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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
• US — United States of America
• CT — Computed Tomography
• PR — PRobability of ....
• USA — United States of America
• POCOE — Principle Of Conservation Of Energy
• PPU — Physics processing unit
• PQ — Photon To Quark
• PPP — Physics for Paper and Print
• CPMG — Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill pulse sequence
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
• ANOVA — Analysis of Variance (statistics)
• MIM — Metal-Insulator-Metal (Diode)
• CBRN — Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear
• XMLL — X-ray Magnetic Linear Loop
• NTU — Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
• MM — Millimeter
• DAMP — Division of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• DT — Differential Temperature
• 19F — Fluorine-19
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• A-BOMB — Atomic Bomb
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• JMMM — Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• CFF — Critical Flicker Fusion
• A — Ampere
• WWW — World Wide Web
• APCVD — Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• RF — Radio Frequency
• WHO — World Health Organization
• XMCD — X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism
• IDMS — Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry
• FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• PI — Penning ionization [
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• AC — Alternating Current
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• 2DEG — Two-Dimensional Electron Gas
• ESA — European Space Agency
• PN — PN (Pressure Nominal)
• CY — Calendar Year
• PNEUM — pneumatic

• EEO — Equal Employment Opportunity
• AIP — American Institute of Physics
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• TQM — Total Quality Management
• QA/QC — Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• CMOS — Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
• FM — frequency modulation
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• PM — Particle Multiplication
• MEG — Motionless Electromagnetic Generator
• SWAG — Scientific Wild-Ass Guess. A Close Approximation.
• SMYS — Specified Minimum Yield Strength
• ECR — Electron Cyclotron Resonance
• R&D — Research & Development
• µ — Micro
• EMT — effective medium theory
• AES — Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• SNOM — Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope
• LOD — Limit Of Detection
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• VHS — Van Hove Singularity
• HD — High Density
• DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• BP — Boiling Point
• PHWR — Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor
• SRAM — Static Random Access Memory (ess-ram)
• SPL — Sound Pressure Level
• PDL — Polarization Dependent Loss
• HACCP — Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
• FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
• SIMOPS — SIMultaneous OPerationS
• WAXD — Wide-Angle X-Ray Diffraction
• MOBY — Marine Optical Buoy
• BAPS — Bulletin of the American Physical Society
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• PME — Particle-Mesh Ewald
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• H — Hot
• DPM — Disintegrations Per Minute
• URL — Universal Resource Locator
• LTE — Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium
• MDMT — Minimum Design Metal Temperature
• DB — Decibel

• α — angular acceleration
• BIT — Bulk Ion Temperature
• PIC — Precision Ion Chamber
• FTG — Field Testing Group
• PCS — Photon Correlation Spectroscopy
• PHD — P-Helicity Decoupling Scheme (P=Momentum)
• OASIS — Optically Adaptive System for Imaging Spectroscopy
• QDVP — Quasi-Degenerate Variational Perturbation
• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• UPS — Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• YB:YAG — Ytterbium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet
• ACS — American Chemical Society
• AEC — Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• MIL — Military
• PWH — PetaWatt-Hour
• YAEL — Yankee Atomic Environmental Laboratory
• PMF — Predictor Model File
• JB — Jacquet-Blondel method
• T-O-F — time of flight
• RIU — Refractive Index Unit
• KG — Kilogram
• KAMIOKANDE — A solar neutrino experiment at the Kamioka Observatory in Japan
• PHYY — Physics
• 2PE — Two-Photon Excitation
• HAPPEX — Hall A Proton Parity Experiment
• IC — Integrated Circuit
• KAMLAND — KAmioka Liquid Scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector
• PIF — Physics at the Information Frontier
• NM — Nanometer
• IHPRPTP — Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology Program
• AEDY — Aerospace Dynamics
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• PI — 3.1415926535
• FOS — Faint Object Spectrograph
• PILAC — Pulsed Ion Linear ACcelerator
• FMRI — Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• HPLC — High Performance Liquid Chromatography
• LO — Local Oscillator
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• PML — Physical Measurement Laboratory
• PHW — Potable Hot Water
• PIV — Position Information Vector
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• APS — American Physical Society
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• Y' — Out-of-plane Velocity - vertical
• SPR — Surface Plasmon Resonance
• PL — Proton Loss
• EMF — Electromotive Force

• STD — Standard
• UASER — Ultrasound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
• PISA — Photovoltaic Information System For Architects
• TPD — Temperature Programmed Desorption (for Gas Chromatography)
• HSI — Hue Saturation Intensity
• KE — Kinetic Energy
• PIE — Possibility of Infinite Energy
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• AF — Audio Frequency
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• ° C — Degree centigrade
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• KLY — Kilo Langley
• CT — Current Transformer
• GR — General Relativity
• NCO — Numerically Controlled Oscillator
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• TOMO-SAR — Synthetic Aperture Radar TOMOgraphy
• P — Pressure
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• AES — Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
• SC — South Carolina
• E=MC2 — Energy=Mass * (Velocity of light)**2
• R- E/I — Ohms Law (not an acronym)
• DL — Deciliter
• CMM — Coordinate Measuring Machine
• THD — Total Harmonic Distortion
• CW — Continuous Wave
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• ER — Energy Research
• ACD — Autoregressive Conditional Duration
• SUPER-K — Super-Kamiokande
• SOG — Spin-on Glass
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• 4WM — Four Wave Mixing
• NSA — National Security Agency
• MOCVD — Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
• CW — Clockwise
• LF — Low Frequency
• PECVD — Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
• HQSC — Heisenberg Quantum Spin Chain
• WFI — Water For Injection (pharmaceutical Term)
• ISS — International Space Station
• SIG — Signal
• LVL — Level
• DQE — Detective Quantum Efficiency
• HOMESTAKE — A solar neutrino experiment in the Homestake Gold Mine in South Dakota
• RAI — Resident Assessment Instrument
• ITL — Information Technology Laboratory

• ANS — American Nuclear Society
• ω — angular velocity
• FY — Fiscal Year
• FWT — Fast Wavelet Transform
• MFP — Mass Flow Parameter
• ESR — Electron Spin Resonance
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• CW — Carrier Wave
• EBIS — Electron Beam Ion Source
• FTF — Fundamental Train Frequency
• 2D WAXD — Two-Dimensional Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• APOMA — American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• OPCPA — Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• OSA — Optical Society of America
• GND — Ground
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• ROYGBIV — Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet (Colors of the Rainbow)
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• MRA — Mutual Recognition Arrangement
• NOE — Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NMR)
• CV — Constant Velocity
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• CDM — Cold Dark Matter
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• UA — University of Arizona
• TLC — Thin Layer Chromatography
• LAGOS — Laser Gravitational-wave Observatory in Space
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• HASYLAB — Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• FP — Freezing Point
• CMC — Calibration Measurement Capabilities
• LFP — Local Field Potential
• DOP — Dilution Of Precision
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• EPR — Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• LMS — Least Mean Square
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• AMS — Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• DOHC — Dual Overhead Cam
• AMPC — Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry
• COIL — Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser
• WG — Working Group
• JEWA — Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

• QEDA — Quantum Electrodynamics Atomic Theory
• JASJA — Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan
• IDCT — Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
• FARCAL — Facility for Advanced Radiometric Calibrations
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• SIA — Semiconductor Industry Association
• N-FSBS — Near-Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• P — Predicted
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• MO — Molecular Orbital
• PAGE — Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
• SCC — Standards Coordinating Committee
• DNA — Defense Nuclear Agency
• CAV — Constant Angular Velocity
• CARS — Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy
• VAPEPS — Vibroacoustic Payload Environment Prediction System
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• MAD — Mean Absolute Deviation
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
• KARMEN — Karlsruhe-Rutherford Medium-Energy Neutrino Experiment
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• ESD — Electrostatic Discharge
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• NMR — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• ACPD — Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions
• IR — Infrared
• HAADF — high-angle annular dark field SEM
• AEDC — Arnold Engineering Development Center
• 3PE — Three-Photon Excitation
• ACD — Air Constrained Dampening
• ID — Inside Diameter
• BS — Beam Splitter
• EV — Electron Volt
• MOD — Minimum Object Distance
• ICARUS — Imaging Cosmic and Rare Underground Signal
• SNS — Spallation Neutron Source
• LTL — Linear Temporal Logic
• CDF — Collider Detector at Fermilab
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• LAQL — Lowest Analytically Quantifiable Level
• DPA — Differential Power Analysis
• ACIP — Aerodynamic Coefficient Instrumentation Package
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• AC — Aerodynamic Center
• GUE — Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (of Random Matrixes In Quantum-transport Studies)
• QFEB — Quasi-Free Electron Bremsstrahlung
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer

• NQR — Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
• MV — Medium Voltage
• HPS — Health Physics Society
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• DIBL — Drain-induced Barrier Lowering
• ATR — Attenuated Total Reflectance
• GAMS4 — NIST High Resolution Spectrometer
• HDR — High Dose Rate
• AAPM — American Association of Physicists in Medicine's
• FTMW — Fourier Transform Microwave
• FDR — False Discovery Rate
• HIC — Hydrogen Induced Cracking
• MURR — University of Missouri Research Reactor
• S — Short
• DOAS — Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
• LEP — Large Electron Positron
• AC — Attenuation Coefficient
• NEDT — Noise Equivalent Delta Temperature
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• TOE — Theory of Everything
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• NTP — normal temperature and pressure
• A — Atomic
• EVM — Error Vector Magnitude
• WDXRF — Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
• ISE — Ion Selective Electrode
• WANFCS — West Area Neutrino Facility Control System
• MQSA — Mammography Quality Standards Act
• DPP — Division of Plasma Physics
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• LIF — Laser Induced Fluorescence
• NRC — National Response Center
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• AO — Adaptive Optics
• H — Hotel
• HPS — High Pressure Sodium
• EMR — Electromagnetic Radiation
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• MMC — Maximum Material Condition
• HE — High Energy
• PGNAA — Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis
• JND — Just Noticeable Difference
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• UTD — Uniform Theory of Diffraction
• FE — Finite Element
• PRL — Physical Review Letters
• IDCY — Idle Cycle
• AMPS — Atmospheric Magnetospheric Plasma System

• PIV — Particle Image Velocimetry
• FCC — Face-Centered Cubic
• DN — Diameter Nominal
• ZPDH — Z-Pinch-Driven Hohlraum
• PHYN — Physics Notes
• LE — Low Energy
• FRET — Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
• CWT — Continuous Wavelet Transform
• RAC — Research Advisory Committee
• BCC — Body-Centered Cubic
• TLE — Two Line Elements
• FCI — Full Configuration Interaction
• 3D — Three Dimensional
• MIRD — Medical Internal Radiation Dose
• FEL — Free Electron Laser
• ACDC — Alternating Current/Direct Current
• ERDA — Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis
• SCF — Self-Consistent Field
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• N — Normal
• OTA — Optical Tube Assembly (telescopes)
• VU — Volume Unit
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• EOM — Electro-Optic Modulator
• LAPHY — Laser Physics
• EP — Extreme Pressure
• LT — Low Temperature
• EF — Electric Field
• OPD — Optical Path Difference
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscopy
• HVLP — high volume, low pressure
• QD — Quantum Dot
• SPM — Scanning Probe Microscope
• AAPT — American Association of Physics Teachers
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• KATRIN — KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino
• PM — Particulate Matter
• BCT — Body-Centered Tetragonal
• APS — Advanced Photon Source
• CEA — Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique
• LAF — Laminar Air Flow
• PE — Performance Evaluation
• EF — Energy Factor
• ZPE — Zero Point Energy
• JAJAP — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
• MJPS — Moldavian Journal of the Physical Sciences
• GFP — Green Fluorescent Protein
• 1D — One-Dimensional
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• PE — Potential Energy

• ZQ — Zero-Quantum
• ICR — Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• CC — Closed Circuit
• NG6, NG-6 — Monochromatic Beam Line near the end of NG6
• PEM — Proton Exchange Membrane
• CGU — Canadian Geophysical Union
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• FP — Focal Plane
• CVAAS — Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
• HEA — High Energy Astrophysics
• ENDL — Evaluated Nuclear Data Library
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• PHR — Physics Reports
• AEM — Acoustical Emission Monitoring
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• EPC — Electronic Pressure Control
• AO — Atomic Orbital
• LAFOC — Laser Focus
• EM — Environmental Management
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• LM — Lumen
• MPLB — Modern Physics Letters B
• NV — Night Vision
• AFC — Aerodynamic Flight Control
• ETC — Electron Transport Chain
• RIXS — Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
• RAP — Reliable Acoustic Path
• LAMSCAL — Large Area Monochromatic Source for Calibrations
• NPC — Nuclear Pore Complex
• JPCS — Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
• ED — Electron Diffraction
• R — Roentgen
• OPC — Optical Particle Counter
• FFF — Field-Flow Fractionation
• IIT — Indian Institute of Technology
• LSND — Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• DLA — Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• EDS — Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
• CHIPS — Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
• FEGT — Furnace Exit Gas Temperature
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• IID — independent and identically distributed random variables
• AJP — American Journal of Physics
• MPI — Multiphoton Ionization
• 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
• AIAA — American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
• VIV — Vortex Induced Vibration

