ytterbium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet
• PI — 3.1415926535
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• QDVP — Quasi-Degenerate Variational Perturbation
• PHW — Potable Hot Water
• PILAC — Pulsed Ion Linear ACcelerator
• Y' — Out-of-plane Velocity - vertical
• PHD — P-Helicity Decoupling Scheme (P=Momentum)
• 19F — Fluorine-19
• PIE — Possibility of Infinite Energy
• PML — Physical Measurement Laboratory
• PISA — Photovoltaic Information System For Architects
• PL — Proton Loss
• T-O-F — time of flight
• DT — Differential Temperature

• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• UASER — Ultrasound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
• R- E/I — Ohms Law (not an acronym)
• PIV — Position Information Vector
• α — angular acceleration
• KAMLAND — KAmioka Liquid Scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector
• ZPDH — Z-Pinch-Driven Hohlraum
• HAPPEX — Hall A Proton Parity Experiment
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• JMMM — Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• LAQL — Lowest Analytically Quantifiable Level
• KAMIOKANDE — A solar neutrino experiment at the Kamioka Observatory in Japan
• A — Ampere
• CFF — Critical Flicker Fusion
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• LAGOS — Laser Gravitational-wave Observatory in Space
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• RF — Radio Frequency
• APCVD — Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• ° C — Degree centigrade
• QEDA — Quantum Electrodynamics Atomic Theory
• JASJA — Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan
• WWW — World Wide Web
• LAMSCAL — Large Area Monochromatic Source for Calibrations
• HASYLAB — Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor
• VAPEPS — Vibroacoustic Payload Environment Prediction System
• ω — angular velocity
• WHO — World Health Organization
• KARMEN — Karlsruhe-Rutherford Medium-Energy Neutrino Experiment
• WANFCS — West Area Neutrino Facility Control System
• FARCAL — Facility for Advanced Radiometric Calibrations
• QFEB — Quasi-Free Electron Bremsstrahlung
• FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency
• LAPHY — Laser Physics
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• N-FSBS — Near-Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• KATRIN — KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino
• IDMS — Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry
• LAFOC — Laser Focus
• JAJAP — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
• AC — Alternating Current
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• GAMS4 — NIST High Resolution Spectrometer
• 2DEG — Two-Dimensional Electron Gas
• ESA — European Space Agency
• CY — Calendar Year
• EEO — Equal Employment Opportunity
• SWAG — Scientific Wild-Ass Guess. A Close Approximation.

• TQM — Total Quality Management
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• CMOS — Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
• QA/QC — Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• R&D — Research & Development
• SMYS — Specified Minimum Yield Strength
• FM — frequency modulation
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• AIP — American Institute of Physics
• LOD — Limit Of Detection
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• SRAM — Static Random Access Memory (ess-ram)
• ECR — Electron Cyclotron Resonance
• µ — Micro
• MEG — Motionless Electromagnetic Generator
• MDMT — Minimum Design Metal Temperature
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• URL — Universal Resource Locator
• HACCP — Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• EMT — effective medium theory
• PDL — Polarization Dependent Loss
• AES — Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• BP — Boiling Point
• SNOM — Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• VHS — Van Hove Singularity
• FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
• DB — Decibel
• DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
• HD — High Density
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• LTE — Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium
• SIMOPS — SIMultaneous OPerationS
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• SPL — Sound Pressure Level
• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• UPS — Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• PCS — Photon Correlation Spectroscopy
• SOG — Spin-on Glass
• BAPS — Bulletin of the American Physical Society
• ACS — American Chemical Society
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• MOBY — Marine Optical Buoy
• KG — Kilogram

• DPM — Disintegrations Per Minute
• H — Hot
• RIU — Refractive Index Unit
• BIT — Bulk Ion Temperature
• IC — Integrated Circuit
• MIL — Military
• AEC — Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
• FTG — Field Testing Group
• OASIS — Optically Adaptive System for Imaging Spectroscopy
• PWH — PetaWatt-Hour
• 2PE — Two-Photon Excitation
• STD — Standard
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• NM — Nanometer
• JB — Jacquet-Blondel method
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• TPD — Temperature Programmed Desorption (for Gas Chromatography)
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• NCO — Numerically Controlled Oscillator
• AEDY — Aerospace Dynamics
• MOCVD — Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
• IHPRPTP — Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology Program
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• FOS — Faint Object Spectrograph
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• AF — Audio Frequency
• FMRI — Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• LO — Local Oscillator
• HPLC — High Performance Liquid Chromatography
• CT — Current Transformer
• APS — American Physical Society
• HSI — Hue Saturation Intensity
• KE — Kinetic Energy
• SPR — Surface Plasmon Resonance
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• KLY — Kilo Langley
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• DL — Deciliter
• CMM — Coordinate Measuring Machine
• FY — Fiscal Year
• DQE — Detective Quantum Efficiency
• WFI — Water For Injection (pharmaceutical Term)
• CW — Continuous Wave
• PECVD — Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
• P — Pressure

• ISS — International Space Station
• FTF — Fundamental Train Frequency
• E=MC2 — Energy=Mass * (Velocity of light)**2
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• CW — Clockwise
• LF — Low Frequency
• TOMO-SAR — Synthetic Aperture Radar TOMOgraphy
• 4WM — Four Wave Mixing
• NSA — National Security Agency
• ROYGBIV — Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet (Colors of the Rainbow)
• GR — General Relativity
• THD — Total Harmonic Distortion
• GND — Ground
• AES — Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
• MFP — Mass Flow Parameter
• SC — South Carolina
• 2D WAXD — Two-Dimensional Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction
• LVL — Level
• FWT — Fast Wavelet Transform
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• HQSC — Heisenberg Quantum Spin Chain
• SUPER-K — Super-Kamiokande
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• ACD — Autoregressive Conditional Duration
• HOMESTAKE — A solar neutrino experiment in the Homestake Gold Mine in South Dakota
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• ER — Energy Research
• SIG — Signal
• ESR — Electron Spin Resonance
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• NOE — Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NMR)
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• RAI — Resident Assessment Instrument
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• EBIS — Electron Beam Ion Source
• ITL — Information Technology Laboratory
• NMR — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• ANS — American Nuclear Society
• OPCPA — Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• CW — Carrier Wave
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
• TLC — Thin Layer Chromatography

• CDM — Cold Dark Matter
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• MAD — Mean Absolute Deviation
• COIL — Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• LFP — Local Field Potential
• APOMA — American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
• ESD — Electrostatic Discharge
• EPR — Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• LMS — Least Mean Square
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• MRA — Mutual Recognition Arrangement
• DOP — Dilution Of Precision
• FP — Freezing Point
• MQSA — Mammography Quality Standards Act
• CV — Constant Velocity
• OSA — Optical Society of America
• IR — Infrared
• DIBL — Drain-induced Barrier Lowering
• WG — Working Group
• CMC — Calibration Measurement Capabilities
• SCC — Standards Coordinating Committee
• UA — University of Arizona
• CARS — Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy
• AMPC — Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry
• DOHC — Dual Overhead Cam
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• DNA — Defense Nuclear Agency
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• NQR — Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
• AMS — Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
• PAGE — Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• MO — Molecular Orbital
• P — Predicted
• IDCT — Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
• JEWA — Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• CAV — Constant Angular Velocity
• ID — Inside Diameter
• SIA — Semiconductor Industry Association
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• LTL — Linear Temporal Logic
• ACPD — Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions
• MOD — Minimum Object Distance
• 3PE — Three-Photon Excitation
• DPA — Differential Power Analysis
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)

• AEDC — Arnold Engineering Development Center
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• ACIP — Aerodynamic Coefficient Instrumentation Package
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• AAPM — American Association of Physicists in Medicine's
• BS — Beam Splitter
• EV — Electron Volt
• DN — Diameter Nominal
• FTMW — Fourier Transform Microwave
• NTP — normal temperature and pressure
• ACD — Air Constrained Dampening
• NRC — National Response Center
• GUE — Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (of Random Matrixes In Quantum-transport Studies)
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• FDR — False Discovery Rate
• EMR — Electromagnetic Radiation
• HAADF — high-angle annular dark field SEM
• HIC — Hydrogen Induced Cracking
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• AC — Aerodynamic Center
• MV — Medium Voltage
• ICARUS — Imaging Cosmic and Rare Underground Signal
• JND — Just Noticeable Difference
• CDF — Collider Detector at Fermilab
• LEP — Large Electron Positron
• DOAS — Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
• SNS — Spallation Neutron Source
• EVM — Error Vector Magnitude
• UTD — Uniform Theory of Diffraction
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• ATR — Attenuated Total Reflectance
• AC — Attenuation Coefficient
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• TOE — Theory of Everything
• HPS — Health Physics Society
• A — Atomic
• MURR — University of Missouri Research Reactor
• NEDT — Noise Equivalent Delta Temperature
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• PGNAA — Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• PIV — Particle Image Velocimetry
• HDR — High Dose Rate
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• MIRD — Medical Internal Radiation Dose
• FE — Finite Element
• IDCY — Idle Cycle

• CVAAS — Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
• WDXRF — Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
• S — Short
• HPS — High Pressure Sodium
• DPP — Division of Plasma Physics
• FCC — Face-Centered Cubic
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• LIF — Laser Induced Fluorescence
• ISE — Ion Selective Electrode
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• FEL — Free Electron Laser
• HE — High Energy
• TLE — Two Line Elements
• AMPS — Atmospheric Magnetospheric Plasma System
• PM — Particulate Matter
• CWT — Continuous Wavelet Transform
• PEM — Proton Exchange Membrane
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• EF — Energy Factor
• BCC — Body-Centered Cubic
• EOM — Electro-Optic Modulator
• FRET — Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
• AO — Adaptive Optics
• MMC — Maximum Material Condition
• H — Hotel
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• 3D — Three Dimensional
• ACDC — Alternating Current/Direct Current
• IID — independent and identically distributed random variables
• ERDA — Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis
• N — Normal
• SCF — Self-Consistent Field
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• LE — Low Energy
• PHYN — Physics Notes
• RAC — Research Advisory Committee
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• FCI — Full Configuration Interaction
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• OPD — Optical Path Difference
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• SPM — Scanning Probe Microscope
• EP — Extreme Pressure
• AAPT — American Association of Physics Teachers
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• PRL — Physical Review Letters
• PHR — Physics Reports
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscopy
• ZPE — Zero Point Energy
• MTBF — Mean Time Between Failures

• HVLP — high volume, low pressure
• 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
• LT — Low Temperature
• QD — Quantum Dot
• PE — Performance Evaluation
• PE — Potential Energy
• MJPS — Moldavian Journal of the Physical Sciences
• ENDL — Evaluated Nuclear Data Library
• PDSH — Pressure Differential Switch High
• VU — Volume Unit
• CHIPS — Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
• FEGT — Furnace Exit Gas Temperature
• EF — Electric Field
• 1D — One-Dimensional
• AO — Atomic Orbital
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• CC — Closed Circuit
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• GFP — Green Fluorescent Protein
• MPLB — Modern Physics Letters B
• OTA — Optical Tube Assembly (telescopes)
• RIXS — Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
• RFI — Relative Fluorescence Intensity
• RAP — Reliable Acoustic Path
• PL&I — Plasmas and Ions
• CGU — Canadian Geophysical Union
• CEA — Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique
• APS — Advanced Photon Source
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• HEA — High Energy Astrophysics
• DLA — Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
• ZQ — Zero-Quantum
• NV — Night Vision
• LAF — Laminar Air Flow
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• LM — Lumen
• MPI — Multiphoton Ionization
• MBQ — Megabecquerel
• GP — General Physics Corporation
• DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung.
• NG6, NG-6 — Monochromatic Beam Line near the end of NG6
• BCT — Body-Centered Tetragonal
• AEM — Acoustical Emission Monitoring
• ETC — Electron Transport Chain
• AFC — Aerodynamic Flight Control
• EM — Environmental Management
• ICR — Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• JPCS — Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
• PM — Phase Modulation

• PTA — Pure Tone Average
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
• EPC — Electronic Pressure Control
• VIV — Vortex Induced Vibration
• PEL — Permissible Exposure Limit
• XQC — X-ray Quantum Calorimeter
• OD — Optical Density
• OPC — Optical Particle Counter
• FFF — Field-Flow Fractionation
• FP — Focal Plane
• CJLTP — Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics
• EDS — Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
• QP — Quantization Parameter
• EDM — Electric Dipole Moment
• NDT — Nondestructive Test
• LSND — Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• LOCF — Last Observation Carried Forward
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• RG — Radius of Gyration
• AJP — American Journal of Physics
• ED — Electron Diffraction
• C — Countess
• C&E — Cause and Effect
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• IIT — Indian Institute of Technology
• AIAA — American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
• NPC — Nuclear Pore Complex
• AFV — Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
• R — Roentgen
• SRM — Standard Reference Material
• SAXS — Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
• XPS — X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• TM — Transverse Magnetic
• FLIR — Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer
• WDDL — Wave Dynamic Differential Logic
• ASPP — Atmospheric and Space Plasma Physics
• MAG — Magnetic
• TDH — Total Dynamic Head
• FCA — Formal Concept Analysis
• PBC — Polarization-Beam Combiner
• PIV — Peak Inverse Voltage
• DOT — Diffuse Optical Tomography
• DDS — Direct Digital Synthesizer
• PCM — Phase Contrast Microscopy
• JETP — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
• AEQ — Aeronautical Quarterly
• LMU — Location Measurement Unit
• YP — Yield Point
• E — Electra

