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

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

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

• HOMESTAKE — A solar neutrino experiment in the Homestake Gold Mine in South Dakota
• SIMOPS — SIMultaneous OPerationS
• MEG — Motionless Electromagnetic Generator
• TPD — Temperature Programmed Desorption (for Gas Chromatography)
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• NQR — Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
• KG — Kilogram
• SPL — Sound Pressure Level
• AIP — American Institute of Physics
• CCT — Circuit
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• MAD — Mean Absolute Deviation
• SPR — Surface Plasmon Resonance
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• MIL — Military
• AES — Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
• WFI — Water For Injection (pharmaceutical Term)
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• DN — Diameter Nominal
• JXST — Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology
• 3PE — Three-Photon Excitation
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• MFP — Mass Flow Parameter
• VHS — Van Hove Singularity
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• PCS — Photon Correlation Spectroscopy
• SNOM — Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope
• WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
• NCO — Numerically Controlled Oscillator
• CMM — Coordinate Measuring Machine
• DQE — Detective Quantum Efficiency
• KLY — Kilo Langley
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• IC — Integrated Circuit
• ACS — American Chemical Society
• NMR — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• HD — High Density
• GND — Ground
• AEC — Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• 2PE — Two-Photon Excitation
• PECVD — Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• CT — Current Transformer
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation

• AF — Audio Frequency
• IID — independent and identically distributed random variables
• 2D WAXD — Two-Dimensional Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• LFP — Local Field Potential
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• NSA — National Security Agency
• CW — Continuous Wave
• ESD — Electrostatic Discharge
• ISS — International Space Station
• JND — Just Noticeable Difference
• XQC — X-ray Quantum Calorimeter
• DPM — Disintegrations Per Minute
• LF — Low Frequency
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• LO — Local Oscillator
• H — Hot
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• CARS — Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy
• THD — Total Harmonic Distortion
• FMRI — Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• PWH — PetaWatt-Hour
• 4WM — Four Wave Mixing
• ESR — Electron Spin Resonance
• RAI — Resident Assessment Instrument
• HSI — Hue Saturation Intensity
• BAPS — Bulletin of the American Physical Society
• BIT — Bulk Ion Temperature
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• IR — Infrared
• KE — Kinetic Energy
• OASIS — Optically Adaptive System for Imaging Spectroscopy
• MOBY — Marine Optical Buoy
• FTG — Field Testing Group
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• JB — Jacquet-Blondel method
• TLC — Thin Layer Chromatography
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• E=MC2 — Energy=Mass * (Velocity of light)**2
• COIL — Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser
• EVM — Error Vector Magnitude
• FTF — Fundamental Train Frequency
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• AEDY — Aerospace Dynamics
• PHCHE — Physics and Chemistry of Earth
• P — Pressure

• NTP — normal temperature and pressure
• HPLC — High Performance Liquid Chromatography
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• CW — Clockwise
• MQSA — Mammography Quality Standards Act
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• DSR — Dynamic Shear Rheometer
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• FDR — False Discovery Rate
• AAPM — American Association of Physicists in Medicine's
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• APS — American Physical Society
• UTD — Uniform Theory of Diffraction
• NRC — National Response Center
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• FOS — Faint Object Spectrograph
• NCU — Nano Containment Unit
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• DN/DC — Specific refractive index increment
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• IDCT — Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• TOMO-SAR — Synthetic Aperture Radar TOMOgraphy
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• HIC — Hydrogen Induced Cracking
• SC — South Carolina
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• IHPRPTP — Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology Program
• OPCPA — Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• SIG — Signal
• FWT — Fast Wavelet Transform
• DOAS — Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
• ITL — Information Technology Laboratory
• DIBL — Drain-induced Barrier Lowering
• PET — positron emission tomography
• 3D — Three Dimensional
• PM — Particulate Matter
• ILSS — Interlaminar Shear Strength
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• AMA — Actual Mechanical Advantage
• CW — Carrier Wave
• DOHC — Dual Overhead Cam
• SUPER-K — Super-Kamiokande
• FTMW — Fourier Transform Microwave
• CAV — Constant Angular Velocity
• EBIS — Electron Beam Ion Source
• PDSH — Pressure Differential Switch High