• XQC — X-ray Quantum Calorimeter
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• PIV — Peak Inverse Voltage
• CJLTP — Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics
• RFI — Relative Fluorescence Intensity
• QP — Quantization Parameter
• EDM — Electric Dipole Moment
• WDDL — Wave Dynamic Differential Logic
• PTA — Pure Tone Average
• PM — Phase Modulation
• MTBF — Mean Time Between Failures
• SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
• PBC — Polarization-Beam Combiner
• C — Countess
• AOM — acoustic-optic modulator
• DDS — Direct Digital Synthesizer
• SRM — Standard Reference Material
• LMU — Location Measurement Unit
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• DSM — Design Structure Matrix
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• GP — General Physics Corporation
• FLIR — Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer
• ACESJ — Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal
• 2-D — Two Dimensional
• DSR — Dynamic Shear Rheometer
• JETP — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• DOT — Diffuse Optical Tomography
• ASAC — aerodynamic surfaces assembly and checkout
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• LOA — Law of Attraction
• E — Electra
• OD — Optical Density
• FCA — Formal Concept Analysis
• DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung.
• ASPP — Atmospheric and Space Plasma Physics
• POGS — polar-orbiting geomagnetic survey
• OPS — Optical Physical Section
• AMS — Acoustic Measurement System
• PL&I — Plasmas and Ions
• RG — Radius of Gyration
• MOA — Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instrumental Coefficient Package
• ASD — Astrophysics Science Division
• MSX — Midcourse Space Experiment
• JCHPH — Journal of Chemical Physics
• RMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• AEQ — Aeronautical Quarterly

• LC — Liquid Chromatography
• PDSH — Pressure Differential Switch High
• YP — Yield Point
• ILD — Indentation Load Deflection
• CEI — Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano
• XPS — X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• TM — Transverse Magnetic
• MBQ — Megabecquerel
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• CQGRS — Classical and Quantum Gravity Supplement
• FDTD — Finite Difference Time Domain
• NLC — Next Linear Collider
• 1PI — One Particle Irreducible
• IK — Inverse Kinematics
• FTNIR — Fourier Near Infra Red
• BHN — Brinell Hardness Number
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
• ADAP — Aerodynamic Data Analysis Program
• TMD — Tuned Mass Damper
• SAXS — Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
• PD — Propagation Delay
• AFT — Attractor Field Therapy
• FIM — Field Intensity Meter
• VMD — Visual Molecular Dynamics
• MOKE — Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect
• LSP — Lightest Supersymmetric Particle
• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• APH — Astroparticle Physics
• ASAS — Aerodynamic Stability Augmentation System
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• IOR — Index of Refraction
• MAG — Magnetic
• RBS — Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry
• AMTF — Acoustic Model Test Facility
• DE — Differential Equation(s)
• PCF — Photonic Crystal Fiber
• EGS — Electron Gamma Shower
• PCM — Phase Contrast Microscopy
• TEM — Transverse Electromagnetic
• HO — High Order
• AMP — Amplitude
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• RST — Rapid Suspension Technology
• C&E — Cause and Effect
• HI — High Intensity
• LS — Liquid Scintillation
• AFT — Aerodynamic Flight Test
• AECL — Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• CARB — Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology

• AMS — Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
• NEI — Nuclear Energy Institute
• POC — Physical Optics Corporation
• APRF — Army Pulse Radiation Facility
• GAM — Generalized Additive Model
• CPK — Corey, Pauling, Koltun
• TOV — Threshold of Visibility
• CF — Cold Fusion
• AFTA — Acoustic Fatigue Test Article
• ADPHY — Advances in Physics
• AFV — Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
• IOT — Inductive Output Tube
• RC — Resistor-Capacitor
• STASA — Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• SPH — Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics
• MOT — Magneto Optical Trap
• LFAE — Ligand Field Activation Energy
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• TDH — Total Dynamic Head
• RKR — Rydberg-Klein-Rees
• ALICE — A Large Ion Collider Experiment
• XMLD — X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism
• IC — Internal Combustion
• IV — Input Voltage
• APAS — Aerodynamic Performance and Sizing Program
• TC — Temperature Control
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• AMPS — Atmosphere, Magnetosphere & Plasmas in Space
• NDT — Nondestructive Test
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• CICP — Communications in Computational Physics
• KAERI — Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
• VTZ — Valence Triple Zeta (basis Set)
• LOCF — Last Observation Carried Forward
• WHHM — Werthamer Helfand Hohenberg and Maki
• DPF — Displacement Power Factor
• ADB — Aerodynamic Data Book
• EAA — Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• QWW — Quantum Well Wire
• NM — Newton Meter
• RHF — Restricted Hartree-Fock
• HV — High Vacuum
• SR — Special Relativity
• DVM — Digital Voltmeter
• CCT — Circuit
• ADM — Absolute Distance Meter
• PEL — Permissible Exposure Limit
• HTD — Heat Transfer Division

• DE — Discrete Event (program specification)
• M — Mass
• ECD — Electron Capture Dissociation
• ASC — Aerodynamic Surface Control
• UMIST — University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
• HFS — Hydrogen Forward Scattering
• PHA — Physics And Astronomy
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection
• AAAC — Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
• ETS — Energy Transfer System
• LISS — Linear Imaging Self-Scanning
• BQ — Becquerel
• HS — Hot Spot
• CQGRA — Classical and Quantum Gravity
• NG7 — Neutron Guide No. 7
• NEMS — National Energy Modeling System
• ABEC — Annular Bearing Engineering Committee
• SHP — Shaft Horsepower
• COMPASS — COMPuter ASSurance Conference
• FM — Ferromagnetic
• NIDR — National Institute of Dental Research (National Institutes of Health)
• SCF — Supercritical Fluid
• BSDF — Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function
• CLV — Constant Linear Velocity
• JATP — Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
• CMS — Compact Muon Solenoid
• SRV — Safety Relief Valve
• UB — Upper Bound
• TC — Thermal Control
• TC — Transmission Convergence (ATM)
• BC — Boundary Condition
• OPA — Optical Parametric Amplifier
• EF — Extra Fine
• GS — Gauss
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• NCU — Nano Containment Unit
• DAP — Donor Acceptor Pair
• ANPHY — Annals of Physics
• TEF — Time-Energy-Frequency
• SFG — Sum Frequency Generation
• PMR — Proton Magnetic Resonance
• APHY — Acoustical Physics
• SD — Super Deformed
• CRPL — Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• STS — Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
• PAC — Probably Approximately Correct
• BPM — Beam Position Monitor
• SEE — Secondary Electron Emission
• MTXM — Magnetic Transmission X-Ray Microscopy

• DMI — Dynamic Momentum Index
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• SW — Surface Wave
• UTA — Unresolved Transition Array
• EDAX — energy dispersive analysis of X-rays
• XPS — X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• IMS — Institute for Molecular Science
• EMR — Electromagnetic Resonance
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• ATDB — Aerothermodynamic Data Book
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• ADGEO — Advances in Geophysics
• BGM — Basis Generator Method
• ITSU — IEEE Transactions on Sonics Ultrasonics
• NJPH — New Journal of Physics
• TXM — Transmission X-ray Microscope
• SVD — Shock Vibration Digest
• ARL — Average Run Length
• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• OPO — Optical Parametric Oscillator
• PHRV — Physical Review
• BELLE — B detector at KEK in Japan
• CARI — combustion air requirement index
• CPS — Central Plasma Sheet
• FI — Field Intensity
• CH — Continuum Hypothesis
• TEPC — Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter
• CAM — Computer-Aided Machining
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• SSNMR — Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• OLED — Organic Light-Emitting Diode
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• QWIP — Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector
• TPP — Thermal Power Plant
• TIMS — Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• QO — Quasi-Optical
• RPT — Refractory Period of Transmission
• TC — Thermal Conductivity
• AUJPA — Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement
• ICP-AES — Inductively Coupled Plasma-atomic Emission Spectrometry
• COS — Change of State
• AIH — Acoustical Imaging and Holography
• RJMP — Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics
• BWO — Backward Wave Oscillator
• REST — Representational State Transfer
• ALVIB — algorithm payload vibration
• CHJCP — Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• BBO — Beta-Barium Borate

• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• ND — Neutron Detector
• LNP — Lecture Notes in Physics
• EPA — Electron Positron Accumulator
• ADCL — Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory
• DFT — Density Functional Theory
• IFD — Indentation Force Deflection
• SEA — Statistical Energy Analysis
• WDM — Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
• GUT — Grand Unification Theory
• LDA — Local Density Approximation
• VT — Valid Time
• TEMP — Temperature
• SQ — Scalar Quantization
• EELS — Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
• ABMP — American Board of Medical Physics
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• LIPC — laser-induced plasma channel
• 2LOT — 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
• COASP — Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics
• EPI — Echo Planar Imaging
• LBLRR — LBL Research Review
• ITELC — IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
• XSV — Expendable Sound Velocimeter
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• FWHM — Full Width at Half Maximum
• ARES — Advanced Rheometric Expansion System
• ACR — Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• AMA — Actual Mechanical Advantage
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• CCV — Continuing Calibration Verification
• APAC — Applied Acoustics
• EOS — Equation Of State
• NERI — Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
• STP — Standard Temperature Pressure
• RTT — Round Trip Timer
• MEL — Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
• QM — Quantum Mechanics
• ELT — Extremely Large Telescope
• ULVZ — Ultra-Low Velocity Zone
• EIE — electron impact excitation
• TCS — Three-Dimensional Complex Space Theory
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• PMMA — Polymethylmethacrylate
• ILSS — Interlaminar Shear Strength
• MICE — Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• ASVIB — algorithm scoreboard vibrations

• ND — Neutron Density
• SBLC — S-Band Linear Collider
• TMA — Thermal Mechanical Analysis
• PP2PP — proton-proton to proton-proton
• AFI — Accordion Fringe Interferometry
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• PT — Peak Torque
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• CBNM — Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements
• FTIR — Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
• MCM — Mobil Composition of Matter
• AD — Antimatter Decelerator
• LDA — Laser Doppler Anemometry
• KELVIN — Scientific temperature scale
• TG — Temperature Gradient
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• BMDO — (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do)
• ENR — Enrichment and Reprocessing (technology)
• ECSED — Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data
• UCSUSA — Union of Concerned Scientists, United States of America
• CCPCE — Current Contents Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
• LVR — Lever
• DMC — Dynamic Motion Control
• PET — positron emission tomography
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• EER — Estimated Energy Requirement
• HERO — High Energy Replicated Optics
• CBR — California Bearing Ratio
• QMS — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• AERTE — Aerojet Technology
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• PLL — Phase Locked Loop
• LSDA — Local Spin Density Approximation
• HID — high intensity discharge (electricity)
• MOSFET — Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
• 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)
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• BLB — Black Light Bulb
• DREAMS — Dynamic Range Enhancement Applied to Mass Spectrometry
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• EIES — Electron Impact Emission Spectroscopy
• LBT — Large Binocular Telescope
• VAC — Vacuum Assisted Closure
• FHMM — Factorial Hidden Markov Model
• ESR — Experimental Storage Ring
• BPAS — Bulletin of Pure and Applied Science
• SWAP — Short-Wavelength Automated Perimetry
• JJAPL — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Letters
• OOCA — Object Oriented Computing in Astrophysics

• PDE — Product Data Exchange
• SWG — Standard Wire Gauge
• CVD — Chemical Vapor Deposition
• CPS — Cycles Per Second (now Hertz)
• SIM — Selected ion monitoring
• PRF — Petroleum Research Fund
• TMP — Turbo Molecular Pump
• CMR — Colossal Magnetoresistance
• RT — Reverberation Time
• MOR — Modulus of Rupture
• CCD — Charged Coupled Device
• ESR — Electrical Substitution Radiometer
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• RHM — Roentgen Hour Meter
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• MFT — Mean Field Theory
• LOMO — Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• FD — Finite Difference
• CRP — Coordinated Research Program
• EXO — Enriched Xenon Observatory
• GML — General Measurement Loop
• PZT — Piezoelectric Translator
• BMD — Bending Moment Diagram
• CZJPH — Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
• BNCT — Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
• LC — Liquid Crystal
• IAPT — Indian Association of Physics Teachers
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• WXRF — Wavelength-dispersive X- Ray Fluorescence
• DN/DC — Specific refractive index increment
• LEACH — Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy
• CFT — Crystal Field Theory
• CED — Cohesive Energy Density
• TQW — Triangular Quantum Well
• WKB — Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (phase-shift Formula For Potential Scattering)
• AT&T — Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
• ECT — Error Correction Term
• HPHT — high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
• ULTRA — Ultrasonics
• QRHE — quantum anomalous Hall effect
• CMH — Cubic Meter per Hour
• BIPM — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
• EDX — Energy-Dispersive X-ray Analysis
• NVIS — Night Vision Imaging System
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• CLSM — Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
• LAND — Large Area Neutron Detector
• NCF — Near Coherence of Filters