• MOA — Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• 2-D — Two Dimensional
• ACESJ — Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal
• JCHPH — Journal of Chemical Physics
• CQGRS — Classical and Quantum Gravity Supplement
• ASAC — aerodynamic surfaces assembly and checkout
• OPS — Optical Physical Section
• IOR — Index of Refraction
• XMLD — X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism
• RST — Rapid Suspension Technology
• MSX — Midcourse Space Experiment
• ASD — Astrophysics Science Division
• DSR — Dynamic Shear Rheometer
• SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
• LOA — Law of Attraction
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• CCT — Circuit
• STP — Standard Temperature Pressure
• IK — Inverse Kinematics
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• DSM — Design Structure Matrix
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instrumental Coefficient Package
• TMD — Tuned Mass Damper
• DPF — Displacement Power Factor
• BHN — Brinell Hardness Number
• AFT — Attractor Field Therapy
• FTNIR — Fourier Near Infra Red
• GAM — Generalized Additive Model
• AOM — acoustic-optic modulator
• BSDF — Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function
• ILD — Indentation Load Deflection
• AMS — Acoustic Measurement System
• POGS — polar-orbiting geomagnetic survey
• OPA — Optical Parametric Amplifier
• KAERI — Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
• CEI — Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano
• RMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• FDTD — Finite Difference Time Domain
• EGS — Electron Gamma Shower
• LC — Liquid Chromatography
• RBS — Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry
• DE — Differential Equation(s)
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• LSP — Lightest Supersymmetric Particle
• 1PI — One Particle Irreducible
• APH — Astroparticle Physics
• ADPHY — Advances in Physics
• PD — Propagation Delay
• NLC — Next Linear Collider

• SHP — Shaft Horsepower
• VMD — Visual Molecular Dynamics
• ADAP — Aerodynamic Data Analysis Program
• AMTF — Acoustic Model Test Facility
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• CPK — Corey, Pauling, Koltun
• AFT — Aerodynamic Flight Test
• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• ASAS — Aerodynamic Stability Augmentation System
• HO — High Order
• MOKE — Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect
• ALICE — A Large Ion Collider Experiment
• PCF — Photonic Crystal Fiber
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• FIM — Field Intensity Meter
• ABEC — Annular Bearing Engineering Committee
• DVM — Digital Voltmeter
• TEM — Transverse Electromagnetic
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• ECD — Electron Capture Dissociation
• IOT — Inductive Output Tube
• VTZ — Valence Triple Zeta (basis Set)
• EAA — Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• QWW — Quantum Well Wire
• IC — Internal Combustion
• BQ — Becquerel
• NEI — Nuclear Energy Institute
• APRF — Army Pulse Radiation Facility
• HI — High Intensity
• CICP — Communications in Computational Physics
• CARI — combustion air requirement index
• TOV — Threshold of Visibility
• LFAE — Ligand Field Activation Energy
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• AMPS — Atmosphere, Magnetosphere & Plasmas in Space
• CARB — Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
• AMS — Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
• POC — Physical Optics Corporation
• AMP — Amplitude
• CQGRA — Classical and Quantum Gravity
• STASA — Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
• CF — Cold Fusion
• SPH — Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics
• ETS — Energy Transfer System
• AFTA — Acoustic Fatigue Test Article
• DFT — Density Functional Theory
• SCF — Supercritical Fluid
• JATP — Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
• RKR — Rydberg-Klein-Rees
• WHHM — Werthamer Helfand Hohenberg and Maki

• RHF — Restricted Hartree-Fock
• AECL — Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection
• AAAC — Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• PHCHE — Physics and Chemistry of Earth
• TC — Transmission Convergence (ATM)
• RC — Resistor-Capacitor
• LS — Liquid Scintillation
• ILSS — Interlaminar Shear Strength
• HPHT — high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
• COMPASS — COMPuter ASSurance Conference
• APHY — Acoustical Physics
• UMIST — University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
• NCU — Nano Containment Unit
• ANPHY — Annals of Physics
• HV — High Vacuum
• CLV — Constant Linear Velocity
• PHA — Physics And Astronomy
• APAS — Aerodynamic Performance and Sizing Program
• MOT — Magneto Optical Trap
• TC — Temperature Control
• HTD — Heat Transfer Division
• TEPC — Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter
• GS — Gauss
• DE — Discrete Event (program specification)
• ADB — Aerodynamic Data Book
• NJPH — New Journal of Physics
• BPM — Beam Position Monitor
• EOS — Equation Of State
• ADM — Absolute Distance Meter
• RTT — Round Trip Timer
• AIH — Acoustical Imaging and Holography
• LISS — Linear Imaging Self-Scanning
• M — Mass
• HS — Hot Spot
• ASC — Aerodynamic Surface Control
• NM — Newton Meter
• SVD — Shock Vibration Digest
• IV — Input Voltage
• JXST — Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology
• TEF — Time-Energy-Frequency
• HFS — Hydrogen Forward Scattering
• PET — positron emission tomography
• SR — Special Relativity
• NG7 — Neutron Guide No. 7
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• ICP-AES — Inductively Coupled Plasma-atomic Emission Spectrometry
• BC — Boundary Condition
• UTA — Unresolved Transition Array

• CRPL — Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory
• EIE — electron impact excitation
• NIDR — National Institute of Dental Research (National Institutes of Health)
• CMS — Compact Muon Solenoid
• EMR — Electromagnetic Resonance
• ITSU — IEEE Transactions on Sonics Ultrasonics
• HID — high intensity discharge (electricity)
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• FM — Ferromagnetic
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• SSNMR — Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• UB — Upper Bound
• ADCL — Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory
• ADGEO — Advances in Geophysics
• LSDA — Local Spin Density Approximation
• TXM — Transmission X-ray Microscope
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• DAP — Donor Acceptor Pair
• NEMS — National Energy Modeling System
• SRV — Safety Relief Valve
• EF — Extra Fine
• REST — Representational State Transfer
• EDAX — energy dispersive analysis of X-rays
• OLED — Organic Light-Emitting Diode
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• OPO — Optical Parametric Oscillator
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• CHJCP — Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics
• PHRV — Physical Review
• DMI — Dynamic Momentum Index
• TEMP — Temperature
• ITELC — IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
• SD — Super Deformed
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• PTCA — Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angiography
• EELS — Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
• QWIP — Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector
• XPS — X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• SWG — Standard Wire Gauge
• MTXM — Magnetic Transmission X-Ray Microscopy
• 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)
• AUJPA — Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement
• SW — Surface Wave
• RJMP — Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• ULVZ — Ultra-Low Velocity Zone
• TC — Thermal Control
• LDA — Local Density Approximation
• CCPCE — Current Contents Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences

• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• MCM — Mobil Composition of Matter
• SEE — Secondary Electron Emission
• PAC — Probably Approximately Correct
• PMR — Proton Magnetic Resonance
• SIM — Selected ion monitoring
• LBLRR — LBL Research Review
• BWO — Backward Wave Oscillator
• BGM — Basis Generator Method
• LIPC — laser-induced plasma channel
• STS — Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
• SFG — Sum Frequency Generation
• ARL — Average Run Length
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• APAC — Applied Acoustics
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• TIMS — Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• TC — Thermal Conductivity
• COS — Change of State
• KELVIN — Scientific temperature scale
• AFI — Accordion Fringe Interferometry
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• FHMM — Factorial Hidden Markov Model
• CLSM — Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
• IMS — Institute for Molecular Science
• RLD — Reciprocal Linear Dispersion
• CED — Cohesive Energy Density
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• WDM — Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
• CPS — Central Plasma Sheet
• TPP — Thermal Power Plant
• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• CH — Continuum Hypothesis
• CPS — Cycles Per Second (now Hertz)
• ATDB — Aerothermodynamic Data Book
• RPT — Refractory Period of Transmission
• BELLE — B detector at KEK in Japan
• ARES — Advanced Rheometric Expansion System
• LNP — Lecture Notes in Physics
• FTIR — Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
• IFD — Indentation Force Deflection
• SEA — Statistical Energy Analysis
• GRI — Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• KOPIO — AKlong decay experiment at Brookhaven.
• CAM — Computer-Aided Machining
• ND — Neutron Detector
• BIPM — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
• 2LOT — 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
• ACR — Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer

• EDX — Energy-Dispersive X-ray Analysis
• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• ABMP — American Board of Medical Physics
• ESO — European Southern Observatory
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• CCV — Continuing Calibration Verification
• PMMA — Polymethylmethacrylate
• ALVIB — algorithm payload vibration
• FI — Field Intensity
• DN/DC — Specific refractive index increment
• COASP — Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics
• BBO — Beta-Barium Borate
• BMDO — (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do)
• OOCA — Object Oriented Computing in Astrophysics
• EPA — Electron Positron Accumulator
• PEPSI — Proton Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging
• IVR — Intramolecular Vibrational Relaxation
• AMA — Actual Mechanical Advantage
• FWHM — Full Width at Half Maximum
• PLL — Phase Locked Loop
• PDE — Product Data Exchange
• EPI — Echo Planar Imaging
• QO — Quasi-Optical
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• PZT — Piezoelectric Translator
• QM — Quantum Mechanics
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• XSV — Expendable Sound Velocimeter
• PP2PP — proton-proton to proton-proton
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• VAC — Vacuum Assisted Closure
• AD — Antimatter Decelerator
• TCS — Three-Dimensional Complex Space Theory
• SQ — Scalar Quantization
• MOKE — Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
• MIST — Microgravity Science and Technology
• TKN — Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
• EER — Estimated Energy Requirement
• CBR — California Bearing Ratio
• MICE — Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
• GUT — Grand Unification Theory
• BLB — Black Light Bulb
• ASVIB — algorithm scoreboard vibrations
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• VT — Valid Time
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• ELT — Extremely Large Telescope
• MFT — Mean Field Theory
• LDA — Laser Doppler Anemometry
• UCSUSA — Union of Concerned Scientists, United States of America

• CVD — Chemical Vapor Deposition
• MEL — Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
• AERTE — Aerojet Technology
• PT — Peak Torque
• CBNM — Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• JJAPL — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Letters
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• NAA — Neutron Activation Analysis
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• SBLC — S-Band Linear Collider
• QMS — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• NERI — Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
• LC — Liquid Crystal
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• VRM — Vector Ruggedness Measure
• CCD — Charged Coupled Device
• TMA — Thermal Mechanical Analysis
• DMC — Dynamic Motion Control
• LVR — Lever
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• SI — International System of Units (Système international d'unités)
• HDOP — Horizontal Dilution Of Position
• ND — Neutron Density
• MOR — Modulus of Rupture
• ECSED — Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data
• CZJPH — Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
• STAR — Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC
• ENR — Enrichment and Reprocessing (technology)
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• JPCM — Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• WXRF — Wavelength-dispersive X- Ray Fluorescence
• CIPM — International Committee of Weights and Measures, France
• LWR — Light Water Reactor
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• BPAS — Bulletin of Pure and Applied Science
• EOM — Equation of Motion
• STEM — Storable Tubular Extendible Member
• JGE — Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
• TG — Temperature Gradient
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• RT — Reverberation Time
• LBT — Large Binocular Telescope
• EIES — Electron Impact Emission Spectroscopy
• COMPH — Computers in Physics
• RHM — Roentgen Hour Meter
• LOMO — Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital
• ESR — Experimental Storage Ring
• MOSFET — Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor

• ATI — Above-Threshold Ionization
• ECT — Error Correction Term
• LVDT — Linear Variable Differential Transformer
• CMR — Colossal Magnetoresistance
• ULTRA — Ultrasonics
• ESR — Electrical Substitution Radiometer
• BNCT — Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
• DREAMS — Dynamic Range Enhancement Applied to Mass Spectrometry
• CMH — Cubic Meter per Hour
• SSCP — Springer Series on Chemical Physics
• CCP6 — Collaborative Computational Project 6
• MUT — Material Under Test
• TLI — Tilted Laser Image
• NCF — Near Coherence of Filters
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• RTD — Resistance Temperature Detector
• RPN — Remote Plasma Nitridation
• LRSP — Living Reviews in Solar Physics
• CFT — Crystal Field Theory
• COTPH — Communications in Theoretical Physics
• FD — Finite Difference
• JSMAJ — Japan Society of Microgravity Application Journal
• EXO — Enriched Xenon Observatory
• FEC — Ferro-Electric liquid Crystal
• CRP — Coordinated Research Program
• AF — Anisotropic Filtering
• AEJ — Aeronautical Journal
• HERO — High Energy Replicated Optics
• GML — General Measurement Loop
• TJPH — Turkish Journal of Physics
• BMD — Bending Moment Diagram
• TMP — Turbo Molecular Pump
• QRHE — quantum anomalous Hall effect
• HTPPL — High Temperature Plasma Physics Lab
• HHPN — Hydraulic High Pressure Nebulization
• SWAP — Short-Wavelength Automated Perimetry
• 3DWBA — Three-Body Distorted-Wave Born Approximation
• HBT — Hanbury Brown-Twiss
• PRF — Petroleum Research Fund
• AT&T — Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
• JEPT — Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics
• NVIS — Night Vision Imaging System
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• LAND — Large Area Neutron Detector
• ST — Spherical Tokamak
• JPSJS — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Supplement
• PNP — Positive-Negative-Positive
• CPIP — Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
• NVLAP — National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
• GEC — General Electrodynamics Corporation