• JPCM — Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• COTPH — Communications in Theoretical Physics
• MIST — Microgravity Science and Technology
• GRI — Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
• EOM — Equation of Motion
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• TKN — Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
• LO — Laser Optics
• JSMAJ — Japan Society of Microgravity Application Journal
• EJTP — Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics
• JGE — Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
• TBB — Triple Beam Balance
• NAA — Neutron Activation Analysis
• MS/MS — Tandem Mass Spectrometry
• IO — Interactive Optimum
• SSCP — Springer Series on Chemical Physics
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• SCF — Stress Concentration Factor
• ST — Spherical Tokamak
• IVR — Intramolecular Vibrational Relaxation
• RLD — Reciprocal Linear Dispersion
• ESO — European Southern Observatory
• CPIP — Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
• XSW — X-Ray Standing Wave
• AF — Anisotropic Filtering
• KOPIO — AKlong decay experiment at Brookhaven.
• HHPN — Hydraulic High Pressure Nebulization
• TJPH — Turkish Journal of Physics
• 3DWBA — Three-Body Distorted-Wave Born Approximation
• HDOP — Horizontal Dilution Of Position
• JKPS — Journal of Korean Physical Society
• DSM — Dynamic Scattering Mode
• NA — Neutral Axis
• CPL — Chemical Physics Letters
• HTBB — High-Temperature Black Body
• CCFL — Countercurrent Flow Limitation
• MDR — Mass Distribution Ratio
• PTCA — Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angiography
• MRIR — medium-resolution infrared radiometer
• LRSP — Living Reviews in Solar Physics
• TST — Time-Space-Time
• GEC — General Electrodynamics Corporation
• RTD — Resistance Temperature Detector
• ACB — Annular Confinement Beam
• GNO — Gallium Neutrino Observatory
• MOP — Maximum Operating Pressure
• YS — Yield Strength
• SCR — Space Charge Region
• CSLPT — Cambridge Studies in Low Temperature Physics

• HTPPL — High Temperature Plasma Physics Lab
• AICF — Acoustic Inertial Confinement Fusion
• JMP — Journal of Mathematical Physics
• FOC — Forward Only Conversion
• ACCW — Auxiliary Component Cooling Water
• IQEC — International Quantum Electronics Conference
• HF — Hartree-Fock Method
• SPE — solid phase extraction method
• HPPT — High Pressure Phase Transformation
• CLFR — Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector
• RIBD — Reactive Ion Beam Deposition
• NPSS — Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
• ICP — Inductively Coupled Plasma
• AEJ — Aeronautical Journal
• JPSJ — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
• URA — Universities Research Association, Inc.
• TLI — Tilted Laser Image
• NISTAR — NIST Advanced Radiometer
• JEPT — Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics
• PHCHE — Physics and Chemistry of Earth
• YKP — Yano- Koonin- Podgoretskii
• AESIJ — Aeronautical Society India Journal
• NEANDC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Data Committee
• STAR — Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC
• FEC — Ferro-Electric liquid Crystal
• COMPH — Computers in Physics
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• MUT — Material Under Test
• SEAQUEST — A series of fixed target Drell-Yan experiments at Fermilab
• ARCP — Annual Reviews of Computational Physics
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• SI — International System of Units (Système international d'unités)
• STEM — Storable Tubular Extendible Member
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• LVDT — Linear Variable Differential Transformer
• CXRO — Center for X-Ray Optics at Berkeley, CA
• MFCG — Magnetic Flux Compression Generator
• PHYR — Physical Research
• MSLD — Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• ABF — All but Finitely
• EPJ — European Physical Journal
• BIB — Blocked Impurity Band
• VNIIFTRI — National Scientific and Russian Research Institute for Physical, Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• VLT — Visible Light Transmission
• HRC — Rockwell Hardness C
• ANIPS — Annals of the Israel Physical Society
• PMG — Permanent Magnet Generator
• NVLAP — National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program

• SGORS — Studies in Geophysical Optics and Remote Sensing
• HSS — Hollow Structural Section
• 2B1Q — Two Binary One Quaternary
• IGC — International Gravity Commission
• LWR — Light Water Reactor
• ATI — Above-Threshold Ionization
• MUNU — An experiment at the Bugey reactor in France studying electron - electron neutrino scattering.
• AFVH — Anti- Ferromagnetic van Hove scenario
• WIMP — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
• NP — Neper
• CRT — Conformal Radiation Therapy
• ARACO — Archives Acoustics
• CLM — Compound Light Microscope
• MICGQ — Microgravity Quarterly
• HRTF — Head-Related Transfer Function
• NEMP — Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse
• LPCVD — Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• SAJPH — South African Journal of Physics
• TI — Thermal Inertia
• CEJPH — Central European Journal of Physics
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• MTF — Magnetized Target Fusion
• HBT — Hanbury Brown-Twiss
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• MOKE — Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
• TD — Time Differential
• PAES — Positron-Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• JVST — Journal of Vacuum Science Technology
• HYAAS — Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotom etry.
• IRIS — Internal Rotary Inspection System
• RSM — Response Surface Method
• POPRV — Pilot Operated Pressure Relief Valve
• IPM — Ionization Profile Monitor
• DDF — Distance Distortion Factor
• 3DFFM — Three-Dimensional Fourier Filtering Method
• IMGC — Istituto di Metrologia "G. Colonnetti" (Italy)
• ACFA — Asian Committee for Future Accelerators.
• 3DSSPP — Three-Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program
• CHPHY — Chinese Physics
• DUV — Deep Ultraviolet
• CIPM — International Committee of Weights and Measures, France
• AMMAC — Mexican Metrology Association
• HVT — High Velocity Thermocouple
• PNP — Positive-Negative-Positive
• FASCAL — Facility for Automatic Spectroradiometric Calibrations
• BTI — Bubble Technology Inc
• SEM — Scanning Electron Microscopes
• PEPSI — Proton Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging
• JETPL — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters
• CLC — Capillary Liquid Chromatography

• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• TZFC — Triple Zeta Frozen Core
• ENSDF — Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File
• VOX — Voice Operated EXchange
• SG — Specific Gravity
• WTMM — Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima
• FDFD — Finite Difference Frequency Domain
• PTI — Proxima Therapeutics Inc.
• ZPF — Zero Point Field
• AAPP — Association of Applied Physicists Pakistan
• ASA — Accessible Surface Area
• FRET — fluorescence resonant energy transfer
• PEPI — Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• PMT — Photo Multiplier Tube
• SCD — Single Crystal Diffraction
• PDE — Possible Duplicate Emission
• TCB — Temporal Coherence Boundary
• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• AECL — Atomic Energy Canada Limited
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• JPSJS — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Supplement
• CCP6 — Collaborative Computational Project 6
• PO2 — Partial pressure of oxygen
• OPTLE — Optics and Lasers in Engineering
• SSADM — Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• WAMW — Weight-Average Molecular Weight
• 2PPE — Two-Photon Photoemission
• FFR — Fractional Flow Reserve
• ZDR — Z-Differential Reflectivity
• LOQ — Limit of Quantitation
• 2DHG — Two-Dimensional Hole Gas
• FFE — Far Field Extension
• SBR — Spectral Band Replication
• PASTI — Public Address Speech Transmission Index
• SOC — Second-Order Cone
• JJAPS — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Supplement
• RSP — Rapid Solidification Process
• EGO — Eccentric Geophysical Observation
• MBS — Minimum Breaking Strength
• BES — Beijing Spectrometer (China)
• MQA — measurement quality assurance
• JMOA — Journal of Microwaves Optics and Acoustics
• OSRD — Office of Standard Reference Data
• JGP — Journal of Geometry and Physics
• JFLU — Journal of Fluorescence
• GPIB — General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus

• GUIDE — Generalized Unbiased Interaction Detection and Estimation
• FTICR — Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• RPN — Remote Plasma Nitridation
• CIRRPC — Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination
• INDC — International Nuclear Data Committee
• GGA — Generalized Gradient Approximation
• EEEL — Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
• EMW — Electromagnetic Wave
• KWP — Kilowatt-Peak
• PTCP — Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics
• HYPER-CP — A Search for Direct CP Violation in Hyperon Decays
• PHT — Physics Today
• JVC — Journal of Vibration and Control
• ARROW — Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide
• MBE — Molecular Beam Epitaxy
• PFG — Pulsed Field Gradient
• QGT — Quantum Graph Theory
• STM — Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• FIR — Far Infrared
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• NRLM — National Research Laboratory of Metrology (Japan)
• ACRU — Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit
• NEANSC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Science Committee
• CCDC — Cyclic Channel Die Compression
• QFT — Quantitative Fluorescence Technique
• LRR — Living Reviews in Relativity
• BET — Brunauer - Emmett - Teller
• DNAA — Delayed Neutron Activation Analysis
• BJAP — British Journal of Applied Physics
• QMF — quadrature mirror filter banks
• NOBCCHE — National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers
• ABHP — American Board of Health Physics
• PHEMT — Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor
• CRI — Cambridge Research Instrumentation
• MGG — Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics
• DLP — Digital Light Processing
• EIEIO — Electron Impact Excitation of Ions from Organics
• RDP — Rubidium Di-Hydrogen Phosphate
• LCAP — Laser Cooling and Atomic Physics
• JLWT — Journal of Lightwave Technology
• BHLH — Basic Helix-Loop-Helix
• EL — Europhysics Letters
• FTL — Faster Than Light
• PCPP — Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
• LFCC — Linear Frequency Cepstral Coefficient
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• AMB — As Measured By
• PHL — Physics Letters
• VA — Volt Ampere

• TC — Technical Committee (HL7)
• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• NIR — Near Infrared
• JXST — Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology
• WL — Weak Localization
• IVBT — Intravascular brachytherapy
• RECAN — Regional European and Central Asian ALARA Network
• LAL — The Laboratoire de L'Accelerateur Lineaire at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• GDOG — Generalized Double Optical Gating
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• JGGS — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity Supplement
• SLM(S) — spatial light modulator(s)
• CES — Constant Elasticity of Substitution
• ICPEAC — International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions
• VRM — Vector Ruggedness Measure
• NELAC — National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference
• NPA — Nuclear Physics Apparatus
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• FDR — Failure Divergence Refinement
• VCM — Voice-Coil Motor
• CTPHY — Classical Theoretical Physics
• AWA — The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator
• EPIC — Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
• CPCAR — Chemistry and Physics of Carbon
• NVH — Noise Vibration Harshness
• EFW — Evanescent Floquet Wave
• OGB — Original Grain Boundary
• CCSM — Cross Correlogram Spectral Matching
• RSE — Relative Standard Error
• ADCHP — Advances in Chemical Physics
• AOI — Angle Of Incidence
• AFA — Average Fock Approximation
• GEC — Gaseous Electronics Conference
• TRFM — Time Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
• BEB — Binary-Encounter-Bethe
• SCAMPY — Scanning Micro Pyrometer
• CMCV — Charge Motion Control Valve
• CRYRING — Electron Accelerator and Storage Ring Facility (Stockholm, Sweden)
• VEEL — Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels
• HVLA — High-Velocity Low Amplitude
• GMC — Global Motion Compensation
• LIM — Limit
• ADMPS — Advances in Mechanics and Physics of Surfaces
• CTRZ — Central Torodial Recirculation Zone
• PPHTS — Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors
• JLUM — Journal of Luminescence
• PVT — Position Velocity Time
• ACOUL — Acoustics Letters
• EBIT — Electron Beam Ion Trap

• JAE — Journal of Acoustic Emission
• FT-IRAS — Fourier Transform-Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• COMMP — Comments in Modern Physics
• ASME — American Society for Mechanical Engineers
• APT — Analytic Perturbation Theory
• DSFD — Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
• AF — Acceleration Factor
• TDCR — Triple-to-Double Coincidence Ratio
• RDCMP — Recent Development in Condensed Matter Physics
• CSIC — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Spanish
• GEOS — Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite
• LENR — Low Energy Nuclear Reactions
• UMRK — Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
• MEA — Membrane Electrode Assembly
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• BEFE — Bio-Electric Field Enhancement
• ES — Elementary Stream
• ITAS — IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• CBA — Center for Backyard Astrophysics
• EGR — Entropy Gradient Reversal
• FPS — foot-pound-second [cf. cgs and mks]
• GCA — Gradual Channel Approximation
• GLCP — Global Linear Collider Project
• NPIC — Nuclear Power Institute of China
• K2K — KEK to Kamioka
• MCU — Microcontroller Unit
• AL — argon laser
• CCPP — Combined Cycle Power Plant
• DCT — Discrete Cosine Transformer
• TCPH — Topics in Current Physics
• PTF — Physics of Thin Films
• IMA — Ideal Mechanical Advantage
• BF-TEM — Bright-field transmission electron microscopy
• JSP — Journal of Statistical Physics
• PES — Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• PEP — Positron Electron Project
• ADTPH — Advanced Texts in Physics
• CNIF — Californium Neutron Irradiation Facility
• JVE — Journal of Vibration Engineering
• GCK — Geiger Counter Kit
• GTRD — Generalized Transverse Resonance-Diffraction
• CEL — Correlated Emission Laser
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• LTA — Low temperature (oxygen plasma) ashing
• ESRF — The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.
• IBFM — Interacting Boson-Fermion Model
• CPSSH — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces and Heterogeneous Catalysis
• WDXS — Wavelength Dispersive Xray Spectroscopy
• PHRVL — Physical Review Letters

• JAERI — Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
• JPCRD — Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
• HEPAP — High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
• ICAMDATA — International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications
• MRSE — Manifest Refractive Spherical Equivalent
• QMC — Quantum Monte Carlo
• ADEXG — Advances in Exploration Geophysics
• ITPS — IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
• RUPHJ — Russian Physics Journal
• CONPH — Contemporary Physics
• ARO — United States Army Research Office
• BIA — Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
• FIOP — Field Induced Ordered Phase
• RVMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• JRLR — Journal of Russian Laser Research
• VIS — Visible
• EPAD — Environmental Physics and Design
• DMF — Decayed, Missing, Filled
• CLA — Condition Lever Angle
• TASSII — Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Investigation
• EMILY — Extreme Monkey Indigestion Laryngitis Youngen
• CSI — Compton Scatter Imaging
• ISAC — Isotope Separator and Accelerator Facility
• ESU — Energy Storage Unit
• MOTRIMS — Magneto-Optical Trap Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• JCA — Journal of Computational Acoustics
• PSL — Polystyrene-latex
• CERN — Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
• ARPES — Angle Resolved Photo Electron Spectroscopy
• EOPAP — Earth and Ocean Physics Application Program
• BFRL — Building and Fire Research Laboratory
• TRM — Time-Reversal Mirror
• MAP — Maximum A Posteriori estimate
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• PFC — Parallel Flange Channel
• TJ — TeraJoule
• APD — VERP)/action potential duration
• AVCOR — algorithm vibration correlation
• ATU — Accumulated Thermal Unit
• CCPR — Consultative Committee on Photometry and Radiometry
• VAT — Vibro-Acoustic Test
• JMPS — Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• CLIC — Compact Linear Collider
• FBM — Fractional Brownian Motion
• ARDS — Analysis of Rotor Dynamic Systems
• ECRIS — Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source
• PPM — Peak Program Meter
• PAPGE — Pure and Applied Geophysics
• SCOT — Support Coated Open Tubular
• DWP — Dispensing Well Plate

• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• DUS — Duplex Ultrasound
• HOQS — Highest Occupied Quantum State
• FZK — Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
• ADV — Automatic Drain Valve
• CEBAF — Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
• F&M — Force and moment
• APAS — Astrophysical Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences
• ICP — Injector Control Pressure
• GR&R — Gauge Reproducibility And Repeatability
• ER — Elastic Recoil
• VRV — Variable Radial Velocity
• CPB — Center Point of Balance
• RVMPS — Reviews of Modern Physics Supplement
• 2PH TDF — Two-Particle-Hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation
• WAXS — Wide Angle X-ray Scattering
• PID — Photoionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
• DLV — Direct Linear Valve
• AET — Active Edge Table
• LPB — Laser and Particle Beams
• SMKW — Secondary Magneto- Kinetic Wave
• KIAA — Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
• FOC — Forward of Center
• CPLIP — Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
• MO — Magneto-optic
• HPM — High Power Microwave
• ACRR — Annular Core Research Reactor
• WGCV — Working Group on Calibration and Validation
• AGS — Alternating-gradient Synchrotron
• FCPM — Fundamental Constants and Precision Measurements
• HFB — Hartree Fock Bogoliubov
• MOI — moments of inertia
• DCMP — Directions in Condensed Matter Physics
• ACE — Acoustic Compliance Enhancement
• CER — Controlled Energy Release
• RVMAP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• PLPHR — Plasma Physics Reports
• ITD — Inlet Temperature Difference
• OSU — Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio, United States
• CTP — Course of Theoretical Physics
• SHC — Specific Heat Capacity
• WTCQ — Wavelet Trellis Coded Quantization
• AMJPH — American Journal of Physics
• CAJPH — Canadian Journal of Physics
• FUV — Far Ultraviolet
• RTPC — Radial Time Projection Chamber
• QNH — Quasi Non-Hydrostatic
• EZW — Embedded Zero-tree Wavelet
• EGAS — European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer

• EBSD — Electron Back Scatter Diffraction
• CSEWG — Cross Section Evaluation Working Group
• CPR — Chemical Physics Reports
• ASAJ — Acoustical Society of America Journal
• HUT — Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• MS — MilliSeconds
• TWA — time-weighted averaged
• NSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• MQT — Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling
• PHYNY — Physics New York
• HPGE — High Purity Germanium
• FUSE — Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Explorer
• ICBP — International Conference on Biological Physics
• GSP — Generalized Sequential Pattern
• PMTS — Predetermined Motion Time System
• ODEND — Optical Detected Electron Nuclear Double Resonance
• SVGL — Silicon Valley Group Lithography
• CCFL — Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
• ATCS — Active Thermal Convective System
• SDIF — Sony Digital Interface Format
• FTG — Full Tensor Gradient
• IDC — Insulation Displacement Contact (connector)
• CTMP — Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulp
• WAFAC — Wide-Angle Free-Air Chamber
• NPGEO — Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
• MPN — Most Probable Number
• CCPP — Collaborative Computational Plasma Physics
• JESRP — Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
• PDS — power density spectra
• SSION — Solid State Ionics
• DQS — Discrete Quantum State
• POF — Plane of Focus
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
• HHF — High Heat Flow
• ADGR — Advances in Geophysical Research
• MIMIC — Microscopy and Microanalysis
• BUIPS — Bulletin of the Israel Physical Society
• BCMPA — Billion Cubic Meters per Annum
• PPCF — Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
• GHRS — Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
• LISA — Laser Inferometer Space Antenna
• PSSC — Physical Science Study Committee
• HCCD — Mono-deuterated Acetylene
• REL — Recommended Exposure Limit
• PCSE — Physical Chemistry: Science and Engineering
• SCMP — Studies in Condensed Matter Physics
• TL — Time Line
• JSCI — Journal of Scientific Instruments
• HVL — Half Value Layer

• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• EPJAP — European Physical Journal, Applied Physics
• LHEP — Left Hand Elliptical Polarization
• EPS — European Physical Society
• ARPA-E — Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
• MMCP — Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
• FMSF — Fissile Material Storage Facility
• HFIR — High Flux Isotope Reactor
• TPF — Two Photon Fluorescence
• LLG — Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation
• MPPCF — Million particles per cubic foot
• ICE — Internal combustion engine (transportation)
• XRL — X-Ray Lithography
• HFA — Hot Flow Anomaly
• AGUFM — American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
• ALCPG — American Linear Collider Physics Group
• GB — Grain Boundary
• GXR — Grazing X-ray Reflectometry
• QZE — Quantum Zeno Effect
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• TIMED — Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
• RRDP — Recent Research Development in Physics
• QCD — Quantum Chromodynamics
• STSSP — Selected Topics in Solid State Physics
• JMAPH — Journal of Mathematics and Physics
• NR — Nuclear Reactor
• PMMC — Permanent Magnet Moving Coil
• GRNS — Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer
• ZFF — Zero Forcing Function
• LEFM — Linear Elasticity Fracture Mechanics
• TLP — Thread-Level Parallelism
• FCFC — Full-Coverage Film Cooling
• ASSP — Advanced Solid-State Photonics
• PAW — Physics Analysis Workstation
• TWT — Transonic Wind Tunnel
• AUJPH — Australian Journal of Physics
• HPLA — High Power Large Aperture
• AXAF — Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• MEMS — Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
• GWC — Generalized Wave Continuity
• ODC — Orthogonal Defect Classification
• MFPL — MAP (Multiple Application Platform) Fabry-Perot Laser
• CAT — Computed Axial Tomography
• HEI — Heat Exchange Institute Inc.
• ITM — IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
• LET — Linear Energy Transfer (in Spacecraft Power Systems)
• LPM — Light-Particle Monitor
• AUM — Arbitrary Unit of Mass
• CIRMS — Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards
• MMC — Moving Micro Cross

• CDM — Ceramic Discharge Metalhalide
• PRPH — Progress of Physics
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council Science, Engineering and Technology
• CPSS — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces
• LWIR — Long-Wave Infrared
• ILC — International Linear Collider
• ADS — Automated Dynamic Shear
• BINP — Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia.
• MPLA — Modern Physics Letters A
• JCOPH — Journal of Computational Physics
• VHT — Very High Temperature
• FRAC — Fracture Research and Application Consortium
• ETRAN — Monte Carlo computer code for Electrons and Photons through Extended Media
• HACR — High Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometer
• CGS — Centimeter, Gram, Second
• ETI — Environmental Technology Initiative
• PRVP — Proceedings of Vibration Problems
• FRIB — Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• CFM — Creates Forward Motion
• EOP — Earth and Ocean Physics
• ELECM — Electromagnetics
• DDFT — Dynamic Density Functional Theory
• UVB — Ultraviolet B
• RSPS — Rochester Symposium for Physics Students
• ACTS — Automated Computer Time Service
• IRDCF — Infrared Detector Calibration Facility
• WLLN — Weak Law of Large Numbers
• PSST — Plasma Sources Science Technology
• MNX — Magnetic Nozzle Experiment
• DMC — Diffusion Monte Carlo
• NQA — Nuclear Quality Assurance
• JNMP — Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
• ASD — Active Surface Definition
• IOP — Institute Of Physics
• IN2P3 — Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules
• FIMS — Fissionable Isotope Mass Standards
• AEC — Active Energy Control
• IPTS — International Practical Temperature Scale
• VP — Vapor Pressure
• QP — quasiparticle
• NMS — Natural Matrix Standard
• DOT — Delivery Optimized Thermodynamics
• CONFP — Contemporary Fundamental Physics
• FOAM — Foam Optics and Mechanics
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• GAPP — Global Analysis of Particle Properties
• XDB — X-Ray Data Booklet
• NAPM — National Association of Photographic Manufacturers
• CR — Curvature Radiation

• FRSE — Freundeskreis Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn
• JDEM — The Joint Dark Energy Mission
• LSC — Liquid Scintillation Counting
• ENO — Essentially Non-Oscillatory
• LI-ION — Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• MBIR — Medium Background Infrared Facility
• IACS — Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences
• BEC — Bose-Einstein Condensation
• TIB — Tracker Inner Barrel
• HADES — High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer
• ACDM — Automated Contour Detection Method
• DEG — Dimensional Electron Gas
• VR-SFG — Vibrationally Resonant Sum-frequency Generation
• CFCD — Computational Fuel Cell Dynamics
• MC — magnetic coil
• SCF — Spectral Comparator Facility
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
• DALR — Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
• BEAM — Bosiger Energy Alignment Method
• JEMT — Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique
• QDT — Quantum-Defect Theory
• DOP — Degree of Polarization
• ENDF — Evaluated Nuclear Data File
• ADTM — Alternate Density Transmission Medium
• DOG — Double Optical Gating
• ANSOM — Apertureless Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• IGRF — International Geomagnetic Reference Field
• JSUP — Journal of Superconductivity
• BOMD — Born Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics
• SI — Système International d'unités (International System of Units)
• ICFA — International Committee for Future Accelerators
• SHWAV — Shock Waves
• MU2E — A Fermilab experiment that will search for the conversion of a muon into an electron
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
• JIMW — Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
• BABAR — B-Bbar (anti-B) detector at SLAC'sB Factory
• EXMPS — Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences
• LCTE — Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• TDM — Two Dimensional Material
• JAG — Journal of Applied Geophysics
• SDFF — Spectroscopically Determined Force Field
• FIM — Field Ion Microscope
• FACSS — Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
• APL — Advanced Physics Laboratory
• ETDS — Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
• DPPC — Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
• SSTEC — Solid State Technology
• CHPHL — Chinese Physics Letter
• FT — Fourier transformation
• ASTP — Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics

• CPS — Constant Pressure System (toys)
• SPP — Storage Photostimulable Phosphor
• LMRI — Laboratoire de Mesure des Rayonnements Ionisants (France)
• COBR — Continuous Oscillatory Baffle Reactor
• GFAAS — graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry
• RRDSP — Recent Research Development in Statistical Physics
• NLCTA — Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator
• REI — Rad Elec Inc.
• HWP — Half-Wave Plate
• VWC — Vector Wavelet Coding
• HB — Hydrogen Bond
• ISCC — Inter-Society Color Council
• LORAN-C — A Radio Navigation System Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard
• DMIP — Division of Medical Imaging Physics
• GWCE — Generalized Wave Continuity Equation
• HEAD — High Energy Astrophysics Division
• DCOF — Dynamic Coefficient of Friction
• DARD — Dynamic Axial Rotational Device
• SASER — Soud Amplification by Stimulated Emmision of Radiation
• LAMPF — Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility
• RG — renormalization group
• MEVVA — Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc
• HVL — Half-Value Layer
• UCLA — Harbor-University of California Los Angeles
• FCDC — Fundamental Constants Data Center
• DRI — Differential Refractive Index
• ADPLP — Advances in Plasma Physics
• PZM — Pressure Zone Microphone
• XUV — Extreme Ultraviolet
• C&EA — Cause and Effect Analysis
• CCTF — Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency
• IC — indirect calorimetry
• JGG — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
• PCED — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Delta
• VLA — Very Large Array
• PHYES — Physics Essays
• ALG — Advanced Lithography Group
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
• SCV — Squared Coefficient of Variation
• ALEPH — Apparatus for LEP PHysics, at CERN
• COPP — Contributions to Plasma Physics
• SPDF — Space Physics Data Facility
• RCU — Rapid Cooling Unit
• JLVEN — Journal of Light & Visual Environment
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Standards Committee
• BZ — Band Zero
• MOPITT — Measurement of Pollution In The Troposphere
• MOEMS — Micro-Optical Electro-Mechanical System
• OPERA — Oscillation Project with EmulsiontRacking Apparatus