• LEACH — Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• LO — Laser Optics
• HF — Hartree-Fock Method
• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• YS — Yield Strength
• WKB — Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (phase-shift Formula For Potential Scattering)
• ARCP — Annual Reviews of Computational Physics
• TBB — Triple Beam Balance
• JKPS — Journal of Korean Physical Society
• FTL — Faster Than Light
• IAPT — Indian Association of Physics Teachers
• CCFL — Countercurrent Flow Limitation
• SCF — Stress Concentration Factor
• CPL — Chemical Physics Letters
• AESIJ — Aeronautical Society India Journal
• HTBB — High-Temperature Black Body
• ANIPS — Annals of the Israel Physical Society
• CCPP — Combined Cycle Power Plant
• PMG — Permanent Magnet Generator
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• TST — Time-Space-Time
• ICP — Inductively Coupled Plasma
• XSW — X-Ray Standing Wave
• JPSJ — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
• EJTP — Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• HRC — Rockwell Hardness C
• RSM — Response Surface Method
• CSLPT — Cambridge Studies in Low Temperature Physics
• IO — Interactive Optimum
• TQW — Triangular Quantum Well
• NEANDC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Data Committee
• CEJPH — Central European Journal of Physics
• AICF — Acoustic Inertial Confinement Fusion
• FOC — Forward Only Conversion
• RSE — Relative Standard Error
• JMP — Journal of Mathematical Physics
• JGP — Journal of Geometry and Physics
• ACCW — Auxiliary Component Cooling Water
• CHPHY — Chinese Physics
• IQEC — International Quantum Electronics Conference
• JETPL — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters
• FTICR — Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• ACB — Annular Confinement Beam
• MRIR — medium-resolution infrared radiometer

• HPPT — High Pressure Phase Transformation
• PHEMT — Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor
• GNO — Gallium Neutrino Observatory
• SEAQUEST — A series of fixed target Drell-Yan experiments at Fermilab
• MDR — Mass Distribution Ratio
• JJAPS — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Supplement
• JVST — Journal of Vacuum Science Technology
• NISTAR — NIST Advanced Radiometer
• DSM — Dynamic Scattering Mode
• CXRO — Center for X-Ray Optics at Berkeley, CA
• PHYR — Physical Research
• ARACO — Archives Acoustics
• MICGQ — Microgravity Quarterly
• MEMS — Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• HVT — High Velocity Thermocouple
• FFR — Fractional Flow Reserve
• LIM — Limit
• SPE — solid phase extraction method
• MOP — Maximum Operating Pressure
• SCR — Space Charge Region
• MUNU — An experiment at the Bugey reactor in France studying electron - electron neutrino scattering.
• SG — Specific Gravity
• MS/MS — Tandem Mass Spectrometry
• NA — Neutral Axis
• EPJ — European Physical Journal
• PHT — Physics Today
• LPCVD — Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• PFG — Pulsed Field Gradient
• JMOA — Journal of Microwaves Optics and Acoustics
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• BTI — Bubble Technology Inc
• JFLU — Journal of Fluorescence
• SGORS — Studies in Geophysical Optics and Remote Sensing
• HRTF — Head-Related Transfer Function
• CLC — Capillary Liquid Chromatography
• YKP — Yano- Koonin- Podgoretskii
• HSS — Hollow Structural Section
• OPTLE — Optics and Lasers in Engineering
• 2B1Q — Two Binary One Quaternary
• 3DSSPP — Three-Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program
• CLFR — Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector
• PEPI — Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
• MFCG — Magnetic Flux Compression Generator
• WIMP — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
• URA — Universities Research Association, Inc.
• ABF — All but Finitely
• EGO — Eccentric Geophysical Observation
• 2DHG — Two-Dimensional Hole Gas

• DUV — Deep Ultraviolet
• NEMP — Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse
• MTF — Magnetized Target Fusion
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• ODC — Orthogonal Defect Classification
• VNIIFTRI — National Scientific and Russian Research Institute for Physical, Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements
• STM — Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• VEEL — Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels
• EIEIO — Electron Impact Excitation of Ions from Organics
• PHL — Physics Letters
• VLT — Visible Light Transmission
• PO2 — Partial pressure of oxygen
• 3DFFM — Three-Dimensional Fourier Filtering Method
• 2PPE — Two-Photon Photoemission
• FASCAL — Facility for Automatic Spectroradiometric Calibrations
• CES — Constant Elasticity of Substitution
• NPSS — Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• RIBD — Reactive Ion Beam Deposition
• POPRV — Pilot Operated Pressure Relief Valve
• RDP — Rubidium Di-Hydrogen Phosphate
• ICE — Internal combustion engine (transportation)
• DLP — Digital Light Processing
• CLM — Compound Light Microscope
• SAJPH — South African Journal of Physics
• BIB — Blocked Impurity Band
• FIR — Far Infrared
• JVC — Journal of Vibration and Control
• HYAAS — Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotom etry.
• NEANSC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Science Committee
• TI — Thermal Inertia
• IGC — International Gravity Commission
• TD — Time Differential
• FDFD — Finite Difference Frequency Domain
• VOX — Voice Operated EXchange
• LFCC — Linear Frequency Cepstral Coefficient
• MSLD — Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector
• COMMP — Comments in Modern Physics
• CRT — Conformal Radiation Therapy
• TZFC — Triple Zeta Frozen Core
• DDF — Distance Distortion Factor
• PMT — Photo Multiplier Tube
• PDE — Possible Duplicate Emission
• AFVH — Anti- Ferromagnetic van Hove scenario
• MBE — Molecular Beam Epitaxy
• BEB — Binary-Encounter-Bethe
• EL — Europhysics Letters
• QFT — Quantitative Fluorescence Technique
• AECL — Atomic Energy Canada Limited
• ACFA — Asian Committee for Future Accelerators.

• AMMAC — Mexican Metrology Association
• WAMW — Weight-Average Molecular Weight
• PAES — Positron-Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• TC — Technical Committee (HL7)
• SEM — Scanning Electron Microscopes
• VA — Volt Ampere
• WL — Weak Localization
• PTI — Proxima Therapeutics Inc.
• ENSDF — Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File
• TL — Time Line
• RECAN — Regional European and Central Asian ALARA Network
• IRIS — Internal Rotary Inspection System
• NP — Neper
• IPM — Ionization Profile Monitor
• FRET — fluorescence resonant energy transfer
• PMTS — Predetermined Motion Time System
• OSRD — Office of Standard Reference Data
• TCB — Temporal Coherence Boundary
• JPCRD — Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
• IMGC — Istituto di Metrologia "G. Colonnetti" (Italy)
• BES — Beijing Spectrometer (China)
• AAPP — Association of Applied Physicists Pakistan
• AFA — Average Fock Approximation
• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• ACRU — Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit
• GPIB — General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus
• CCDC — Cyclic Channel Die Compression
• LRR — Living Reviews in Relativity
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• NRLM — National Research Laboratory of Metrology (Japan)
• NPIC — Nuclear Power Institute of China
• BJAP — British Journal of Applied Physics
• QMF — quadrature mirror filter banks
• GUIDE — Generalized Unbiased Interaction Detection and Estimation
• MBS — Minimum Breaking Strength
• ABHP — American Board of Health Physics
• EEEL — Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
• WTMM — Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima
• EBIT — Electron Beam Ion Trap
• FPS — foot-pound-second [cf. cgs and mks]
• BET — Brunauer - Emmett - Teller
• CPR — Chemical Physics Reports
• ZPF — Zero Point Field
• ADTPH — Advanced Texts in Physics
• PFC — Parallel Flange Channel
• SSADM — Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology
• BHLH — Basic Helix-Loop-Helix
• ASA — Accessible Surface Area
• TJ — TeraJoule

• CPCAR — Chemistry and Physics of Carbon
• ADEXG — Advances in Exploration Geophysics
• NVH — Noise Vibration Harshness
• FFE — Far Field Extension
• MQA — measurement quality assurance
• LTA — Low temperature (oxygen plasma) ashing
• TRFM — Time Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
• RVMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• VIS — Visible
• LOQ — Limit of Quantitation
• MMCP — Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
• SBR — Spectral Band Replication
• PTCP — Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics
• EMW — Electromagnetic Wave
• CNIF — Californium Neutron Irradiation Facility
• PASTI — Public Address Speech Transmission Index
• SCD — Single Crystal Diffraction
• RSP — Rapid Solidification Process
• ZDR — Z-Differential Reflectivity
• CTPHY — Classical Theoretical Physics
• AWA — The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator
• GDOG — Generalized Double Optical Gating
• CCSM — Cross Correlogram Spectral Matching
• EMILY — Extreme Monkey Indigestion Laryngitis Youngen
• APD — VERP)/action potential duration
• QGT — Quantum Graph Theory
• PCPP — Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
• ITAS — IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
• ADCHP — Advances in Chemical Physics
• AVCOR — algorithm vibration correlation
• MCU — Microcontroller Unit
• GCA — Gradual Channel Approximation
• ITPS — IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
• WAFAC — Wide-Angle Free-Air Chamber
• UCLA — Harbor-University of California Los Angeles
• CIRRPC — Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination
• ECRIS — Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source
• BIA — Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
• NOBCCHE — National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• LAL — The Laboratoire de L'Accelerateur Lineaire at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France
• JSP — Journal of Statistical Physics
• KWP — Kilowatt-Peak
• PPHTS — Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors
• ISAC — Isotope Separator and Accelerator Facility
• APT — Analytic Perturbation Theory
• ACOUL — Acoustics Letters
• HOQS — Highest Occupied Quantum State
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• HYPER-CP — A Search for Direct CP Violation in Hyperon Decays

• SOC — Second-Order Cone
• RDCMP — Recent Development in Condensed Matter Physics
• JAE — Journal of Acoustic Emission
• VCM — Voice-Coil Motor
• MGG — Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics
• OGB — Original Grain Boundary
• AOI — Angle Of Incidence
• GGA — Generalized Gradient Approximation
• JLWT — Journal of Lightwave Technology
• EPIC — Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
• MPN — Most Probable Number
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• LLG — Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation
• DNAA — Delayed Neutron Activation Analysis
• GEC — Gaseous Electronics Conference
• CMCV — Charge Motion Control Valve
• AMB — As Measured By
• CONPH — Contemporary Physics
• SCAMPY — Scanning Micro Pyrometer
• NIR — Near Infrared
• FUV — Far Ultraviolet
• REL — Recommended Exposure Limit
• GMC — Global Motion Compensation
• CRYRING — Electron Accelerator and Storage Ring Facility (Stockholm, Sweden)
• ADMPS — Advances in Mechanics and Physics of Surfaces
• PTF — Physics of Thin Films
• IVBT — Intravascular brachytherapy
• INDC — International Nuclear Data Committee
• NELAC — National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference
• JLUM — Journal of Luminescence
• CRI — Cambridge Research Instrumentation
• CERN — Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
• HVLA — High-Velocity Low Amplitude
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• GCK — Geiger Counter Kit
• ARROW — Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide
• BF-TEM — Bright-field transmission electron microscopy
• PSL — Polystyrene-latex
• RVMPS — Reviews of Modern Physics Supplement
• PHRVL — Physical Review Letters
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• EGR — Entropy Gradient Reversal
• RVMAP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• AL — argon laser
• DQS — Discrete Quantum State
• JRLR — Journal of Russian Laser Research
• MPLA — Modern Physics Letters A
• JSCI — Journal of Scientific Instruments
• TCPH — Topics in Current Physics
• AMJPH — American Journal of Physics

• CAJPH — Canadian Journal of Physics
• CTRZ — Central Torodial Recirculation Zone
• NPA — Nuclear Physics Apparatus
• PVT — Position Velocity Time
• JGGS — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity Supplement
• FDR — Failure Divergence Refinement
• AF — Acceleration Factor
• TIMED — Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
• ASME — American Society for Mechanical Engineers
• BFRL — Building and Fire Research Laboratory
• ICAMDATA — International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications
• MEA — Membrane Electrode Assembly
• STSSP — Selected Topics in Solid State Physics
• LENR — Low Energy Nuclear Reactions
• EFW — Evanescent Floquet Wave
• CPSSH — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces and Heterogeneous Catalysis
• LCAP — Laser Cooling and Atomic Physics
• PSST — Plasma Sources Science Technology
• ATU — Accumulated Thermal Unit
• CCPR — Consultative Committee on Photometry and Radiometry
• CPLIP — Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
• SVGL — Silicon Valley Group Lithography
• SLM(S) — spatial light modulator(s)
• CSIC — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Spanish
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• CBA — Center for Backyard Astrophysics
• MS — MilliSeconds
• JESRP — Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
• FCPM — Fundamental Constants and Precision Measurements
• MO — Magneto-optic
• 2PH TDF — Two-Particle-Hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation
• PPCF — Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
• GLCP — Global Linear Collider Project
• RUPHJ — Russian Physics Journal
• ARO — United States Army Research Office
• IMA — Ideal Mechanical Advantage
• DCT — Discrete Cosine Transformer
• ODEND — Optical Detected Electron Nuclear Double Resonance
• CEBAF — Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
• VHT — Very High Temperature
• ETRAN — Monte Carlo computer code for Electrons and Photons through Extended Media
• PSSC — Physical Science Study Committee
• PAPGE — Pure and Applied Geophysics
• PES — Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• CEL — Correlated Emission Laser
• ICPEAC — International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions
• DUS — Duplex Ultrasound
• JVE — Journal of Vibration Engineering
• JCA — Journal of Computational Acoustics
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey

• JAERI — Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
• FT-IRAS — Fourier Transform-Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• MAP — Maximum A Posteriori estimate
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• QMC — Quantum Monte Carlo
• CCFL — Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
• GEOS — Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite
• EPAD — Environmental Physics and Design
• UMRK — Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
• HPM — High Power Microwave
• CLA — Condition Lever Angle
• WGCV — Working Group on Calibration and Validation
• ES — Elementary Stream
• MRSE — Manifest Refractive Spherical Equivalent
• VP — Vapor Pressure
• AUJPH — Australian Journal of Physics
• K2K — KEK to Kamioka
• HFB — Hartree Fock Bogoliubov
• FBM — Fractional Brownian Motion
• DCMP — Directions in Condensed Matter Physics
• JMPS — Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• CTMP — Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulp
• ADGR — Advances in Geophysical Research
• DMF — Decayed, Missing, Filled
• OSU — Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio, United States
• PLPHR — Plasma Physics Reports
• SSION — Solid State Ionics
• BUIPS — Bulletin of the Israel Physical Society
• DWP — Dispensing Well Plate
• TASSII — Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Investigation
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
• IBFM — Interacting Boson-Fermion Model
• EBSD — Electron Back Scatter Diffraction
• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• DSFD — Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
• ASAJ — Acoustical Society of America Journal
• ESRF — The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.
• GR&R — Gauge Reproducibility And Repeatability
• PHYNY — Physics New York
• HEPAP — High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
• TDCR — Triple-to-Double Coincidence Ratio
• LPB — Laser and Particle Beams
• VRV — Variable Radial Velocity
• OAM — Orbital Angular Momentum
• JSGEO — Journal of Series Geophysics
• TRM — Time-Reversal Mirror
• ACRR — Annular Core Research Reactor
• TLP — Thread-Level Parallelism
• ARPES — Angle Resolved Photo Electron Spectroscopy
• CHPHL — Chinese Physics Letter

• CER — Controlled Energy Release
• CCPP — Collaborative Computational Plasma Physics
• XDB — X-Ray Data Booklet
• DLV — Direct Linear Valve
• POF — Plane of Focus
• FIOP — Field Induced Ordered Phase
• AGS — Alternating-gradient Synchrotron
• PPM — Peak Program Meter
• MIMIC — Microscopy and Microanalysis
• CTP — Course of Theoretical Physics
• SHC — Specific Heat Capacity
• MMC — Moving Micro Cross
• ITM — IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
• LPM — Light-Particle Monitor
• PEP — Positron Electron Project
• CSI — Compton Scatter Imaging
• SCOT — Support Coated Open Tubular
• DALR — Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
• CPSS — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces
• LISA — Laser Inferometer Space Antenna
• NSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• APAS — Astrophysical Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences
• DDFT — Dynamic Density Functional Theory
• GTRD — Generalized Transverse Resonance-Diffraction
• NR — Nuclear Reactor
• ICP — Injector Control Pressure
• BCMPA — Billion Cubic Meters per Annum
• SI — Système International d'unités (International System of Units)
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• WDXS — Wavelength Dispersive Xray Spectroscopy
• ESU — Energy Storage Unit
• BEFE — Bio-Electric Field Enhancement
• JMAPH — Journal of Mathematics and Physics
• ADTM — Alternate Density Transmission Medium
• LEFM — Linear Elasticity Fracture Mechanics
• SDIF — Sony Digital Interface Format
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• ATCS — Active Thermal Convective System
• CONFP — Contemporary Fundamental Physics
• CEC — California Energy Commission
• CLIC — Compact Linear Collider
• WTCQ — Wavelet Trellis Coded Quantization
• ARPES — Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• VAT — Vibro-Acoustic Test
• XLS — Xenon Light Source
• AUM — Arbitrary Unit of Mass
• NPGEO — Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
• FCFC — Full-Coverage Film Cooling
• SERS — Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering
• UHT — Ultra High Temperature

• PAW — Plasma Arc Weld
• ADPLP — Advances in Plasma Physics
• SQM — Square Meter
• ACDM — Automated Contour Detection Method
• AOM(S) — acousto-optic modulator(s)
• ENDF — Evaluated Nuclear Data File
• EGAS — European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy
• PCSE — Physical Chemistry: Science and Engineering
• SCMP — Studies in Condensed Matter Physics
• EPJAP — European Physical Journal, Applied Physics
• ARDS — Analysis of Rotor Dynamic Systems
• LHEP — Left Hand Elliptical Polarization
• FZK — Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
• ADV — Automatic Drain Valve
• MPAG — Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry
• ALCPG — American Linear Collider Physics Group
• CSEWG — Cross Section Evaluation Working Group
• LTP — Low Temperature Physics
• F&M — Force and moment
• HUT — Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
• PRVP — Proceedings of Vibration Problems
• ITD — Inlet Temperature Difference
• QCD — Quantum Chromodynamics
• JNMP — Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
• JIMW — Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
• PFD — Photon Flux Density
• SHWAV — Shock Waves
• WAXS — Wide Angle X-ray Scattering
• KIAA — Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
• MOTRIMS — Magneto-Optical Trap Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• FUSE — Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Explorer
• EOPAP — Earth and Ocean Physics Application Program
• CPB — Center Point of Balance
• EXMPS — Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences
• TWT — Transonic Wind Tunnel
• GSP — Generalized Sequential Pattern
• ASSP — Advanced Solid-State Photonics
• IN2P3 — Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules
• JPHCS — Journal of Physics - Conference Series
• GFAAS — graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry
• RRDSP — Recent Research Development in Statistical Physics
• AXAF — Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• HEI — Heat Exchange Institute Inc.
• IDC — Insulation Displacement Contact (connector)
• HB — Hydrogen Bond
• CAT — Computed Axial Tomography
• CDM — Ceramic Discharge Metalhalide
• HADES — High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer
• GHRS — Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
• PDS — power density spectra

• LAMPF — Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility
• SSCOM — Solid State Communications
• MOI — moments of inertia
• CR — Curvature Radiation
• ACE — Acoustic Compliance Enhancement
• RG — renormalization group
• IACS — Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences
• LWIR — Long-Wave Infrared
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
• JMAGR — Journal of Magnetic Resonance
• DOP — Degree of Polarization
• TTSP — Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
• FRIB — Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
• PRPH — Progress of Physics
• HCCD — Mono-deuterated Acetylene
• JCOPH — Journal of Computational Physics
• MPPCF — Million particles per cubic foot
• ELECM — Electromagnetics
• SANS — Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
• TWA — time-weighted averaged
• XRL — X-Ray Lithography
• AGUFM — American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
• HPGE — High Purity Germanium
• ER — Elastic Recoil
• RRDP — Recent Research Development in Physics
• AET — Active Edge Table
• C&EA — Cause and Effect Analysis
• FOC — Forward of Center
• ICBP — International Conference on Biological Physics
• ZFF — Zero Forcing Function
• GRASP — Graphical Representation and Analysis of Surface Properties
• PAW — Physics Analysis Workstation
• MCMS — Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures
• AEC — Active Energy Control
• ARPA-E — Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
• ITASS — IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing
• ASD — Active Surface Definition
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
• DPPC — Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
• QP — quasiparticle
• NZJGG — New Zealand Journal Geology and Geophysics
• FTG — Full Tensor Gradient
• DOT — Delivery Optimized Thermodynamics
• DONUT — Direct Observation of the Nu Tau
• DMIP — Division of Medical Imaging Physics
• JPLPH — Journal of Plasma Physics
• LMRI — Laboratoire de Mesure des Rayonnements Ionisants (France)
• SMKW — Secondary Magneto- Kinetic Wave
• OPTLT — Optics Laser Technology
• JSLR — Journal of Soviet Laser Research

• LET — Linear Energy Transfer (in Spacecraft Power Systems)
• LITA — Laser-Induced Thermal Acoustics
• PZM — Pressure Zone Microphone
• ILC — International Linear Collider
• CIRMS — Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards
• FMSF — Fissile Material Storage Facility
• IPPP — Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology
• CAMOS — Committee on Atomic Molecular and Optical Sciences
• DEG — Dimensional Electron Gas
• CGS — Centimeter, Gram, Second
• RTPC — Radial Time Projection Chamber
• ETI — Environmental Technology Initiative
• QNH — Quasi Non-Hydrostatic
• JGG — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
• VR-SFG — Vibrationally Resonant Sum-frequency Generation
• BINP — Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia.
• RSPS — Rochester Symposium for Physics Students
• HFA — Hot Flow Anomaly
• ACTS — Automated Computer Time Service
• GB — Grain Boundary
• WLLN — Weak Law of Large Numbers
• RMU — Ring Main Unit
• CFM — Creates Forward Motion
• EOP — Earth and Ocean Physics
• RCU — Rapid Cooling Unit
• HVL — Half Value Layer
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• EZW — Embedded Zero-tree Wavelet
• UVB — Ultraviolet B
• HHF — High Heat Flow
• LI-ION — Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• P6 — physics
• NQA — Nuclear Quality Assurance
• PMMC — Permanent Magnet Moving Coil
• GRNS — Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer
• MTF — Modulation transfer function.
• JLVEN — Journal of Light & Visual Environment
• PID — Photoionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
• IOP — Institute Of Physics
• REI — Rad Elec Inc.
• MPDS — Mechanics and Physics of Discrete Systems
• HTOL — High Temperature Operating Lifetest
• ASTP — Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics
• NSOM — Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• DOT — Degeneration Over Time
• CFSE — Crystal Field Stabilization Energy
• PHB — Physics Bulletin
• SPP — Storage Photostimulable Phosphor
• SSTEC — Solid State Technology
• GWCE — Generalized Wave Continuity Equation

• LIGO — Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
• HPLA — High Power Large Aperture
• MBB — Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
• RTP — Research Trends in Physics
• GAPP — Global Analysis of Particle Properties
• NAPM — National Association of Photographic Manufacturers
• MOEMS — Micro-Optical Electro-Mechanical System
• GXR — Grazing X-ray Reflectometry
• FCDC — Fundamental Constants Data Center
• LSC — Liquid Scintillation Counting
• W/F — Wandel/ Fietstochten
• STMP — Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
• GWC — Generalized Wave Continuity
• ENO — Essentially Non-Oscillatory
• OPTSP — Optics and Spectroscopy
• JDEM — The Joint Dark Energy Mission
• SINH — hyperbolic sine function
• HACR — High Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometer
• MBIR — Medium Background Infrared Facility
• DNP — Division of Nuclear Physics
• ADS — Automated Dynamic Shear
• HFIR — High Flux Isotope Reactor
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• PCED — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Delta
• CFCD — Computational Fuel Cell Dynamics
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
• JEMT — Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique
• EPS — European Physical Society
• FRAC — Fracture Research and Application Consortium
• ADSMP — Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council Science, Engineering and Technology
• PVST — Pressure Vacuum Stability Test
• BEAM — Bosiger Energy Alignment Method
• MQT — Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling
• MFPL — MAP (Multiple Application Platform) Fabry-Perot Laser
• ANSOM — Apertureless Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• QZE — Quantum Zeno Effect
• SCV — Squared Coefficient of Variation
• JSUP — Journal of Superconductivity
• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• PHYES — Physics Essays
• TPF — Two Photon Fluorescence
• MACHO — Massive Compact Halo Object
• FACSS — Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
• GCFC — Generalized Complementary Flux Condition
• ETDS — Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• COPP — Contributions to Plasma Physics
• NEBM — Nudged Elastic Band Method
• MU2E — A Fermilab experiment that will search for the conversion of a muon into an electron