• RMU — Ring Main Unit
• FDM — fused deposition modeling
• SFC — Sideway Force Coefficient
• ERCOFTAC — European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion
• CRESST — Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers
• JSGEO — Journal of Series Geophysics
• MCHF — Multi-Configuration Hartree-Fock
• FORATOM — FORum ATOMique Européen
• IBB — Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
• ECRIS — Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Ion Source
• ECP — Effective Core Potential Approxn.(in Electronic-structure Calcn.)
• GRASP — Graphical Representation and Analysis of Surface Properties
• PHSS — Physics of the Solid State
• DM — Distance Measured
• RRDPC — Recent Research Development in Physical Chemistry
• HTOL — High Temperature Operating Lifetest
• PSD — Physical Sciences Data
• QMF — Quadrature Mirror Filter
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• TIRF — Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence
• HAARP — Hf Active Auroral Research Program (Hf being "high frequency")
• ZI — Zone Industrielle
• AOM(S) — acousto-optic modulator(s)
• PSTM — Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope
• ISSI — International Space Science Institute (Bern, Switzerland)
• DONUT — Direct Observation of the Nu Tau
• SSCOM — Solid State Communications
• PREP — Professional Research Experience Program
• MMF — Magneto Motive Force
• GRT — Germanium Resistance Thermometer
• HPLC — High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic
• NZJGG — New Zealand Journal Geology and Geophysics
• RO — Read Only
• XLS — Xenon Light Source
• PISCO — Parallel Imager for Southern Cosmological Observations
• SERS — Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering
• PTHPS — Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
• ECFA STUDY — Study group Physics and Detectors of a Linear Collider.
• IOPD — Integrated Optical Path Difference
• MW — Microwave
• ARPES — Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• RHIC — Brookhaven'sRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider began operation in 2000
• TTSP — Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
• CAMOS — Committee on Atomic Molecular and Optical Sciences
• OSPL — Output Sound Pressure Level
• NIM — National Instrumentation Methods
• ENZ — Epsilon-Near-Zero
• AFPL — Air Force Phillips Laboratory
• SCLIR — Secondary Calibration Laboratories for Ionizing Radiation
• HEP — DOE's Division of High Energy Physics, part of HENP.

• BARC — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• DNP — Division of Nuclear Physics
• MPAG — Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry
• FST — Full Scale Tunnel
• LTP — Low Temperature Physics
• FLIR — Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
• EHT — Extra High Tension
• CSTN — Color Super Twist Nematic
• MTF — Modulation transfer function.
• DHV — Demonstrate Higher Value
• NAMT — National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed
• AED — g.l.c.-atomic emission detection
• JGRS — Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement
• VRS — Vortex Ring State
• EUROMET — A European collaboration in measurement standards
• ZDR — Zeroth-order Design Report
• NEBM — Nudged Elastic Band Method
• CHJPH — Chinese Journal of Physics
• SANS — Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
• WDFF — Weak Dipole Form Factor
• NACT — Nonlinear Asymptotic Coupling Theory
• GCFC — Generalized Complementary Flux Condition
• MBH — Thousand BTU per Hour
• BSS.2 — Beta-Particle Secondary Standards System
• FIRI — Fourth International Radiocarbon Intercomparison
• OAM — Orbital Angular Momentum
• XRF — X-Ray Fluorescence
• DSA — digital subtraction angiography
• CTI — Critical Technologies Institute
• PFID — Perturbed Free Induction Decay
• IC — Initial Condition
• DD — Differential Detection
• HSST — Heavy-Section Steel Technology
• AGW — Acoustic Gravity Wave
• RPT — Reference Point Tracking
• PACS — Physics and Astronomy Classification Schemex
• WD — Weak Dipole
• SPECT — single-photon emission computed tomography
• RTP — Research Trends in Physics
• NSOM — Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• LOPI — Loss of Piping Integrity
• RXS — Resonant X-Ray Scattering
• LIGO — Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
• FTMS — Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry
• MSA — Meridian Stress Assessment
• STMP — Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
• GRAND — gamma ray and neutron detector
• RESL — Radiological and Environmental Science Laboratory
• OPTSP — Optics and Spectroscopy
• DOELAP — Department Of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program

• HIPD — High-Intensity Powder Diffractometer
• SKACR — Superconducting Kinetic-inductance Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• P6 — physics
• YAG — Holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet
• OSL — Optical Stimulated Luminescence
• PAW — Plasma Arc Weld
• ADSMP — Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics
• PTHPH — Progress of Theoretical Physics
• OCQ — Old Covariant Quantization
• CPI — Computational Physics Inc
• OBQ — Optimize Beam Quality
• QTI — Quantum Theory of Immortality
• QCL — Quantum Cascade Laser
• SQW — Single Quantum Well
• JDS — Joint Density of States
• IPPP — Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology
• HRE — Heterogeneity Recency Exit
• QGM — Quantitative Gas Measurement
• MIS — Magnetic Isolation System
• TT — Torsion Twist
• TD-FW — Time Domain Floquet Wave
• FF — Fission Fragments
• P-P — Peak-to-Peak (Value)
• KP — Knowles and Physics
• TAM — Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• FR — Filtered Radiometer
• ZGS — Zero Gradient Synchrotron
• PFD — Photon Flux Density
• CFT — Central Fiber Tracker
• SEY — Secondary Electron Yield
• BEPC — Beijing Electron Positron Colider
• CRMMP — Classical Reviews in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• SEMPA — Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis
• WFS — Wave Field Synthesis
• RMP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• PGP — Physics of Geological Processes
• JPHCS — Journal of Physics - Conference Series
• AFCP — Atomic Flux Coating Process
• ITASS — IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing
• LOCA — Loss of Coolant Accident
• ASET — Association of Super-advanced Electronics Technologies
• PHB — Physics Bulletin
• CHJS — Chinese Journal of Semiconductors
• PLDS — Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures
• CHAOS — Canadian High Acceptance Orbit Spectrometer
• AGP — Annals of Geophysics
• ACFM — Advanced Coal Flow Measurement
• HEPIC — High Energy Physics Information Center
• DIA — Dynamic Input Area
• PSL — Physics of Solids and Liquids

• UHV-SPM — Ultra High Vacuum Scanning Probe Microscopy
• Q — Quantizer
• PBG — Photonic Band Gap
• MAPLE — Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment
• PFW — Propagating Floquet Wave
• IPAP — Institute of Pure and Applied Physics
• PHFL — Physics of Fluids
• CISR — Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation
• FMI — The Fermilab Main Injector
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• INSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
• SINH — hyperbolic sine function
• VLHC — Very Large Hadron Collider
• MBB — Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
• DARE — Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• BB — Blackbody
• UHT — Ultra High Temperature
• JSLR — Journal of Soviet Laser Research
• SPE — solid phase extraction column
• UATD — Uniform Asymptotic Theory of Diffraction
• CCG — Calibration Coordination Group
• LLD — Lamp Lumen Depreciation
• AESR — Array-Enhanced Stochastic Resonance
• XRR — X-ray Reflectivity
• CASS — Calibration Accuracy Support System
• JAP — Journal of Applied Physics
• FID — Free Induction Decay (Fourier Transform Spectroscopy)
• DEPA — Dynamic Elastic Properties Analyzer
• DIW — De-Ionzied Water
• PVST — Pressure Vacuum Stability Test
• TLD — Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter systems
• HEAT — High-Energy Antimatter Telescope
• HVLS — High volume low speed
• NBSR — National Bureau of Standards Reactor
• CCRI — Comité Consultatif des Rayonnements Ionisants
• FFAI — Field-Free Associative Ionization
• BR — Branching Ratio
• CDW — Continuum Distorted Wave
• GSI — Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
• HELP — High Energy Laser Propagation
• JAES — Journal of Audio Engineering Society
• AGS — The Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven
• REM — Roentgen Equivalent Man (Unit of Dose Equivalent)
• HIRDLS — High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder
• EOS TPC — Equation of State Time Projection Chamber experiment
• MCU — Mobile Calibration Unit
• CCMP — Computational Condensed Matter Physics
• PV — plasma volume
• PCN — Physics and Contemporary Needs
• IRIS — Integrated Radiation Information System

• ITER — International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
• VSV — Vacuum Switching Valve
• LRA — Locked Rotor Ampere
• OHEP — Office of High Energy Physics
• RSM — Regional Spectral Model
• BGSM — Bowman Gray School of Medicine
• JILA — formerly Joint Institute Laboratory for Astrophysics
• CRR — Center for Radiological Research
• W/F — Wandel/ Fietstochten
• CCPP — Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
• EDF — Enhanced Depth of Field
• ADBMP — Advances in Biological and Medical Physics
• BHS — Bachelet Hamann Schluter pseudopotentials
• ESB — Electrical Substitution Bolometer
• FBS — Few-Body Systems
• LCLS — Linac Coherent Light Source
• HWP — Half Wavelength Plate
• LCT — Lattice Compatibility Theory
• SFCP — Special Foreign Currency Program
• ACM — Adiabatic Connection Model
• TL — Temporal Logic
• RHIP — Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
• BAS — Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• DOT — Degeneration Over Time
• CONCP — Contemporary Concepts in Physics
• CFSE — Crystal Field Stabilization Energy
• FCG — Fatigue Crack Growth
• SI — selectivity index
• JNLM — Journal of Non Linear Mechanics
• TAGU — Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
• HFM — Highly Friction Modified
• FANS — Filter Analyzer Neutron Spectrometer
• GRS — Gamma Ray Spectrometer
• CRCPD — Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
• MOP — Minds on Physics
• LGA — lattice gas automaton
• BAVL — Barium Vapor Laser
• CTD — Central Tracking Detector
• IHEP — Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing, China.
• WBCT — Wavelet Based Contourlet Transform
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Spectroscopy
• APM — Absolute Proper Motion
• JPLPH — Journal of Plasma Physics
• OPTLT — Optics Laser Technology
• IMECE — International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
• AXAF-I — Imaging Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• ITS — International Temperature Scale
• SQM — Square Meter
• JGR — Journal of Geophysical Research
• SQM — Super Quantum Mechanics

• BQP — Bounded-error Quantum Polynomial time
• ENAPC — Environmental Analytical and Physical Chemistry Series
• HDT — Heat Distortion Temperature
• PB — Primary Beam
• AVN — Accuracy Vanishing Now
• ASL — Ambient Stress Level
• QOA — Quasi-Optical Amplifier
• CQM — constituent-quark model
• MONO — MONOphonic
• COPHC — Computer Physics Communications
• CPHY — Communications on Physics
• TDIF — Teac Digital Interface Format
• QTG — Quantum Theory of Gravity
• MML — Material Measurement Laboratory
• CCFP — Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
• APEX — AntiProton Experiment
• MTD — Minimum Translation Distance
• ISS — Input-to-State Stability
• CLR — Center of Lateral Resistance
• GLC — Global Linear Collider
• ADPPR — Advances in Plasma Physics Research
• NOMAD — Neutrino Oscillation Magnetic Detector
• MAFF — Munich Accelerator for Fission Fragments
• RRDAP — Recent Research Development in Applied Physics
• IEN — Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale (Italy)
• ISPP — Illinois State Physics Project
• CTF — CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) Test Facility
• BCS — Bragg Crystal Spectrometer
• ESSPH — Essays in Physics
• LBRS — Low Background Reference System
• NG6M — Neutron Guide No. 6
• FF — Forward Facing
• CHJG — Chinese Journal of Geophysics
• HT — High Tension
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• BRAN — Boulder Research and Administrative Network
• EDN — Event Detection and Notification
• EQE — External Quantum Efficiency
• AGUSM — American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting
• TPM — Transport in Porous Media
• DAMA — Dark Matter
• NORAMET — A North American regional collaboration in national measurement standards and services
• BSS — Beta Secondary System
• STMAP — Studies in Mathematical Physics
• MACHO — Massive Compact Halo Object
• FSBS — Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• EAF — Electric Arc Furnace
• QGD — Quantum-Geometry Dynamics
• AF — Alternating Field
• MPDS — Mechanics and Physics of Discrete Systems

• PADE — Parallel Applications Development Environment
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
• INFN-LNF — The National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Italy
• ICNIRP — International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
• DMF — Dual Mass Flywheel
• ADVP — Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profiler
• WWVB — Call letters for NIST lf radio station in Colorado
• CIPT — CNS Institute for Physics Teachers
• ZPD — Zeta Potential Distribution
• FIR — far-infrared radiation
• BIM — Body In Motion
• HALO — Hypersonic Aircraft Launch Option
• EGR — Energy Generation Region
• SPIRES — Stanford Public Information Retrieval System
• PPSL — Proceedings of the Physical Society of London
• MCQDT — Multi Channel Quantum Defect Theory
• FCI — Fast Causal Inference
• FFAG — Fixed-Field Alternating Gradient
• 4THD — Fourth Dimension
• BTFM — Basic Two Fluid Model
• WSTC — Westinghouse Science and Technology Center
• APPHL — Applied Physics Letters
• MUCOOL — MUon COOLing experiment
• GN — Gaussian Noise
• ECFA — European Committee for Future Accelerators
• ENEA — Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E L'Ambiente
• BEV — Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Vienna, Austria
• ARAC — Arithmetic Robot Application Control
• BTE — Brake Thermal Efficiency
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instituteumental Coefficient Package
• RPV — Reactor Pressure Vessel
• QMD — Quantum Molecular Dynamics (for Calcns. On The Dynamics Of A Quantum Particle Coupled To A Classical Many-body System)
• NIPDE — National Initiative for Product Data Exchange
• JULIE — Joint Utilization of Laser Integrated Experiments
• DR-SFG — Doubly Resonant Sum Frequency Generation
• PBE — Pool Boiling Experiment
• GWR — Guided Wave Radar
• WHC — Washington Hospital Center
• BAW — Bulk Acoustic Wave
• NIMP — National Institute of Materials Physics
• WSQ — Wavelet Scalar Quantization
• FFAH — Filament-Filled Annular Helical
• BBR — Back Bouncing Rod
• ARIE — Asynchronous Ratio Of Internal To External
• TL — Total Length
• CMMPH — Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• CCM — Computational Continuum Mechanics
• CBO — Corrected Born-Oppenheimer (in Calcns. For Mol. Complexes)
• TUT — Time Under Tension
• PEMF — Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field