• JGRS — Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement
• IRDCF — Infrared Detector Calibration Facility
• BABAR — B-Bbar (anti-B) detector at SLAC'sB Factory
• ICFA — International Committee for Future Accelerators
• IPTS — International Practical Temperature Scale
• DIW — De-Ionzied Water
• JAG — Journal of Applied Geophysics
• FDM — fused deposition modeling
• STMAP — Studies in Mathematical Physics
• CHJPH — Chinese Journal of Physics
• XRF — X-Ray Fluorescence
• NMS — Natural Matrix Standard
• HWP — Half-Wave Plate
• FT — Fourier transformation
• RRDPC — Recent Research Development in Physical Chemistry
• CPS — Constant Pressure System (toys)
• DOG — Double Optical Gating
• PFID — Perturbed Free Induction Decay
• CHJS — Chinese Journal of Semiconductors
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• BSS.2 — Beta-Particle Secondary Standards System
• FRSE — Freundeskreis Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn
• HEAD — High Energy Astrophysics Division
• DARD — Dynamic Axial Rotational Device
• ISCC — Inter-Society Color Council
• VWC — Vector Wavelet Coding
• POF — Physics of Fluids
• ISSI — International Space Science Institute (Bern, Switzerland)
• PSTM — Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope
• MMF — Magneto Motive Force
• ORELA — Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator
• FTMS — Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry
• MSA — Meridian Stress Assessment
• MEVVA — Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc
• LORAN-C — A Radio Navigation System Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard
• CCTF — Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency
• BEC — Bose-Einstein Condensation
• DM — Distance Measured
• ENZ — Epsilon-Near-Zero
• HAARP — Hf Active Auroral Research Program (Hf being "high frequency")
• TIB — Tracker Inner Barrel
• RHIC — Brookhaven'sRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider began operation in 2000
• PTHPS — Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
• DD — Differential Detection
• IGRF — International Geomagnetic Reference Field
• COBR — Continuous Oscillatory Baffle Reactor
• PHPL — Physics of Plasmas
• VLA — Very Large Array
• CPHY — Communications on Physics
• QDT — Quantum-Defect Theory

• JAP — Journal of Applied Physics
• TLD — Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter systems
• SPDF — Space Physics Data Facility
• SVPAC — Soviet Physics Acoustics
• FIM — Field Ion Microscope
• MNX — Magnetic Nozzle Experiment
• DMC — Diffusion Monte Carlo
• APL — Advanced Physics Laboratory
• LCTE — Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• FIMS — Fissionable Isotope Mass Standards
• WWV — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Colorado
• ADBMP — Advances in Biological and Medical Physics
• SCCM — standard cubic centimeters per minute
• CRESST — Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers
• NLCTA — Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator
• FOAM — Foam Optics and Mechanics
• PSD — Physical Sciences Data
• IPAP — Institute of Pure and Applied Physics
• LOPI — Loss of Piping Integrity
• HRE — Heterogeneity Recency Exit
• DSA — digital subtraction angiography
• TIRF — Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence
• FBS — Few-Body Systems
• HWP — Half Wavelength Plate
• QMF — Quadrature Mirror Filter
• BOMD — Born Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics
• DCOF — Dynamic Coefficient of Friction
• PBG — Photonic Band Gap
• PREP — Professional Research Experience Program
• PLDS — Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures
• RPT — Reference Point Tracking
• LUNA — Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics at Gran Sasso.
• UATD — Uniform Asymptotic Theory of Diffraction
• TDM — Two Dimensional Material
• FCI — Fast Causal Inference
• HPLC — High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic
• MW — Microwave
• HIPD — High-Intensity Powder Diffractometer
• BHS — Bachelet Hamann Schluter pseudopotentials
• AXAF-I — Imaging Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• ENAPC — Environmental Analytical and Physical Chemistry Series
• J — Torsional Constant for a structural Section
• DRI — Differential Refractive Index
• JGR — Journal of Geophysical Research
• ECFA STUDY — Study group Physics and Detectors of a Linear Collider.
• PB — Primary Beam
• HVL — Half-Value Layer
• IC — indirect calorimetry
• SCF — Spectral Comparator Facility
• XUV — Extreme Ultraviolet

• XRR — X-ray Reflectivity
• PTHPH — Progress of Theoretical Physics
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Standards Committee
• FST — Full Scale Tunnel
• MC — magnetic coil
• DARE — Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• HEP — DOE's Division of High Energy Physics, part of HENP.
• AED — g.l.c.-atomic emission detection
• WDFF — Weak Dipole Form Factor
• IBB — Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
• SFC — Sideway Force Coefficient
• IOPD — Integrated Optical Path Difference
• ERCOFTAC — European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion
• BZ — Band Zero
• OPERA — Oscillation Project with EmulsiontRacking Apparatus
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• TPM — Transport in Porous Media
• SDFF — Spectroscopically Determined Force Field
• FFAH — Filament-Filled Annular Helical
• CCPP — Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
• CRMMP — Classical Reviews in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• SEMPA — Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis
• LCLS — Linac Coherent Light Source
• ECP — Effective Core Potential Approxn.(in Electronic-structure Calcn.)
• PHSS — Physics of the Solid State
• VRS — Vortex Ring State
• ECRIS — Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Ion Source
• EUROMET — A European collaboration in measurement standards
• HEPIC — High Energy Physics Information Center
• ECT — Edge Crush Testing
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
• HSST — Heavy-Section Steel Technology
• AGW — Acoustic Gravity Wave
• TL — Temporal Logic
• RO — Read Only
• MOP — Minds on Physics
• PSL — Physics of Solids and Liquids
• PACS — Physics and Astronomy Classification Schemex
• PISCO — Parallel Imager for Southern Cosmological Observations
• CISR — Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation
• ZI — Zone Industrielle
• GRT — Germanium Resistance Thermometer
• JNLM — Journal of Non Linear Mechanics
• WMAP — Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
• Q — Quantizer
• SPECT — single-photon emission computed tomography
• IHEP — Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing, China.
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Spectroscopy
• CRCPD — Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
• DIA — Dynamic Input Area

• CCG — Calibration Coordination Group
• AVN — Accuracy Vanishing Now
• ROC — Receiver Operator Characteristic Curve
• OSL — Optical Stimulated Luminescence
• FORATOM — FORum ATOMique Européen
• MBH — Thousand BTU per Hour
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• OCQ — Old Covariant Quantization
• SPE — solid phase extraction column
• YAG — Holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet
• CLR — Center of Lateral Resistance
• CASS — Calibration Accuracy Support System
• JGEO — Journal of Geodynamics
• SASER — Soud Amplification by Stimulated Emmision of Radiation
• HELEN — High Energy Laser Embodying Neodymium
• CDW — Continuum Distorted Wave
• OSPL — Output Sound Pressure Level
• EHT — Extra High Tension
• AFPL — Air Force Phillips Laboratory
• UHV-SPM — Ultra High Vacuum Scanning Probe Microscopy
• QTI — Quantum Theory of Immortality
• SCLIR — Secondary Calibration Laboratories for Ionizing Radiation
• BARC — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• FR — Filtered Radiometer
• JAES — Journal of Audio Engineering Society
• FLIR — Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
• NAMT — National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• BBIR — Broad Band Infrared
• ALEPH — Apparatus for LEP PHysics, at CERN
• TPHY — Techniques of Physics
• MIS — Magnetic Isolation System
• CCMP — Computational Condensed Matter Physics
• PCN — Physics and Contemporary Needs
• IRIS — Integrated Radiation Information System
• RSM — Regional Spectral Model
• BGSM — Bowman Gray School of Medicine
• MOPITT — Measurement of Pollution In The Troposphere
• CSTN — Color Super Twist Nematic
• DHV — Demonstrate Higher Value
• CHJG — Chinese Journal of Geophysics
• ARIE — Asynchronous Ratio Of Internal To External
• CPI — Computational Physics Inc
• CTI — Critical Technologies Institute
• NACT — Nonlinear Asymptotic Coupling Theory
• CFT — Central Fiber Tracker
• KKR — Korringa Kohn Rostoker approximation
• OBQ — Optimize Beam Quality
• FIRI — Fourth International Radiocarbon Intercomparison
• ZDR — Zeroth-order Design Report

• LRA — Locked Rotor Ampere
• JILA — formerly Joint Institute Laboratory for Astrophysics
• PAR — Parabolic Aluminum Reflector
• RMP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• SFCP — Special Foreign Currency Program
• PGP — Physics of Geological Processes
• PFW — Propagating Floquet Wave
• CTD — Central Tracking Detector
• JDS — Joint Density of States
• IC — Initial Condition
• GRS — Gamma Ray Spectrometer
• BEPC — Beijing Electron Positron Colider
• LCT — Lattice Compatibility Theory
• HFM — Highly Friction Modified
• RXS — Resonant X-Ray Scattering
• AGP — Annals of Geophysics
• VLHC — Very Large Hadron Collider
• FIR — far-infrared radiation
• LGA — lattice gas automaton
• RESL — Radiological and Environmental Science Laboratory
• WD — Weak Dipole
• APM — Absolute Proper Motion
• INSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
• NPPSB — Nonequilibrium Problems in the Physical Sciences and Biology
• QOA — Quasi-Optical Amplifier
• CQM — constituent-quark model
• NS — Navier-Stokes
• AESR — Array-Enhanced Stochastic Resonance
• BB — Blackbody
• DOELAP — Department Of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program
• BEV — Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Vienna, Austria
• CCFP — Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
• NIM — National Instrumentation Methods
• IWEPNM — International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials
• HEAT — High-Energy Antimatter Telescope
• QCL — Quantum Cascade Laser
• AFCP — Atomic Flux Coating Process
• PHP — Physics in Perspective
• COPHC — Computer Physics Communications
• MML — Material Measurement Laboratory
• NIKHEF — National Institute for Subatomic Physics
• SKACR — Superconducting Kinetic-inductance Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• IAG — International Association of Gravity
• QGM — Quantitative Gas Measurement
• CTF — CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) Test Facility
• NOMAD — Neutrino Oscillation Magnetic Detector
• WHC — Washington Hospital Center
• ALG — Advanced Lithography Group
• KCDB — Key Comparison and Calibration Database
• EJPH — European Journal of Physics

• ADPPR — Advances in Plasma Physics Research
• BRAN — Boulder Research and Administrative Network
• RRDAP — Recent Research Development in Applied Physics
• GRAND — gamma ray and neutron detector
• TD-FW — Time Domain Floquet Wave
• DTM — Dynamic Thermal Management
• AGS — The Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven
• CRR — Center for Radiological Research
• MCHF — Multi-Configuration Hartree-Fock
• BQP — Bounded-error Quantum Polynomial time
• EFP — Effective Fringing Property
• E — Electric
• LDMS — Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry
• TAM — Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• RVGSP — Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
• JCCRER — U.S.-Russia Joint Coordinating Committee on Radiation Effects Research
• TT — Torsion Twist
• EOS TPC — Equation of State Time Projection Chamber experiment
• FF — Fission Fragments
• MARGR — Marine Geophysical Researches
• BM — Bending Magnet
• NPDF — Nuclear Parton Distribution Function
• FSBS — Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• EP — Electrostatic Potential
• FCG — Fatigue Crack Growth
• ESB — Electrical Substitution Bolometer
• HVLS — High volume low speed
• WFS — Wave Field Synthesis
• CDMS — Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
• SM — Standard Model
• ZPD — Zeta Potential Distribution
• RTTR — Real Time Thermal Rating
• CONCP — Contemporary Concepts in Physics
• ASET — Association of Super-advanced Electronics Technologies
• INFN-LNF — The National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Italy
• ACFM — Advanced Coal Flow Measurement
• PO2 — Pressure of Oxygen
• IMECE — International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
• ECFA — European Committee for Future Accelerators
• PHFL — Physics of Fluids
• CHPH — Chemical Physics
• KP — Knowles and Physics
• SSELE — Solid State Electronics
• BTEV — Proposed dedicated B physics experiment at Fermilab's Tevatron
• TCD — Thermal Conductivity response Detector
• BIM — Body In Motion
• OFR — Optics for Research
• PLA — Physics Letters A
• NIPDE — National Initiative for Product Data Exchange
• LLD — Lamp Lumen Depreciation

• JULIE — Joint Utilization of Laser Integrated Experiments
• APPHL — Applied Physics Letters
• ESS — European Spallation Source
• BTE — Brake Thermal Efficiency
• RBF — radial basis function network
• EEP — Einstein Equivalence Principle
• MUCOOL — MUon COOLing experiment
• PEP-II — The official name for the SLAC B Factory
• FMI — The Fermilab Main Injector
• SQM — Super Quantum Mechanics
• VATF — Vibration and Acoustic Test Facility
• APEX — AntiProton Experiment
• DEPA — Dynamic Elastic Properties Analyzer
• QTG — Quantum Theory of Gravity
• DR-SFG — Doubly Resonant Sum Frequency Generation
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instituteumental Coefficient Package
• PEAQ — Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality
• GSI — Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
• MTD — Minimum Translation Distance
• ING — Intense Neutron Generator
• NBSR — National Bureau of Standards Reactor
• TDIF — Teac Digital Interface Format
• FID — Free Induction Decay (Fourier Transform Spectroscopy)
• GWR — Guided Wave Radar
• LHC — The Large Hadron Collider
• CMMPH — Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• SQW — Single Quantum Well
• 4THD — Fourth Dimension
• ITER — International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
• MINOS — Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search
• LBRS — Low Background Reference System
• BTD — Basic Thermodynamics
• HELP — High Energy Laser Propagation
• BR — Branching Ratio
• NUGEO — Nuclear Geophysics
• DSEG — Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics
• MPAM — Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics
• EAF — Electric Arc Furnace
• P-P — Peak-to-Peak (Value)
• AGUSM — American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting
• DAMA — Dark Matter
• LEAR — Low Energy Antiproton Ring
• ESSPH — Essays in Physics
• NG6M — Neutron Guide No. 6
• LEED — Low Energy Electron Diffraction
• HI RES FLY'SEYE — High-energy cosmic ray experiment in Dugway, Utah
• HIRDLS — High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder
• RHIP — Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
• LOCA — Loss of Coolant Accident
• PET — photosynthetic electron transport

• AF — Alternating Field
• QGD — Quantum-Geometry Dynamics
• NORAMET — A North American regional collaboration in national measurement standards and services
• IESNA — Illumination Engineering Society of North America
• HALO — Hypersonic Aircraft Launch Option
• MAPLE — Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment
• FFAI — Field-Free Associative Ionization
• EOTD — Enhanced Observed Time Difference
• CIPT — CNS Institute for Physics Teachers
• CHAOS — Canadian High Acceptance Orbit Spectrometer
• TAGU — Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
• HFD — High Frequency Detection
• JPTEO — Journal of Physics - Teacher Education Online
• TCAOCC — Two-Center Atomic Orbital Close Coupling
• WWVB — Call letters for NIST lf radio station in Colorado
• FANS — Filter Analyzer Neutron Spectrometer
• WONP — Workshop on Nuclear Physics
• NAS — Net Analyte Signal
• IPL — Intense Pulsed Light
• FFAG — Fixed-Field Alternating Gradient
• WBCT — Wavelet Based Contourlet Transform
• GLM — Generalized Linear Model
• PEM — polymer-electrolyte-membrane
• MEXP — Methods of Experimental Physics
• RRP — Research Reports in Physics
• OPSL — Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser
• QCI — Quadratic Configuration Interaction
• PBE — Pool Boiling Experiment
• ITS — International Temperature Scale
• TW — Top of Wall
• SPIRES — Stanford Public Information Retrieval System
• HDT — Heat Distortion Temperature
• ENEA — Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E L'Ambiente
• QMD — Quantum Molecular Dynamics (for Calcns. On The Dynamics Of A Quantum Particle Coupled To A Classical Many-body System)
• EDR — Equivalant Direct Radiation
• ACM — Adiabatic Connection Model
• ISS — Input-to-State Stability
• PMPO — Peak Momentary Performance Output
• ARAC — Arithmetic Robot Application Control
• TME — Theory Model Elimination
• MONO — MONOphonic
• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• MAFF — Munich Accelerator for Fission Fragments
• CPEP — Contemporary Physics Education Project
• BPS — Bogomolnyi-Prasad-Sommerfield
• CBO — Corrected Born-Oppenheimer (in Calcns. For Mol. Complexes)
• TUT — Time Under Tension
• BAVL — Barium Vapor Laser
• BB — Broad-bandwidth
• HERA-B — Fixed-target experiment at DESY, to investigate CP violation in the B meson

• QEG — Quantum Einstein Gravity
• HT — High Tension
• MCU — Mobile Calibration Unit
• NAS/NRC — National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
• JANNAF — Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force
• SAXES — Super Advanced Xray Emission Spectrometer
• CCRI — Comité Consultatif des Rayonnements Ionisants
• COSMOS — Cosmologically Significant Mass Oscillation Search at Fermilab to detect muon neutrino to tau neutrino oscillations.
• SGL — Sander Geophysics Ltd
• IEN — Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale (Italy)
• PCM — Phase Change Materials
• FF — Forward Facing
• FEDEM — Finite Element Dynamics in Elastic Mechanisms
• EME — Electromagnetic Effects
• ASL — Ambient Stress Level
• SEY — Secondary Electron Yield
• PV — plasma volume
• FTAM — Flow Through Alpha Monitor
• CFR — Continuous Flow Recycling
• ZGS — Zero Gradient Synchrotron
• VSV — Vacuum Switching Valve
• TID — Total Ionizing Dose
• BSS — Beta Secondary System
• EU — Entropy Unit
• PAPPH — Pure and Applied Physics
• QCC — Quadrupole Coupling Constant
• PADE — Parallel Applications Development Environment
• WSPM — Wavelet-based Statistical Parametric Mapping
• DMF — Dual Mass Flywheel
• EDF — Enhanced Depth of Field
• EQE — External Quantum Efficiency
• SDIU — Scanivalve Digital Interface Unit
• EIPP — Eastern Interconnect Phasor Project
• ACCI — Atlantic Canada Coral Initiative
• KTEV — Kaons at the Tevatron
• HIPA — High Intensity Proton Accelerator
• ADVP — Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profiler
• PHENIX — Pioneering High-Energy Nuclear Interaction eXperiment, at Brookhaven.
• SI — selectivity index
• HW — Hard Wall
• QIO — Quantum Infinite-Order
• SOUDAN II — Soudan II underground detector
• ZDC — Zero-Degree Calorimeter
• CQW — Coupled Quantum Wells
• EGR — Energy Generation Region
• MCQDT — Multi Channel Quantum Defect Theory
• LHCB — Large Hadron Collider beauty Experiment
• MACH — Modelo Acoplado de Coordinacion Hidrotermica
• JTURB — Journal of Turbulence
• ATD — Above-Threshold Dissociation

• TOBSY — Total ThroughBond Correlation Spectroscopy
• TPR — Tangential Pond Return
• INFN — Italy's Institute Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
• HEPA — High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting
• CTP — Classical Turning Point
• KTG — Kinetic Theory of Gases
• QFEP — Quantum Free Energy Perturbation (calcn. Method)
• WSTC — Westinghouse Science and Technology Center
• AIGER — American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium
• HPL — Hot-electron Photo-Luminescence
• SFA — Sachs Freeman and Associates
• LEIR — Low Energy Ion Ring
• ERATO — Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology Office
• MPD — Multiphoton Detector
• FC — Footcandle
• VR — Vibrationally resonant
• GN — Gaussian Noise
• QGD — Gate - Drain Charge
• FCCU — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Unit
• APPMT — Advanced Photon Processing and Measurement Technology
• VLG — Varying Localized Geminal
• IBIS — Ion Beam Information System
• EIEO — Energy In, Energy Out
• GIBI- — 2 ^ 30
• BAS — Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• BAW — Bulk Acoustic Wave
• MICE — Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
• FZ — Far Zone
• CMMPE — Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics
• WSQ — Wavelet Scalar Quantization
• YPP — Young Particle Physicists
• MSDB — Magnetically Stabilized Fluidized Bed
• CCM — Computational Continuum Mechanics
• RBUU — Relativistic Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck
• DM(S) — Digital material(s)
• BCS — Bragg Crystal Spectrometer
• PEMF — Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field
• GLC — Global Linear Collider
• ERF — Energy Rejection Filter
• INMRI-ENEA — Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti - Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie
• ISI — In-Situ Interferometer
• LP — Linear Polarization
• QOG — Quasi-Optical Grill
• TL — Total Length
• CSDA — Continuous-Slowing-Down Approximation
• WICM — Waves in Complex Media
• QVB — Quasiempirical Valence Bond (method)
• BTFM — Basic Two Fluid Model
• RIDIC — Radiation Internal Dose Information Center
• PCL — Physics and Chemistry of Liquids

• MKSA — Meter, Kilogram, Second, Ampere
• CHORUS — CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research Apparatus
• ZPV — Zero Pressure Volume
• WERB — Washington Editorial Review Board
• IPSN — L'Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
• QHB — Quantum Nature of the Hydrogen Bond
• OIML — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• FPC — Fullerene Production Chamber
• FZS — Far Zone Scattering
• APT — Annular Proton Telescope
• LVE — Light Vibrational Energy
• LWGR — Light-Water-cooled, Graphite-moderated Reactor
• REM — Roentgen Equivalent Man (Unit of Dose Equivalent)
• OHEP — Office of High Energy Physics
• BD — Below Detection
• REIXS — Resonant Elastic and Inelastic Xray Scattering
• ART — Adaptive Resonance Theory
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
• NORA — Non-Overlapping Redundant Array
• ICNIRP — International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
• BCR — Boron Control Rod
• HR3DCT — High Resolution 3-D Computed Tomography
• PHT — Pseudo Hadamard Transformation
• CEV — Constant Elasticity of Variance
• GSQM — General Superfield Quantization Method
• DAFNE — Double Annular Factory for Nice Experiments
• QCT — Quasi-Classical Trajectory
• MM — Molecular Mechanics
• NAD — Nihilistic Animation Data
• NUMI — Neutrinos at the Main Injector
• NEAR-INFRARED — NIR
• DESY — Deutches Elektronen SYnchrotron laboratory in Hamburg, Germany
• PSJ — Pivoted Shoe Journal
• BSM — Bell State Measurement
• HIRES — High Resolution Echellle Spectrometer
• CCDS — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Second
• BZ — Brillouin Zone
• MEST — Matter Energy Space Time
• H — Hotline
• BSSI — British Superultramodern Scientific Institution
• HTRA — High Time Resolution Astrophysics
• PWR — Pressurized-Water Reactor
• MPS — The Microdrop Particle Search at SLAC
• CESR — The Cornell Electron Storage Ring
• NCNR — NIST Center for Neutron Research
• FCF — Fusion Component Failure
• RHR — Right Hand Rule
• QFT — Quantum Field Theory
• ARXPS — Angle Resolved X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• C — Country

• ACFF — Alternating Current Field Measurement
• APS — Advanced Propagation Systems
• RPV — Reactor Pressure Vessel
• UXT — Uniaxial Strain Test
• JINR — The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.
• ITAMP — International Meeting of Theory of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• PPSL — Proceedings of the Physical Society of London
• RVGES — Reviews of Geophysics Supplement
• FC — Flow Controller
• GMRI — Gated Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• WIPM — Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
• ANTARES — Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research
• MLDA — Modified Local Density Approximation
• KEK — Koo Energy Ken
• ADI — Advanced Distance Integration
• EMMA — Euclidean Model MAtching
• IFEL — Inverse Free Electron Laser
• OCLI — Optical Cooling Laboratory Incorporated
• AIF — Assumed Internal Force
• BBR — Back Bouncing Rod
• ESDIAD — Electron-Stimulated Desorption Ion Angular Distributions
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• LHC-B — Large Hadron Collider B Experiment
• GVHD — Graft-Versus Host Disease
• FTM — Fluid Transfer Management
• OMNIS — Observatory For Multiflavor Neutrinos From Supernovae
• PMRS — Proton magnetic resonance Spectroscopy
• TNO — Trans-Neptunian Object
• ISPP — Illinois State Physics Project
• PMB — Physics in Medicine and Biology
• ACP — American Center for Physics
• FBAP — Function Block Application Process
• RRV — Record Relocation Vector
• DU — Durability
• MQDT — Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory
• MINERVA — A neutrino-scattering experiment that uses the NuMI beamline at Fermilab to search for low-energy neutrino interactions
• SPEAR — The Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring
• ICRM — International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology
• QED — Quantum Electrodynamics
• ANVIS — Aviator Night Vision Imaging System
• NPHS — Nature Physical Science
• EDN — Event Detection and Notification
• CTP — Center for Theoretical Physics
• UDD — Neutron, one up quark (u) and two down quarks (d)
• PE — Plasma Effects
• BBN — Brains And Backbone Network
• TRU — Transuranic
• IPVD — Interior Physical Vapor Deposition
• BEAR — Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation
• TTP — Trends in Theoretical Physics

• MOEMS — Micro Optp Electro Mechanical Systems
• QCA — Quasi- Crystalline Approximation
• HQM — Hemi-Quantal Mechanics
• BLP — boron-loaded plastic (scintillator)
• RFS — Receptive Field Size
• SEBA — Standards Employees Benefit Association
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatory
• IPHO — International Physics Olympiad
• FED — Field-Emitter Display
• WLF — Williams-Landel-Ferry equation
• ECC — Engineered Cementitious Composite
• CPA — Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• ATW — Accelerator Transmutation Of Waste (for Radioactive Waste)
• ECH — Eddy Current Heating
• LTEC — Lamp Testing Engineers Conference
• SLC — SLAC Linear Electron-Positron Collider
• CTS — Convert Texture Sequence
• R — Radiation
• RFP — Radiation Flux Parameter
• ARGONEUT — The Argon Neutrino Teststand
• MIS — Mirror Image Stimulation
• NIMP — National Institute of Materials Physics
• EFS — Enhanced Fujita [EF] scale (weather)
• PAMA — Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance
• NAAL — North American Aerodynamic Laboratory (Wind Tunnel)
• PHACO — Physical Acoustics
• PDI — percent depth ionization
• MAG — Modern Approaches in Geophysics
• PEMI II — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer, Second generation
• DWNT(S) — double-wall nanotube(s)
• CAO — Carlsbad Area Office
• SIG — Signaling Channel
• ULTIM — Ultrasonic Imaging
• FMUP — Flawed Modern Ultramodern Physics
• WFTE — Wigner Function Transport Equation
• MACRO — Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory
• DBC — Delicate Balance Collective
• MP — magnetic particle
• AAA — Advanced Applications of Accelerators
• PPPL — Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• FIMS — Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer
• ITRP — International Technology Recommendation Panel
• CDCU — Correlated Dimension Correlated Uniqueness
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• BP — Before Polarization
• LNV — Lepton-Number Violating
• RT — Reference Time
• SVJPP — Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics
• LMAPH — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• HRTS — High Resolution Telescope Spectrograph