• ISI — In-Situ Interferometer
• EJPH — European Journal of Physics
• SAXES — Super Advanced Xray Emission Spectrometer
• FBAP — Function Block Application Process
• TPHY — Techniques of Physics
• WERB — Washington Editorial Review Board
• CPEP — Contemporary Physics Education Project
• NUGEO — Nuclear Geophysics
• QVB — Quasiempirical Valence Bond (method)
• FIMS — Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer
• MM — Molecular Mechanics
• TTP — Trends in Theoretical Physics
• IPSN — L'Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
• ZPV — Zero Pressure Volume
• EU — Entropy Unit
• TID — Total Ionizing Dose
• CHORUS — CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research Apparatus
• BTD — Basic Thermodynamics
• LEED — Low Energy Electron Diffraction
• DSEG — Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics
• HIRES — High Resolution Echellle Spectrometer
• NORA — Non-Overlapping Redundant Array
• MPAM — Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics
• CQW — Coupled Quantum Wells
• SVPAC — Soviet Physics Acoustics
• PER — Physics Education Research
• E — Electric
• FTAM — Flow Through Alpha Monitor
• BD — Below Detection
• CFR — Continuous Flow Recycling
• MACH — Modelo Acoplado de Coordinacion Hidrotermica
• RIDIC — Radiation Internal Dose Information Center
• REIXS — Resonant Elastic and Inelastic Xray Scattering
• JCCRER — U.S.-Russia Joint Coordinating Committee on Radiation Effects Research
• ART — Adaptive Resonance Theory
• SDIU — Scanivalve Digital Interface Unit
• BM — Bending Magnet
• LEAR — Low Energy Antiproton Ring
• WSPM — Wavelet-based Statistical Parametric Mapping
• ACFF — Alternating Current Field Measurement
• HPL — Hot-electron Photo-Luminescence
• SIG — Signaling Channel
• WWV — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Colorado
• LDMS — Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry
• PET — photosynthetic electron transport
• HW — Hard Wall
• QIO — Quantum Infinite-Order
• PHT — Pseudo Hadamard Transformation
• EDR — Equivalant Direct Radiation
• CAO — Carlsbad Area Office

• PSJ — Pivoted Shoe Journal
• EIEO — Energy In, Energy Out
• NPDF — Nuclear Parton Distribution Function
• DESY — Deutches Elektronen SYnchrotron laboratory in Hamburg, Germany
• NAD — Nihilistic Animation Data
• PHENIX — Pioneering High-Energy Nuclear Interaction eXperiment, at Brookhaven.
• QCT — Quasi-Classical Trajectory
• EBAS — Electron Bombardment Anneal System
• RTTR — Real Time Thermal Rating
• WMAP — Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
• HIPA — High Intensity Proton Accelerator
• CEC — California Energy Commission
• MSDB — Magnetically Stabilized Fluidized Bed
• TPR — Tangential Pond Return
• LUNA — Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics at Gran Sasso.
• INS — Ion-Neutralization Spectroscopy
• SM — Standard Model
• EOTD — Enhanced Observed Time Difference
• NAS — Net Analyte Signal
• PPPL — Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• QGD — Gate - Drain Charge
• PLA — Physics Letters A
• WEDG — Wire Electro-Discharge Grinding
• MEXP — Methods of Experimental Physics
• CTP — Classical Turning Point
• ROC — Receiver Operator Characteristic Curve
• QFEP — Quantum Free Energy Perturbation (calcn. Method)
• UDD — Neutron, one up quark (u) and two down quarks (d)
• AIGER — American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium
• MEST — Matter Energy Space Time
• FZ — Far Zone
• EEP — Einstein Equivalence Principle
• VATF — Vibration and Acoustic Test Facility
• MLDA — Modified Local Density Approximation
• JMAGR — Journal of Magnetic Resonance
• OFR — Optics for Research
• NCNR — NIST Center for Neutron Research
• SIMS — Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
• VLG — Varying Localized Geminal
• JGEO — Journal of Geodynamics
• OPSL — Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser
• CTS — Convert Texture Sequence
• LWGR — Light-Water-cooled, Graphite-moderated Reactor
• ESS — European Spallation Source
• QCI — Quadratic Configuration Interaction
• HERA-B — Fixed-target experiment at DESY, to investigate CP violation in the B meson
• QOG — Quasi-Optical Grill
• YPP — Young Particle Physicists
• ICRM — International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology
• ANTARES — Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research

• LITA — Laser-Induced Thermal Acoustics
• PEMI II — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer, Second generation
• PHPL — Physics of Plasmas
• PMPO — Peak Momentary Performance Output
• DWNT(S) — double-wall nanotube(s)
• ADI — Advanced Distance Integration
• TRU — Transuranic
• QHB — Quantum Nature of the Hydrogen Bond
• RRV — Record Relocation Vector
• MQDT — Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory
• WICM — Waves in Complex Media
• PEAQ — Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality
• OIML — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• SGL — Sander Geophysics Ltd
• MCNP — Monte Carlo Neutron Photon (computer code)
• IAG — International Association of Gravity
• NMI — National Measurement Institute
• QCA — Quasi- Crystalline Approximation
• PE — Plasma Effects
• EBM — Energy by Motion
• PMB — Physics in Medicine and Biology
• RBUU — Relativistic Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck
• TWTA — traveling-wave tube amplifier
• NEAR-INFRARED — NIR
• SGR — Soft Gamma Repeater
• HI RES FLY'SEYE — High-energy cosmic ray experiment in Dugway, Utah
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
• ODE — Ordinary Differential Equation
• SEBA — Standards Employees Benefit Association
• BEAR — Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation
• TMP — Thermo Mechanical Pulping
• ECH — Eddy Current Heating
• LVE — Light Vibrational Energy
• RVGSP — Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
• SCCM — standard cubic centimeters per minute
• LTEC — Lamp Testing Engineers Conference
• FCF — Fusion Component Failure
• HR3DCT — High Resolution 3-D Computed Tomography
• EIPP — Eastern Interconnect Phasor Project
• HQM — Hemi-Quantal Mechanics
• FPC — Fullerene Production Chamber
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatory
• IPHO — International Physics Olympiad
• FIOA — Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics
• PAMA — Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance
• AFC — Amplitude to Frequency Conversion
• EP — Electrostatic Potential
• FZS — Far Zone Scattering
• REB — Relativistic Electron Beam
• APT — Annular Proton Telescope

• BP — Before Polarization
• CM — Convenient Measure
• HFD — High Frequency Detection
• APPMT — Advanced Photon Processing and Measurement Technology
• ACCI — Atlantic Canada Coral Initiative
• SOUDAN II — Soudan II underground detector
• MP — magnetic particle
• FTMS — Fluid Transfer Management System
• JPTEO — Journal of Physics - Teacher Education Online
• CESR — The Cornell Electron Storage Ring
• KTEV — Kaons at the Tevatron
• LHCB — Large Hadron Collider beauty Experiment
• IPL — Intense Pulsed Light
• PL — Physics Laboratory
• SSELE — Solid State Electronics
• TOBSY — Total ThroughBond Correlation Spectroscopy
• PO2 — Pressure of Oxygen
• DM(S) — Digital material(s)
• CCDS — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Second
• CDMS — Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
• ATD — Above-Threshold Dissociation
• PWS — Primary Working Standard
• MDR — Maximum Detectable Rigidity
• CHPH — Chemical Physics
• MCC — Mesoscale Compressible Community
• H — Hotline
• RBF — radial basis function network
• TEXT — Texas Experimental Tokamak
• RRP — Research Reports in Physics
• FC — Footcandle
• WONP — Workshop on Nuclear Physics
• VR — Vibrationally resonant
• JINR — The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.
• TW — Top of Wall
• APS — Advanced Propagation Systems
• LEIR — Low Energy Ion Ring
• BLP — boron-loaded plastic (scintillator)
• MPD — Multiphoton Detector
• MICE — Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
• WIPM — Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
• NCRA — National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
• FEDEM — Finite Element Dynamics in Elastic Mechanisms
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• HELEN — High Energy Laser Embodying Neodymium
• WLF — Williams-Landel-Ferry equation
• TTY — Torque to Yield
• FCFR — Fusion Component Failure Rate
• CMMPE — Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics
• TUFIR — Tunable Far Infrared (Radiation)
• RHR — Right Hand Rule

• NS — Navier-Stokes
• QFT — Quantum Field Theory
• BETA NMR — Beta-radiation Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• PHP — Physics in Perspective
• LHC — The Large Hadron Collider
• LP — Linear Polarization
• DFL — Distributed Feedback Laser
• OMNIS — Observatory For Multiflavor Neutrinos From Supernovae
• EFS — Enhanced Fujita [EF] scale (weather)
• TNO — Trans-Neptunian Object
• GMRI — Gated Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• CSDA — Continuous-Slowing-Down Approximation
• BCR — Boron Control Rod
• IWEPNM — International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials
• INMRI-ENEA — Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti - Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie
• IBIS — Ion Beam Information System
• BB — Broad-bandwidth
• RHEED — Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction
• KCDB — Key Comparison and Calibration Database
• SPEAR — The Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring
• DDDI — Density Dependent Delta Interaction
• WFTE — Wigner Function Transport Equation
• MRFM — magnetic resonance force microscopy
• COSMOS — Cosmologically Significant Mass Oscillation Search at Fermilab to detect muon neutrino to tau neutrino oscillations.
• RPPH — Reports of Progress in Physics
• PAIS — Photo Acoustic Infrared Spectroscopy
• HPP — Hydropower Plant P
• ASCA — Japan-NASA X-ray Satellite
• SPARS — Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
• MOEMS — Micro Optp Electro Mechanical Systems
• FNAL — Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
• TOP — Time Optimized Process
• NAS/NRC — National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
• QP — quasi periodic
• RFP — Radiation Flux Parameter
• ICMP — Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
• X — Horizontal axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• ARUPS — Angle-Resolved Ultra-violet Photoemission Spectroscopy
• QED — Quantum Electrodynamics
• LBIR — Low Background Infrared Radiometry
• MARGR — Marine Geophysical Researches
• FRAM — Functional Resonance Accident Model
• PAB — Physics Astronomy Building
• QMD — Quantum Metrology Division
• DOIM — Dense Optical Interface Module
• STLR — Safety Thermal Limit Recorder
• CTP — Center for Theoretical Physics
• QT — Quantum Theory
• NPGS — Nanometer Pattern Generation System
• EPB — Extracted Proton Beam

• PMBC — Process-Model Based Control
• ULV — Ultra Low Volume
• HEPA — High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting
• ULTIM — Ultrasonic Imaging
• CLEAR — Controlled Liquid Electrophoresis Absorption Reflection
• ARXPS — Angle Resolved X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• QELS — Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
• PCM — Phase Change Materials
• CR — CRystalline solid
• QVE — Quasi-Vibrational Energy
• IESNA — Illumination Engineering Society of North America
• NAAL — North American Aerodynamic Laboratory (Wind Tunnel)
• EME — Electromagnetic Effects
• BEDO — Beitr. elektronenmikroskop. Direktabb. Oberfl.
• MAG — Modern Approaches in Geophysics
• CIAQ — Committee on Indoor Air Quality
• MCMS — Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures
• CSD — Computational Structural Dynamics
• DGT — Discrete Group Transform
• PAR — Parabolic Aluminum Reflector
• BPC — Boost Pressure Control
• HPL — High Pressure Lanes
• HRTS — High Resolution Telescope Spectrograph
• QCC — Quadrupole Coupling Constant
• DBC — Delicate Balance Collective
• MTS — Muffin Tin Surface
• CEV — Constant Elasticity of Variance
• AIF — Assumed Internal Force
• HEPL — High Energy Physics Laboratory
• ITRP — International Technology Recommendation Panel
• NUMI — Neutrinos at the Main Injector
• BTEV — Proposed dedicated B physics experiment at Fermilab's Tevatron
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• INFN — Italy's Institute Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
• GLM — Generalized Linear Model
• ACP — American Center for Physics
• PDML — Photovoltaic Device Measurement Laboratory
• AM1 — First Launch in the morning series of EOS platforms
• CEM — Cascade Exciton Model
• QFED — Quantum Field-Effect Directional coupler
• GSQM — General Superfield Quantization Method
• DU — Durability
• DAFNE — Double Annular Factory for Nice Experiments
• SBLOCA — Small-Break Loss-Of-Coolant Accident
• H — Hotness
• CNRF — Cold Neutron Research Facility
• BSSI — British Superultramodern Scientific Institution
• NPPSB — Nonequilibrium Problems in the Physical Sciences and Biology
• HTRA — High Time Resolution Astrophysics
• IUPAP — International Union for Pure and Applied Physics.