• CT — Computed tomographic scan
• PINS — Portable Isotopic Neutron Spectroscopy
• ARUPS — Angle-Resolved Ultra-violet Photoemission Spectroscopy
• TMP — Thermo Mechanical Pulping
• LVIS — Low Velocity Intense Source
• EPV — Exclusion Principle Violating
• CTE — Correlated Transfer And Excitation
• UVB — Ultraviolet Beta
• QFED — Quantum Field-Effect Directional coupler
• SLAC — The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California
• WEDG — Wire Electro-Discharge Grinding
• FIT — Frequency Intensity Time
• TEXT — Texas Experimental Tokamak
• CET — Constant Elasticity of Transformation
• FIOA — Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics
• AFC — Amplitude to Frequency Conversion
• CTMC — Classical Trajectory Monte Carlo
• BEDO — Beitr. elektronenmikroskop. Direktabb. Oberfl.
• NCRA — National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
• EPICS — Experiment Physics and Industrial Control System
• PV — Pressure Vessel
• RAND — Radio Neutrino Detector array
• BLJPH — Bulgarian Journal of Physics
• IUPAP — International Union for Pure and Applied Physics.
• PLTP — Progress in Low Temperature Physics
• CM — Convenient Measure
• TLA — Temporal Logic of Actions
• LF — Low Friction
• SIMS — Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
• EIC — Electron Ion Collider (nuclear physics)
• NRRS — Near Resonance Rayleigh Scattering
• DGT — Discrete Group Transform
• NESTOR — Neutrino Extended Submarine Telescope with Oceanographic Research
• DEA — Downstream Endcap Array
• CCDM — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Meter
• WGFF — Working Group for Fluid Flow
• CCFR — Chicago Columbia Fermilab Rochester
• MDRF — Materials Dosimetry Reference Facility
• SWBXT — Synchrotron White Beam X-Ray Topography
• VUV — Vacuum Ultraviolet
• QM — Quark Model
• AXAF-S — Spectroscopy Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• EEPROM — Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• NEOS — Newport Electro-Optic Systems
• HERA — Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator at DESY
• TTY — Torque to Yield
• FCFR — Fusion Component Failure Rate
• TUFIR — Tunable Far Infrared (Radiation)
• DFL — Distributed Feedback Laser
• EBAS — Electron Bombardment Anneal System

• THERMAL AND EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS — thermal and epithermal neutrons
• NMI — National Measurement Institute
• FOE — Force of Energy
• INS — Ion-Neutralization Spectroscopy
• PRC — Pressure Regulator Control
• ELNES — Energy-loss near-edge structure
• RHEED — Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction
• NEWRAD — New Radiometry
• CREB — Cern Reports Editorial Board
• LBIR — Low Background Infrared Radiometry
• RPPH — Reports of Progress in Physics
• QMD — Quantum Metrology Division
• PER — Physics Education Research
• OTD — Optical Technology Division
• RSS — Regression Sum of Squares
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Student Chapter
• EBM — Energy by Motion
• CCM — complementary contact model
• TQF — Triple- Quantum- Filtered
• ASCA — Japan-NASA X-ray Satellite
• ROSPEC — Rotating Spectrometer for Neutrons
• TWTA — traveling-wave tube amplifier
• ADTMP — Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
• BNM — National Bureau of Metrology, France
• UFM — Ultrasonic Force Microscopy
• MCNP — Monte Carlo Neutron Photon (computer code)
• LEPP — Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
• MPMS — Magnetic Property Measurement System
• QVE — Quasi-Vibrational Energy
• RRDCP — Recent Research Development in Chemical Physics
• FRAM — Functional Resonance Accident Model
• REB — Relativistic Electron Beam
• VTD — Variable Torque Differential
• STF — Space-Time-Frequency
• NEC — Nippon Electric Corporation
• SGR — Soft Gamma Repeater
• BETA NMR — Beta-radiation Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• ALARA — As Long As Radiation Allows
• PS — polystyren
• PHYED — Physics Education
• MDAP — Momentum Density of Annihilation Pairs
• FTMS — Fluid Transfer Management System
• CIAQ — Committee on Indoor Air Quality
• ULV — Ultra Low Volume
• CFS — Constant-Final-State Spectroscopy
• ILC-TRC — International Linear Collider-Technical Reviewing Committee
• TPAG — Theory and Practice of Applied Geophysics
• CSD — Computational Structural Dynamics
• PDML — Photovoltaic Device Measurement Laboratory
• HPL — High Pressure Lanes

• WNM — Warm Neutral Medium
• PWS — Primary Working Standard
• MDR — Maximum Detectable Rigidity
• SLM — Single Longitudinal Mode
• IMRT — intensity-modulated radiation therapy
• VOC — Volts, Open-Circuit
• FNAL — Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
• PL — Physics Laboratory
• FOCUS — FOtoproduction of Charm: Upgraded Spectrometer
• NCSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• ISOLDE — Isotype On-Line separator at CERN
• SURF-III — The NIST Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility Electron Storage Ring
• RVPP — Reviews of Plasma Physics
• NRCC — National Research Council Canada
• ICMP — Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
• DFS — Displaced Fermi Surface
• SPT — Supporting Physics Teaching
• FAD — FASCAL Absolute Detector
• GGCP — Generalized Grand Canonical Potential
• CEM — Cascade Exciton Model
• DOIM — Dense Optical Interface Module
• CNRF — Cold Neutron Research Facility
• DRM — Digital Radio Mondial
• EAPL — Electronic AstroPhysical Journal Letters
• CF — Cross Flow
• DFTS — Dispersive Fourier Transform Spectrometry
• QPT — Quantum Phase Transition
• BM — Behavioral Model
• H — Hotness
• PPCPP — Progress in Photochemistry and Photophysics
• PETT — Positron Emission Transverse of Transaxial
• DNC — Does Not Change
• LLB — Laboratoire Leon Brillouin
• ALCSG — Asian Linear Collider Steering Committee.
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy
• QHO — Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
• F — Flux
• ROCK — Rigidity Optimized Conformational Kinetics
• SSPP — Static Strength Prediction Program
• BSDM — Biased Site Disordered Model
• C — Counter
• RBE — Relative Biological Efficiency
• MTS — Muffin Tin Surface
• TNA — Thermal Neutron Analysis
• SUBI — Southern Urals Biophysics Institute
• ZETA — Zero Energy Thermonuclear Apparatus
• BEC — Bose Einstein Condensate
• UVA — University of Virginia
• VNIIOF — All-Union Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements
• QNP — Quattro Nuclear Probe

• QTN — Quasi-Thermal Noise
• BKT — Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless crossover
• UV-B — Ultraviolet-Biological
• MMFT — Many Mode Floquet Theory
• ILL — L'Institut Laue Langevin
• DDDI — Density Dependent Delta Interaction
• ALR — Active Lead Ring
• MMPDS — Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• MCC — Mesoscale Compressible Community
• PHAPP — Physics and its Applications
• SCC — Spectral Calibration Chamber
• IQI — Image Quality Indicator
• DAFS — Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Process
• HPP — Hydropower Plant P
• PSI — Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland, Joint Institute of ETH)
• ULE — Ultra Light Engineering
• DLT — Dynamic Laser Trimming
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center
• SPARS — Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
• NPGS — Nanometer Pattern Generation System
• ACR — Advanced Candu Reactor
• VET — Vibration Energy Transfer
• ATFT — Affine Toda Field Theory
• TOP — Time Optimized Process
• TAD — time-averaged difference
• QP — quasi periodic
• ODE — Ordinary Differential Equation
• VXR — Visible Transfer Radiometer
• FEA — Field-Emitter Array
• MRFM — magnetic resonance force microscopy
• AOI — Areas of Interaction
• E — Efficiency
• CORM — Council for Optical Radiation Measurements
• NNP — Non Neutral Plasma
• QELS — Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
• CIRF — Circular Flow
• X — Horizontal axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• CMPC — Constrained Multivariable Predictive Control
• HSE — Hard Sphere Expansion
• PAB — Physics Astronomy Building
• DOE — Dynamic Operating Environment
• STLR — Safety Thermal Limit Recorder
• PMBC — Process-Model Based Control
• EPB — Extracted Proton Beam
• LASJ — Laser Journal
• SIAP — System for Improved Acoustic Performance
• QT — Quantum Theory
• APPHY — Applied Physics

• FTSI — Fourier Transform Spectral Interferometry
• EDXRF — energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• RB — Rigid Body
• SSDL — Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories
• LFO — literature-low frequency oscillations
• MGLT — Micro-Gravity Linear acceleration Tolerance
• HEPL — High Energy Physics Laboratory
• LZT — Lead Zirconate Titanate
• XRS — X-Ray Spectrometer
• GMTI — Global Magnetization Transfer Imaging
• VCSEL — Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser
• ASTER — Advance Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer
• WI — Wavelet Image
• QHF — Quantum Heisenberg Ferromagnet
• HELEN — High Energy physics Latin-American-European Network
• MME — Methanol Maser Emission
• BPC — Boost Pressure Control
• LENA — Laboratory For Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (Duke University)
• ORT — Oak Ridge Tennessee
• FIM — Functional Imaging Methods
• VQW — Voronoi Quantized Crossover
• PAIS — Photo Acoustic Infrared Spectroscopy
• NPL — Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
• RTP — Rapid Thermal Processing
• PHYW — Physics World
• SVPSS — Soviet Physics Solid State
• GDRIMS — Glow-Discharge Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• CP — Coulomb potential
• KISS — Keep It Simple Solutions
• NPS — nanoparticle(s)
• LPA — Long Path Absorption
• AERD — Alpha Energy Range Discrimination
• SBLOCA — Small-Break Loss-Of-Coolant Accident
• FND — Folded Normal Density
• SIFC — Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator
• ISBR — Inter-SubBand Radiation
• QWI — Quantum Well Intermixing
• DELPHI — Detector with Lepton Photon and Hadron Identification at CERN'sLEP accelerator
• EXAFS — Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
• TGF — Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash
• OPTPN — Optics & Photonics News
• AM1 — First Launch in the morning series of EOS platforms
• FTIR — Fourier Transform Infra-Red
• DCP — Dielectronic Core Polarization
• CLEAR — Controlled Liquid Electrophoresis Absorption Reflection
• APPL — APplied Physics Letters
• CNT(S) — carbon nanotube(s)
• DP — Data Point
• SSPM — Solid State Photomultipliers
• FFP — Field-Free Point

• JPARC — Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
• AG — Anti-Gravity
• IETS — Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy
• CR — CRystalline solid
• ATWE — Annual Time Weighted Exposure
• QSA — Quantitative Surface Analysis
• CPM — Collision Probability Methods
• CFE — Coplaner Fluid Ejector
• SIR — Selective Internal Radiation
• SYM — Super Yang-Mills Theory
• DORT — Discrete Ordinates Code
• CAST — Council of Agricultural Science and Technology
• CKM — Charged Kaons at the Main Injector
• GINGA — Japanese X-ray Satellite
• VQN — Vibrational Quantum Number
• RFZ — Reverse Flow Zone
• SPS — Super Proton Synchrotron
• OSP — Of Open Source Physics
• LHM — Liquide Hydraulique Minerale
• KSU — King Saud University
• FSW — Fast Spherical Wavelet
• ASSI — Airglow Solar Spectrometer Instrument
• VFH — Vector Field Histogram
• NED — Nuclear Effects Directorate
• FPL — Fluroscent Pulse Light
• AP — Anti-Proton
• PPS — Proceedings of the Physical Society
• EHB — Electronic Handbook
• POP — Plasma Oscillation Probe
• SV — Shock and Vibration
• INMM — Institute for Nuclear Materials Management
• REDA — Resonant-Excitation-Double-Autoionization
• HF — High Flange
• COP — Coefficient Of Power
• TERS — Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• FCC — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker
• LFAM — Line Focus Acoustic Microscopy
• LMR — Laser Magnetic Resonance
• EDT — Equivalent Difference Transmission
• BSM — Beam Simulation Method
• FHM — Fast Harmonic Method
• MET — Medium Energy Telescope
• GDT — Gas Discharge Tube
• IVR — intramolecular vibrational redistribution
• ODEPR — Optical Detected Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• RDQ — Rate Distortion Quantization
• PIGP — Proceedings of the Institute of General Physics
• DACU — Data Acquisition and Control Unit
• HARPS — High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (spectrography)
• SNAP — SuperNova Acceleration Probe, proposed space telescope

• ELCSG — European Linear Collider Steering Group
• NIST-F1 — Current NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• OFS — Österreichisches Forschungszentrum
• TXR — Thermal-infrared Transfer Radiometer
• MIP — Minimum Ionizing Particle
• CHTM — Center for High Technology Materials
• APGR — Association for Pushing Gravity Research
• HLBC — Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber
• TTZ — Teisseyre Tornquist Zone
• CMPA — Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics
• CAMP — Computational and Applied Mathematical Physics
• LCRD — Linear Collider Research and Development
• TAI — International Atomic Time
• CDC — Controlled Dispersion Characteristic
• DIGM — Diffusion Induced Grain Motion
• ICBM — Iogen Configuration Building Module
• TLS — Two-Level tunneling System
• CARS — coherent antistokes raman scattering
• CSE — Compton Scattering Enhancement
• CAP — Current Applied Physics
• IPT — Inductive Power Transfer
• NDE — Nucleon Decay Experiment
• CMT — Chaos Magic Theory
• TESLA — TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator
• ISP — INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.
• P&S — Permanent and Stationary
• GRASP — General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception
• MND — Mahan-Nozieres-DeDominicis
• MDS — Measurement Data Set
• PEMI — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer
• MAT — Manifold Air Temperature
• WFSS — Weak Field Seeking State
• NBS-4 — Older Primary Frequency Standard
• EURATOM — European Nuclear Energy Organization
• CPIC — International Physics Center, Elba
• NPB — Nuclear Physics B
• TSLO — Tracking Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope
• TRIUMF — Tri-University Meson Facility
• FTS — Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
• WGCM — Working Group on Coupled Modelling
• E — Epsilon
• MWNT(S) — multi-wall nanotube(s)
• SDF — Spectral Density Function
• CFCP — Copecenter For Cosmological Physics
• WIAS — Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics
• MINIMAX/ T-864 — A search for disoriented chiral condensates at Fermilab.
• KN — Kilo Newton
• TOTEM — TOTal Elastic and diffractive cross section Measurement
• LENS — Low Energy Neutrino Spectroscopy, at Heidelberg.
• BESS — Breaking Electroweak Symmetry Strongly

• LNF — Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, near Rome, Italy
• DRIP — Detector Response Intercomparison Program
• MRPI — Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Imaging
• CPPM — Center for Particle Physics of Marseilles
• MR — Magneto Rheological
• MAC — Magnitude Amplification Cavity
• LIPS — Lorentz Invariant Phase Space
• QTE — Quantum Transport Equation
• GSL — Generalized Second Law
• VRML — Virtual Reality Markup Language
• QRB — Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics
• ATLAS — A Toroidal LHC Apparatus
• VDG — Van de Graaff
• COMPASS — Common Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy
• EUVL-LLC — EUV Lithography - Limited Liability Corporation
• OQS — Occupied Quantum State
• ZPF — Zero-Point-Fluctuation
• PTR — Proton Transfer Reaction
• TE — Total energy
• PIXE — Particle Induced Xray Emission
• MLIA — Molecular Libraries of Imaging Agents
• ITP — Institute for Theoretical Physics
• APOP — Automatic Particle Orientation Procedure
• UDM — Unified Dimensional Model
• DBP — Division of Biological Physics
• PAR — Partially Absorbed or Reflected
• HPI — Hybrid Polarization Interferometry
• CBS — Compton BackScattering
• CXRS — Charge-Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy
• RAP — Roentgen area product
• IPC — Integrated Proton Current
• W — Weak
• RIMS — Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• GIM — Grazing-Incidence Monochromator
• HENP — Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics
• ITUFF — IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
• RBMK — Reactor Bolshoi Moshchnosti Kanalni
• CAD — Charged Area Development
• SET — Single-Electron Transistor
• IGRA — interferon-gamma release assay
• NUS — Nuclear Safety Standard
• DBG — Disease Biophysics Group
• NAMP — National Analytical Management Program
• PGS — Plane Grating Spectrometer
• IPP — Institute of Particle Physics
• SAM — Super Accelerator Machine
• UHE — Ultra High Energy
• NRRT — Normal Reference Range Table
• SCFL — Self-Consistent Field Lattice
• KLOE — K LOng Experiment

• SAGENAP — Scientific Assessment Group for Experiments in Non-Accelerator Physics
• MOS — Marine Optical System
• JPG — Journal of Physics G
• ASA — Aperture Setting Adjustment
• PCAP — Physics and Computing Advisory Panel
• WBGT — Wet-Bulb Globe Thermometer
• MMKT — Methods and Models of Kinetic Theory
• WCFG — Weighted Control Flow Graph
• BEFD — Backward Euler centered Finite Difference
• FBG — Fiber Bragg Grating
• SZB — Single Zone Boundary
• MOTA — Man Of The Atom
• DC — Double Capture
• DDD — Dynamic Digital Depth
• ITEP — Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
• LASP — Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado
• VLHC — Very-Large Hadron Collider
• PSML — Physical Systems Modeling Laboratory
• EOM — Electron-Optical Modulator
• SSUV — Shuttle Solar Ultraviolet
• BE — Bose Einstein
• PQS — Parallel Quantum Solutions
• UHF — Ultra High Fidelity
• MES — Minimum Efficient Scale
• GERDA — The GERmanium Detector Array
• IPNS — Intense Pulsed Neutron Source
• CCF — Carbonaceous Chondrite Fission
• AFFT — Asymptotically Free Field Theories
• DPS — Disintegrations Per Second
• AIM — Advanced Idea Mechanics
• AIM — Accurate, Intentional, Measurable
• HSI — Hot Surface Igniter
• NUSL — The National Underground Science Laboratory in the Homestake Mine, S.D.
• DEXA — dual energy Xray absorptiometry
• QGS — Quantitative Gated Spectroscopy
• LPRI — Laboratoire Primaire des Rayonnements Ionisants, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• AMS — Accelerator-Mass Spectrometry
• PFU — Proton Flux Unit
• FTMD — Field procedure for determining Test Maximum Density
• ITAP — Isentropic Trajectory Analysis Project
• JCMT — James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
• ASCA — Advanced Spacecraft for Cosmology and Astrophysics
• SSPG — Solid State Physics Group
• SCET — Soft Collinear Effective Theory
• AFP — Accelerated Freefall Progression
• NGS — National Geological Society
• XPOP — X is Perpendicular to Orbit Plane
• EC — electron-capture
• ST&A — Space Technology and Aeronautics
• HECT — High-Energy Computed Tomography

• COLTRIMS — Cold Target Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• CSTL — Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
• SMZ — Strong Measure Zero
• OPAL — Open Physics Abstraction Layer
• RKB — Restricted Kinetic Balance (method In Calcns. Of Wave Functions And Energies)
• DR — Direct Reading
• PBQ — PhotoBeam Quantum
• JULIA — Jena University Laboratory of Ion Acceleration
• ADAM — Absolute Disintegration of Available Mass
• PEEI — Physics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior
• VQL — Variable Quantizing Level
• CSI — Contact Surface Imaging
• AFPS — Analyzing Fluid Power Systems
• LCL — lifting condensation level
• QZP — Quantum Zeno Paradox
• WFSM — Weak Field And Slow Motion
• APL — Applied Physics Letters
• SSPL — Solid State Physics Laboratory
• HTS — High Tear Strength
• PPEP — Plasma Physics and Environmental Perturbation
• RKE — Rotational Kinetic Energy
• RIMS — Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• FMSS — Fermi Mass Storage System
• NRIP — NIST Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program
• DRIP — Diamagnetically Restored Inverted Pendulum
• PIPA — Pulsed Integrating Pendulous Accelerometer
• RT — Ray Tracing
• ICS — Incredible Cross-Section
• LBNE — long baseline neutrino experiment
• CBH — Correlated Barrier Hopping
• PMATP — Progress in Mathematical Physics
• ADMIT — Analytical Detection Methods for the Irradiation Treatment of foods
• FVL — Future of Vertical Lift
• TSPM — Time State Preference Model
• B — Baryon
• APM — Associated Particle Method
• CNDD — conspecific negative density dependence
• LPC — LHC Physics Center
• QCD — Quantum Chromo Dynamics
• MMI — Mallinckrodt Medical Inc
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Press
• RGM — Resonating Group Method
• NLDFT — Nonlocal Density Functional Theory
• RXF — Refracted X-ray Fluorescence
• BED — Binary-encounter-dipole
• MPI — Magnetic Particle Inspection
• SID — Society for Information Display
• SDLA — Serial Data Link Analysis
• IGEX — International Germanium Experiment in Spain.
• SFD — Shear Force Diagram

• TSFU — Two Scale Factor Universality
• LEP — Large Electron-Positron collider
• HRG — High Radius of Gyration
• QHE — Quantum Hall Effect
• GPH — Gas Permeable Hollow
• NUSEA — Nucleon Sea
• NCOGH — Nuclear Coal Oil Gas Hydroelectric
• MFP — Maximal Fixed Point
• AI — Associative Ionization
• WWVH — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Hawaii
• BXR — BMDO Transfer Radiometer
• SIRCUS — Spectral Irradiance and Radiance Calibration with Uniform Sources
• PCE — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
• AMD — Area Mass Density
• TSD — Time Speed Distance
• TD — Time Definite
• NPSS — Nuclear Power Sources
• USM — Unifying Semantic Model
• SL — Super Linear
• SNO — Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
• AIC — Analytical Instrument Control
• DSM — Differential Stress Model
• FT/MS — Fourier Transform / Mass Spectroscopy
• INM — Institute National de Metrologie
• VNIIM — Mendeleyev Institute of Metrology
• PUM — Physics Union Mathematics
• HEPA — High Energy Particulate Arresting
• JET — Joint European Torus
• BPPI — Biophysics of Proteins and Protein Interactions
• NMS — Nihilistic Motion Set
• UHSDS — Ulta High Speed Deluge System
• CDU — Coolant Distribution Units
• EPT — Exchange Perturbation Theory
• NJCH — New Journal of Chemistry
• VAC — Volts Of Alternating Current
• ATLAS — Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System
• RC — Reaction Co-efficient
• SCIBOONE — The SciBar Booster Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab
• PMG — Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics
• AMO — Atomic, Molecular and Optical
• NSRP — Neutron Science Research Program
• GARD — Graviton Atom Relocation Disruptor
• LNLS — National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (Brazil)
• ZL — Zyklon Loop
• HPPT — HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS AND TECHNICS
• BNC — Boron Nitride Coating
• PMG — Precision Measurement Grant
• LST — Light Stabilizer Technology
• FISCO — Fieldbus Instrinsic Safety Concept
• ESPD — European Solar Physics Division

• FPL — Frequent Power Loss
• MIPP — Main Injector Particle Production
• LH — Left Handed
• BL — Beam Line at SURF-III
• DFIR — Diffused Infrared
• IP — Interaction Point
• KET — Komitee für ElementarTeilchenphysik
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
• NSEP — National Standard Examination in Physics
• PMM — Perpetual Motion Machine
• SWIR — Short Wave Infrared
• MURMEMWC — 'MURMURING MEMORIAL WATER CLOSET' PRE-DATED BY 1913 MODEL YEAR AND PATENT; aka; Ed Loud Memorial Toilet
• DMP — Division of Material Physics
• AKD — Altered Kinetic Distance
• LO — Local Orbitals
• OPAL — Omni Purpose Apparatus for LEP, at CERN
• MD — Magnetic Dipole
• SRO — Short Range Order
• RINF — Retinoid Inducible Nuclear Factor
• NML — National Measurement Laboratory (Japan)
• SFF — Scientific Fudge Factor
• PFX-I — Penning Fusion eXperiment - Ions
• CAPE — Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics
• LDP — Low Density Plasma
• SCOF — Static Coefficient of Friction
• IET — Integrated Energy Technique
• UNI — Ultrafast Nonlinear Interferometer
• CASP — Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics
• MWE — Meters of Water Equivalent
• WBFA — Wavelet Based Fractal Approximation
• TAPS — Three Arm Photon Spectrometer
• RBNP — Reverse Brazil Nut Problem
• SIAD — Synergistic Isogenous Activated Decontamination
• ULP — Ultra-short Light Pulse
• ERI — Extended Range Imaging
• MPSD — Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
• ECPR — Electrically-Calibrated Pyroelectric Radiometer
• BW — Bottom of Wall
• SPPS — surface plasmon polaritons
• MCT — Mercury-cadmium-telluride
• TCV — Tokamak à Configuration Variable
• GRAIL — Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
• TEV — Tera (Billion) Electron Volts
• PML — Perfect Matched Layer
• USAIDR — US Army Institute of Dental Research
• MPE — Multi Photo Electron
• VVT — Variable Volume and Temperature
• ASWT — Arbitrary Shape Wavelet Transform
• WBFT — Wavelet Based Fractal Transform
• HSD — Hadron String Dynamics

• ALB — Anti Lock Brake
• MOS — Marine Optical Spectrograph
• BCS — Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory of superconductivity
• WFST — Weighted Finite State Transducers
• SEMATECH — Consortium of 14 U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturers
• RH — Reference Height
• RIBF — Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory
• SOT — Space Or Time
• SF — Static force
• OMH — National Office of Measures (Hungary)
• PM — particulate material
• IBFW — Incidence of the reflected Beam from the Front Wall
• DFL — density functional theory
• CBO — Coherent Betatron Oscillations
• ICPS — International Conference of Physics Students
• PD — Prismatic Diffuser
• GLAST — Gammaray Large Area Space Telescope
• SWIP — Society of Women in Physics
• FT — Fermion Term
• SHMPS — Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
• BGO — bismuth-germanate (scintillator)
• SIG — Signaling equipment
• MONOLITH — Massive Observatory for Neutrino Oscillations or LImits on THeir existence
• P — Propagation
• SEAM — Spatially Extended Anchor Mechanism
• MESSIAEN — Methods for the Efficient Simulation of Aircraft Engine Noise
• LNGS — Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, in L'Aquila, Italy
• MWIR — Medium Wavelength Infrared
• HEPA — high efficiency particulate air (filter)
• EMIS — Electro Magnetic Interpreta