• RVGES — Reviews of Geophysics Supplement
• FC — Flow Controller
• FIT — Frequency Intensity Time
• MKSA — Meter, Kilogram, Second, Ampere
• BBN — Brains And Backbone Network
• PV — Pressure Vessel
• ITAMP — International Meeting of Theory of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• PEP-II — The official name for the SLAC B Factory
• CIRF — Circular Flow
• BEC — Bose Einstein Condensate
• HERA — Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator at DESY
• ERATO — Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology Office
• QPT — Quantum Phase Transition
• GVHD — Graft-Versus Host Disease
• LF — Low Friction
• OSP — Of Open Source Physics
• TNA — Thermal Neutron Analysis
• SUBI — Southern Urals Biophysics Institute
• ESDIAD — Electron-Stimulated Desorption Ion Angular Distributions
• PRC — Pressure Regulator Control
• MDAP — Momentum Density of Annihilation Pairs
• PMRS — Proton magnetic resonance Spectroscopy
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy
• QHO — Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
• MINERVA — A neutrino-scattering experiment that uses the NuMI beamline at Fermilab to search for low-energy neutrino interactions
• WGFF — Working Group for Fluid Flow
• CCFR — Chicago Columbia Fermilab Rochester
• ING — Intense Neutron Generator
• FEA — Field-Emitter Array
• ECT — Edge Crush Testing
• CREB — Cern Reports Editorial Board
• AOI — Areas of Interaction
• NPL — Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
• AAA — Advanced Applications of Accelerators
• ANVIS — Aviator Night Vision Imaging System
• LCRD — Linear Collider Research and Development
• UV-B — Ultraviolet-Biological
• LEPP — Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
• NPHS — Nature Physical Science
• OTD — Optical Technology Division
• DLT — Dynamic Laser Trimming
• IMRT — intensity-modulated radiation therapy
• RSS — Regression Sum of Squares
• ICBM — Iogen Configuration Building Module
• TAD — time-averaged difference
• ROSPEC — Rotating Spectrometer for Neutrons
• EURATOM — European Nuclear Energy Organization
• NEC — Nippon Electric Corporation
• PS — polystyren
• WFSS — Weak Field Seeking State

• NNP — Non Neutral Plasma
• TESLA — TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator
• DFS — Displaced Fermi Surface
• PHYED — Physics Education
• RFS — Receptive Field Size
• FED — Field-Emitter Display
• HPI — Hybrid Polarization Interferometry
• HSE — Hard Sphere Expansion
• DOE — Dynamic Operating Environment
• SIAP — System for Improved Acoustic Performance
• IPC — Integrated Proton Current
• SLC — SLAC Linear Electron-Positron Collider
• GRASP — General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception
• ATFT — Affine Toda Field Theory
• MINOS — Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search
• ISBR — Inter-SubBand Radiation
• EAPL — Electronic AstroPhysical Journal Letters
• WIAS — Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics
• EDXRF — energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• CFS — Constant-Final-State Spectroscopy
• FFP — Field-Free Point
• SSDL — Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories
• ATWE — Annual Time Weighted Exposure
• FMUP — Flawed Modern Ultramodern Physics
• PDI — percent depth ionization
• UXT — Uniaxial Strain Test
• CP — Coulomb potential
• SURF-III — The NIST Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility Electron Storage Ring
• LMAPH — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• BSDM — Biased Site Disordered Model
• GIBI- — 2 ^ 30
• EMMA — Euclidean Model MAtching
• WCFG — Weighted Control Flow Graph
• TCAOCC — Two-Center Atomic Orbital Close Coupling
• RT — Reference Time
• SLM — Single Longitudinal Mode
• FPL — Fluroscent Pulse Light
• LZT — Lead Zirconate Titanate
• RTP — Rapid Thermal Processing
• SVJPP — Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics
• FTM — Fluid Transfer Management
• EPV — Exclusion Principle Violating
• BSM — Bell State Measurement
• FOCUS — FOtoproduction of Charm: Upgraded Spectrometer
• GERDA — The GERmanium Detector Array
• BSM — Beam Simulation Method
• FHM — Fast Harmonic Method
• MACRO — Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory
• ZDC — Zero-Degree Calorimeter
• AIM — Accurate, Intentional, Measurable

• PPCPP — Progress in Photochemistry and Photophysics
• EPICS — Experiment Physics and Industrial Control System
• LVIS — Low Velocity Intense Source
• ALCSG — Asian Linear Collider Steering Committee.
• BLJPH — Bulgarian Journal of Physics
• DIGM — Diffusion Induced Grain Motion
• TLS — Two-Level tunneling System
• ACR — Advanced Candu Reactor
• DP — Data Point
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Student Chapter
• CCM — complementary contact model
• CET — Constant Elasticity of Transformation
• FAD — FASCAL Absolute Detector
• BZ — Brillouin Zone
• DFTS — Dispersive Fourier Transform Spectrometry
• IPVD — Interior Physical Vapor Deposition
• SFA — Sachs Freeman and Associates
• NEOS — Newport Electro-Optic Systems
• CMPC — Constrained Multivariable Predictive Control
• PLTP — Progress in Low Temperature Physics
• COP — Coefficient Of Power
• ROCK — Rigidity Optimized Conformational Kinetics
• VTD — Variable Torque Differential
• QTN — Quasi-Thermal Noise
• DEA — Downstream Endcap Array
• CCDM — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Meter
• C — Counter
• FSW — Fast Spherical Wavelet
• INMM — Institute for Nuclear Materials Management
• VNIIOF — All-Union Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements
• MND — Mahan-Nozieres-DeDominicis
• REDA — Resonant-Excitation-Double-Autoionization
• ALARA — As Long As Radiation Allows
• EEPROM — Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• HF — High Flange
• ELNES — Energy-loss near-edge structure
• NEWRAD — New Radiometry
• RDQ — Rate Distortion Quantization
• IFEL — Inverse Free Electron Laser
• SNAP — SuperNova Acceleration Probe, proposed space telescope
• OCLI — Optical Cooling Laboratory Incorporated
• SWBXT — Synchrotron White Beam X-Ray Topography
• NIST-F1 — Current NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• MGLT — Micro-Gravity Linear acceleration Tolerance
• OFS — Österreichisches Forschungszentrum
• RFZ — Reverse Flow Zone
• DAFS — Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure
• TXR — Thermal-infrared Transfer Radiometer
• GMTI — Global Magnetization Transfer Imaging
• NRRS — Near Resonance Rayleigh Scattering

• KKR — Korringa Kohn Rostoker approximation
• RBE — Relative Biological Efficiency
• MDRF — Materials Dosimetry Reference Facility
• CMT — Chaos Magic Theory
• ADTMP — Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
• GDT — Gas Discharge Tube
• LENA — Laboratory For Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (Duke University)
• MIP — Minimum Ionizing Particle
• NML — National Measurement Laboratory (Japan)
• VQW — Voronoi Quantized Crossover
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Process
• E — Efficiency
• HSI — Hot Surface Igniter
• TTZ — Teisseyre Tornquist Zone
• CORM — Council for Optical Radiation Measurements
• CDC — Controlled Dispersion Characteristic
• ULE — Ultra Light Engineering
• COLTRIMS — Cold Target Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• CDCU — Correlated Dimension Correlated Uniqueness
• VET — Vibration Energy Transfer
• EC — electron-capture
• CAP — Current Applied Physics
• IPT — Inductive Power Transfer
• JANNAF — Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force
• MET — Medium Energy Telescope
• MDS — Measurement Data Set
• ARGONEUT — The Argon Neutrino Teststand
• NGS — National Geological Society
• SMZ — Strong Measure Zero
• DTM — Dynamic Thermal Management
• CHTM — Center for High Technology Materials
• RRDCP — Recent Research Development in Chemical Physics
• CBS — Compton BackScattering
• QZP — Quantum Zeno Paradox
• ECC — Engineered Cementitious Composite
• AERD — Alpha Energy Range Discrimination
• STF — Space-Time-Frequency
• PMM — Perpetual Motion Machine
• AMD — Area Mass Density
• DCP — Dielectronic Core Polarization
• WI — Wavelet Image
• QHF — Quantum Heisenberg Ferromagnet
• PIPA — Pulsed Integrating Pendulous Accelerometer
• RBNP — Reverse Brazil Nut Problem
• MIS — Mirror Image Stimulation
• ILC-TRC — International Linear Collider-Technical Reviewing Committee
• JPARC — Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
• RB — Rigid Body
• LFO — literature-low frequency oscillations
• NUS — Nuclear Safety Standard

• E — Epsilon
• XRS — X-Ray Spectrometer
• AIC — Analytical Instrument Control
• P&S — Permanent and Stationary
• SDF — Spectral Density Function
• CFE — Coplaner Fluid Ejector
• ISOLDE — Isotype On-Line separator at CERN
• ZPF — Zero-Point-Fluctuation
• GDRIMS — Glow-Discharge Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• MME — Methanol Maser Emission
• FIM — Functional Imaging Methods
• TE — Total energy
• GRAIL — Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
• TRIUMF — Tri-University Meson Facility
• FTS — Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
• RKE — Rotational Kinetic Energy
• NCSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• PHYW — Physics World
• BKT — Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless crossover
• EXAFS — Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
• NRCC — National Research Council Canada
• THERMAL AND EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS — thermal and epithermal neutrons
• MLIA — Molecular Libraries of Imaging Agents
• LNV — Lepton-Number Violating
• OPTPN — Optics & Photonics News
• AFFT — Asymptotically Free Field Theories
• PWR — Pressurized-Water Reactor
• DRM — Digital Radio Mondial
• DACU — Data Acquisition and Control Unit
• HARPS — High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (spectrography)
• RAND — Radio Neutrino Detector array
• PFU — Proton Flux Unit
• FTMD — Field procedure for determining Test Maximum Density
• PGS — Plane Grating Spectrometer
• APGR — Association for Pushing Gravity Research
• CPM — Collision Probability Methods
• SCFL — Self-Consistent Field Lattice
• SIR — Selective Internal Radiation
• FTIR — Fourier Transform Infra-Red
• CKM — Charged Kaons at the Main Injector
• GINGA — Japanese X-ray Satellite
• TSD — Time Speed Distance
• CF — Cross Flow
• CAD — Charged Area Development
• SSPG — Solid State Physics Group
• VQN — Vibrational Quantum Number
• C — Country
• AG — Anti-Gravity
• USM — Unifying Semantic Model
• AFP — Accelerated Freefall Progression

• LLB — Laboratoire Leon Brillouin
• DBG — Disease Biophysics Group
• TQF — Triple- Quantum- Filtered
• BM — Behavioral Model
• NAMP — National Analytical Management Program
• PPS — Proceedings of the Physical Society
• VUV — Vacuum Ultraviolet
• QM — Quark Model
• ATLAS — Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System
• QNP — Quattro Nuclear Probe
• LHC-B — Large Hadron Collider B Experiment
• FCCU — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Unit
• EIC — Electron Ion Collider (nuclear physics)
• PBQ — PhotoBeam Quantum
• NESTOR — Neutrino Extended Submarine Telescope with Oceanographic Research
• MOS — Marine Optical System
• MWE — Meters of Water Equivalent
• SSPP — Static Strength Prediction Program
• LHM — Liquide Hydraulique Minerale
• CSI — Contact Surface Imaging
• SV — Shock and Vibration
• ORELA — Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator
• NIKHEF — National Institute for Subatomic Physics
• AFPS — Analyzing Fluid Power Systems
• PEMI — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer
• ZETA — Zero Energy Thermonuclear Apparatus
• VFH — Vector Field Histogram
• IETS — Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy
• MPSD — Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• NED — Nuclear Effects Directorate
• IQI — Image Quality Indicator
• TSLO — Tracking Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope
• ERF — Energy Rejection Filter
• TERS — Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• ELCSG — European Linear Collider Steering Group
• FCC — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker
• POP — Plasma Oscillation Probe
• SSUV — Shuttle Solar Ultraviolet
• BE — Bose Einstein
• QEG — Quantum Einstein Gravity
• ILL — L'Institut Laue Langevin
• NUSL — The National Underground Science Laboratory in the Homestake Mine, S.D.
• KSU — King Saud University
• LH — Left Handed
• CFCP — Copecenter For Cosmological Physics
• DEXA — dual energy Xray absorptiometry
• BNM — National Bureau of Metrology, France
• ORT — Oak Ridge Tennessee
• ST&A — Space Technology and Aeronautics

• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
• HECT — High-Energy Computed Tomography
• TAI — International Atomic Time
• UFM — Ultrasonic Force Microscopy
• PSI — Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland, Joint Institute of ETH)
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center
• CSTL — Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
• LMP — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• RS — Resonance Strength
• MES — Minimum Efficient Scale
• VXR — Visible Transfer Radiometer
• BBIR — Broad Band Infrared
• SCET — Soft Collinear Effective Theory
• MD — Magnetic Dipole
• IPNS — Intense Pulsed Neutron Source
• LASJ — Laser Journal
• ULP — Ultra-short Light Pulse
• PAPPH — Pure and Applied Physics
• LEP — Large Electron-Positron collider
• BW — Bottom of Wall
• ITP — Institute for Theoretical Physics
• APOP — Automatic Particle Orientation Procedure
• APPHY — Applied Physics
• RKB — Restricted Kinetic Balance (method In Calcns. Of Wave Functions And Energies)
• LCL — lifting condensation level
• ISP — INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.
• DR — Direct Reading
• HRG — High Radius of Gyration
• R — Radiation
• ATW — Accelerator Transmutation Of Waste (for Radioactive Waste)
• VQL — Variable Quantizing Level
• ECPR — Electrically-Calibrated Pyroelectric Radiometer
• HSD — Hadron String Dynamics
• TOTEM — TOTal Elastic and diffractive cross section Measurement
• LBNE — long baseline neutrino experiment
• APPL — APplied Physics Letters
• TCV — Tokamak à Configuration Variable
• MPMS — Magnetic Property Measurement System
• NPSS — Nuclear Power Sources
• IGRA — interferon-gamma release assay
• OPAL — Open Physics Abstraction Layer
• SF — Static force
• LNF — Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, near Rome, Italy
• USAIDR — US Army Institute of Dental Research
• MPE — Multi Photo Electron
• VCSEL — Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser
• HRTEM — high-resolution transition electron microscopy
• RT — Ray Tracing
• SCOF — Static Coefficient of Friction
• MINIMAX/ T-864 — A search for disoriented chiral condensates at Fermilab.

• KN — Kilo Newton
• EUVL-LLC — EUV Lithography - Limited Liability Corporation
• SID — Society for Information Display
• SVPSS — Soviet Physics Solid State
• NLDFT — Nonlocal Density Functional Theory
• PM — particulate material
• TPAG — Theory and Practice of Applied Geophysics
• WNM — Warm Neutral Medium
• ASA — Aperture Setting Adjustment
• MR — Magneto Rheological
• WGCM — Working Group on Coupled Modelling
• ICPS — International Conference of Physics Students
• CDU — Coolant Distribution Units
• VOC — Volts, Open-Circuit
• SZB — Single Zone Boundary
• BED — Binary-encounter-dipole
• MAC — Magnitude Amplification Cavity
• MOTA — Man Of The Atom
• DELPHI — Detector with Lepton Photon and Hadron Identification at CERN'sLEP accelerator
• SIFC — Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator
• LIPS — Lorentz Invariant Phase Space
• LFAM — Line Focus Acoustic Microscopy
• PIXE — Particle Induced Xray Emission
• QRB — Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics
• ATLAS — A Toroidal LHC Apparatus
• TSFU — Two Scale Factor Universality
• CT — Computed tomographic scan
• KISS — Keep It Simple Solutions
• RXF — Refracted X-ray Fluorescence
• DBP — Division of Biological Physics
• DRIP — Detector Response Intercomparison Program
• PEM — polymer-electrolyte-membrane
• CCF — Carbonaceous Chondrite Fission
• JTURB — Journal of Turbulence
• DPS — Disintegrations Per Second
• MPS — The Microdrop Particle Search at SLAC
• MRPI — Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Imaging
• WWVH — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Hawaii
• SACR — Space-based Active Cavity Radiometer
• POF — Physics of Fluids
• CXRS — Charge-Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy
• CMPA — Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics
• KLOE — K LOng Experiment
• AI — Associative Ionization
• KTG — Kinetic Theory of Gases
• SET — Single-Electron Transistor
• SAGENAP — Scientific Assessment Group for Experiments in Non-Accelerator Physics
• ASCA — Advanced Spacecraft for Cosmology and Astrophysics
• UCLC — University Consortium for Linear Collider Research & Development
• TD — Time Definite

• SSPM — Solid State Photomultipliers
• CSE — Compton Scattering Enhancement
• INM — Institute National de Metrologie
• DNC — Does Not Change
• DORT — Discrete Ordinates Code
• XPOP — X is Perpendicular to Orbit Plane
• SNO — Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
• QSA — Quantitative Surface Analysis
• SAM — Super Accelerator Machine
• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• NJCH — New Journal of Chemistry
• UVA — University of Virginia
• CTMC — Classical Trajectory Monte Carlo
• DC — Double Capture
• VLHC — Very-Large Hadron Collider
• EFP — Effective Fringing Property
• TLA — Temporal Logic of Actions
• SPS — Super Proton Synchrotron
• F — Flux
• ADAM — Absolute Disintegration of Available Mass
• AMO — Atomic, Molecular and Optical
• MIRF — Medical and Industrial Radiation Facility
• WBGT — Wet-Bulb Globe Thermometer
• AXAF-S — Spectroscopy Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• WFSM — Weak Field And Slow Motion
• IVR — intramolecular vibrational redistribution
• PIGP — Proceedings of the Institute of General Physics
• AP — Anti-Proton
• EHB — Electronic Handbook
• MMFT — Many Mode Floquet Theory
• HMT — Hybrid Metamorphose Theory
• FNR — Ford Nuclear Reactor
• JET — Joint European Torus
• FOE — Force of Energy
• ASWT — Arbitrary Shape Wavelet Transform
• AMS — Accelerator-Mass Spectrometry
• CDCC — Continuum Discretized Coupled Channels
• FMSS — Fermi Mass Storage System
• BNC — Boron Nitride Coating
• ALR — Active Lead Ring
• PHAPP — Physics and its Applications
• ALB — Anti Lock Brake
• NDSM — Non-Dimensional Schmidt Model
• FVL — Future of Vertical Lift
• ITOP — Improving the Teaching of Physics
• APM — Associated Particle Method
• AIM — Advanced Idea Mechanics
• DFL — density functional theory
• CNDD — conspecific negative density dependence
• RINF — Retinoid Inducible Nuclear Factor

• FEAT — Fusion Energy Advanced Tokamak
• SFF — Scientific Fudge Factor
• CPPM — Center for Particle Physics of Marseilles
• CARS — coherent antistokes raman scattering
• SWIP — Society of Women in Physics
• ORM — Office of Radiation Measurement
• OPAL — Omni Purpose Apparatus for LEP, at CERN
• ESCR — Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance
• PMG — Precision Measurement Grant
• SRO — Short Range Order
• SAGE — Soviet-American Gallium Experiment
• PAR — Partially Absorbed or Reflected
• SELEX — SEgmented Large X baryon spectrometer EXperiment
• NPS — nanoparticle(s)
• FTSI — Fourier Transform Spectral Interferometry
• OMEGA — 24-Beam Laser Facility at Rochester
• GGCP — Generalized Grand Canonical Potential
• GPH — Gas Permeable Hollow
• FND — Folded Normal Density
• PEEI — Physics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior
• NCOGH — Nuclear Coal Oil Gas Hydroelectric
• TAPS — Three Arm Photon Spectrometer
• CCE — Consultative Committee on Electricity
• NBS-4 — Older Primary Frequency Standard
• CPS — Centimeters Per Second
• HDMS — Heidelberg Dark Matter Search
• CBH — Correlated Barrier Hopping
• NPB — Nuclear Physics B
• RH — Reference Height
• MAT — Manifold Air Temperature
• SND — Spherical Neutral Detector
• CNT(S) — carbon nanotube(s)
• PML — Perfect Matched Layer
• SSPL — Solid State Physics Laboratory
• HTS — High Tear Strength
• BESS — Breaking Electroweak Symmetry Strongly
• UHMW — Ultra-High Molecular Weight
• AID — Also Includes Drugs
• WCFF — Worst Case Fractionated Formulation
• ICS — Incredible Cross-Section
• DSM — Differential Stress Model
• CDC — Correlated-Double-Capture
• BCS — Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory of superconductivity
• CV — Flow Coefficient
• WFST — Weighted Finite State Transducers
• JCGM — Joint Committee for Guides on Metrology
• GSL — Generalized Second Law
• COMPASS — Common Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Press
• SHMPS — Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

• NRIP — NIST Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program
• B — Baryon
• PTR — Proton Transfer Reaction
• RVPP — Reviews of Plasma Physics
• JPG — Journal of Physics G
• UHSDS — Ulta High Speed Deluge System
• INPE — National Space Research Institute (Brazil)
• VDG — Van de Graaff
• SIG — Signaling equipment
• LPC — LHC Physics Center
• GLAST — Gammaray Large Area Space Telescope
• QTE — Quantum Transport Equation
• VAC — Volts Of Alternating Current
• CTE — Correlated Transfer And Excitation
• BXR — BMDO Transfer Radiometer
• ZF — Zero Field
• SIRCUS — Spectral Irradiance and Radiance Calibration with Uniform Sources
• SSTR — Solid State Track Recorder
• GARD — Graviton Atom Relocation Disruptor
• TGF — Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash
• PV — Product Volume
• GIM — Grazing-Incidence Monochromator
• LNLS — National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (Brazil)
• HENP — Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics
• HPPT — HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS AND TECHNICS
• FISCO — Fieldbus Instrinsic Safety Concept
• LNL — Laboratori Nazionali di Leganaro, in northern Italy.
• QWI — Quantum Well Intermixing
• LPA — Long Path Absorption
• MMPDS — Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization
• UVB — Ultraviolet Beta
• RIMS — Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• FPL — Frequent Power Loss
• ODEPR — Optical Detected Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• SLAC — The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California
• QHE — Quantum Hall Effect
• NRRT — Normal Reference Range Table
• AQ — Anomalous Quadrupole
• PUM — Physics Union Mathematics
• UEB — Universal Energetic Balancing
• CRDS — Cavity-Ring-Down Spectroscopy
• PINS — Portable Isotopic Neutron Spectroscopy
• DMP — Division of Material Physics
• LGG — Least General Generalization
• LNS — Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, in southern Italy.
• IMD — Interactive Molecular Dynamics
• LWC — Large Water Cherenkov
• QFEX — Quantim Field Theory under the influence of EXternal conditions
• SCIBOONE — The SciBar Booster Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab
• CT — Conductivity Temperature

• RD — relative dispersion
• FBG — Fiber Bragg Grating
• EPT — Exchange Perturbation Theory
• MRSM — Multiple Response Surface Modeling
• MDRE — Minimum Dynamic Residual Expansion
• NIST-7 — Former NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• WETT — Water Energy Technology Team
• IPP — Institute of Particle Physics
• SE — Stimulated Emission
• HPD — Holistic Probabilistic Design
• PMG — Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics
• WBFA — Wavelet Based Fractal Approximation
• RC — Reaction Co-efficient
• PCAP — Physics and Computing Advisory Panel
• DDD — Dynamic Digital Depth
• ITEP — Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
• BL — Beam Line at SURF-III
• QGS — Quantitative Gated Spectroscopy
• APL — Applied Physics Letters
• TEV — Tera (Billion) Electron Volts
• MIPP — Main Injector Particle Production
• LJP — Lennard-Jones Potential
• LPRI — Laboratoire Primaire des Rayonnements Ionisants, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• KET — Komitee für ElementarTeilchenphysik
• PQS — Parallel Quantum Solutions
• UHF — Ultra High Fidelity
• MWNT(S) — multi-wall nanotube(s)
• KEK — Koo Energy Ken
• DRIP — Diamagnetically Restored Inverted Pendulum
• RVST — Resonance Vibrating Screening Technology
• ESPD — European Solar Physics Division
• OMPI — Ottawa Medical Physics Institute
• ASSI — Airglow Solar Spectrometer Instrument
• DCIC — Drift-Corrected Image Composition
• HELEN — High Energy physics Latin-American-European Network
• TSPM — Time State Preference Model
• NMI — National Metrology Institute
• IBFW — Incidence of the reflected Beam from the Front Wall
• NL — Net Light
• MEBI- — 2 ^ 20
• LLD — Laser Light Detector
• NSEP — National Standard Examination in Physics
• CAMP — Computational and Applied Mathematical Physics
• ROII — Relative Optical Interference Intensity
• VQM — Visual Quantum Mechanics
• LMR — Laser Magnetic Resonance
• POPA — Panel on Public Affairs of American Physical Society
• Z — Depth axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• PF — Particle Flow
• CFCT — Combined Field Collisional Transitions

• BGO — bismuth-germanate (scintillator)
• VQW — Vertical Quantum Well
• UFP — Ultra-Fine Particle
• BOMAB — Bottle Manikin Absorber
• HEPA — high efficiency particulate air (filter)
• TISOL — TRIUMF Isotope Separator OnLine.
• ADR — Automatic Device Replacement
• NEMS — Nanoelectromechanical Systems
• HAI — Horizontal Advance Increment
• ED — Element Distinctness
• SC — Scattering Chamber
• COUPP — The Chicagoland Observatory for Underground Particle Physics
• CWP — Century Women to Physics
• MOA — Model of Attraction
• SPY — Secondary Particle Yield
• CAPE — Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics
• JCMT — James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
• MCT — Mercury-cadmium-telluride
• CASP — Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics
• ZTC — Zero Temperature Coefficient
• QDW — Quantum Density- Wave
• HS — Hard Sphere
• SCF — Standard Chromatogram File
• QTM — Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization
• ATLAS — The Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator
• TRIGA — Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics
• TKF — Trifari Krussman and Fishel
• SEMATECH — Consortium of 14 U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturers
• MDL — Method Detection Levels
• EROS — Electric Resonance Optothermal Spectrometer