• MOD — Minimum Object Distance
• C&E — Cause and Effect
• PO2 — Partial pressure of oxygen
• CMC — Calibration Measurement Capabilities
• WG — Working Group
• AES — Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
• ER — Energy Research
• AT&T — Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
• STP — Standard Temperature Pressure
• CDM — Cold Dark Matter
• LMS — Least Mean Square
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• ERDA — Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• TDH — Total Dynamic Head
• ID — Inside Diameter
• GR — General Relativity
• EPR — Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• FRET — Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
• ACD — Autoregressive Conditional Duration
• PEM — Proton Exchange Membrane
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• ANS — American Nuclear Society
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• SAXS — Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
• AFV — Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
• HQSC — Heisenberg Quantum Spin Chain
• TLE — Two Line Elements
• DOP — Dilution Of Precision
• OTA — Optical Tube Assembly (telescopes)
• EMR — Electromagnetic Radiation
• NG6, NG-6 — Monochromatic Beam Line near the end of NG6
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• MTBF — Mean Time Between Failures
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• EF — Energy Factor
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
• JEWA — Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
• XMLD — X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism
• ACDC — Alternating Current/Direct Current
• PEL — Permissible Exposure Limit
• 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
• PAGE — Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
• FP — Freezing Point
• DNA — Defense Nuclear Agency
• LOCF — Last Observation Carried Forward

• NDT — Nondestructive Test
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• RAP — Reliable Acoustic Path
• SCC — Standards Coordinating Committee
• CV — Constant Velocity
• OSA — Optical Society of America
• ZQ — Zero-Quantum
• RFI — Relative Fluorescence Intensity
• DPA — Differential Power Analysis
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• LTL — Linear Temporal Logic
• BS — Beam Splitter
• NEDT — Noise Equivalent Delta Temperature
• GNO — Gallium Neutrino Observatory
• EDS — Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
• SIM — Selected ion monitoring
• 1D — One-Dimensional
• P — Predicted
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• CVAAS — Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
• MURR — University of Missouri Research Reactor
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• FEGT — Furnace Exit Gas Temperature
• APOMA — American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
• MO — Molecular Orbital
• MRA — Mutual Recognition Arrangement
• CLSM — Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
• RSP — Rapid Solidification Process
• DOT — Diffuse Optical Tomography
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• UA — University of Arizona
• ACPD — Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions
• RIXS — Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
• CPS — Cycles Per Second (now Hertz)
• PIV — Particle Image Velocimetry
• LEP — Large Electron Positron
• AC — Aerodynamic Center
• EOM — Electro-Optic Modulator
• EDX — Energy-Dispersive X-ray Analysis
• MIS — Magnetic Isolation System
• DFT — Density Functional Theory
• MV — Medium Voltage
• PL&I — Plasmas and Ions
• HAADF — high-angle annular dark field SEM
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• GUE — Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (of Random Matrixes In Quantum-transport Studies)
• CWT — Continuous Wavelet Transform
• PGNAA — Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis
• A — Atomic
• TOE — Theory of Everything

• ATR — Attenuated Total Reflectance
• BSDF — Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function
• EV — Electron Volt
• ACIP — Aerodynamic Coefficient Instrumentation Package
• IDCY — Idle Cycle
• CDF — Collider Detector at Fermilab
• MMC — Maximum Material Condition
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscopy
• ISP — INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.
• PHRV — Physical Review
• DPF — Displacement Power Factor
• N — Normal
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• CHIPS — Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
• HPS — High Pressure Sodium
• SHP — Shaft Horsepower
• AMPC — Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry
• MBQ — Megabecquerel
• LS — Liquid Scintillation
• NG7 — Neutron Guide No. 7
• AEDC — Arnold Engineering Development Center
• AMS — Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
• MIRD — Medical Internal Radiation Dose
• LM — Lumen
• IFD — Indentation Force Deflection
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• LIF — Laser Induced Fluorescence
• AMPS — Atmospheric Magnetospheric Plasma System
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• OPD — Optical Path Difference
• EDM — Electric Dipole Moment
• KELVIN — Scientific temperature scale
• CARI — combustion air requirement index
• FCI — Full Configuration Interaction
• HPS — Health Physics Society
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• SIA — Semiconductor Industry Association
• HPHT — high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
• ECD — Electron Capture Dissociation
• ISE — Ion Selective Electrode
• FFF — Field-Flow Fractionation
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• ICR — Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• WDXRF — Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
• DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung.
• PMTS — Predetermined Motion Time System
• FCC — Face-Centered Cubic
• SNS — Spallation Neutron Source
• ACD — Air Constrained Dampening

• PE — Potential Energy
• SCF — Self-Consistent Field
• LOA — Law of Attraction
• ETC — Electron Transport Chain
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• BHN — Brinell Hardness Number
• S — Short
• FEL — Free Electron Laser
• OD — Optical Density
• FE — Finite Element
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• HID — high intensity discharge (electricity)
• LE — Low Energy
• WDDL — Wave Dynamic Differential Logic
• ICARUS — Imaging Cosmic and Rare Underground Signal
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• SD — Super Deformed
• DPP — Division of Plasma Physics
• LFAE — Ligand Field Activation Energy
• ESO — European Southern Observatory
• PCM — Phase Contrast Microscopy
• RPT — Refractory Period of Transmission
• HE — High Energy
• EELS — Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• RAC — Research Advisory Committee
• BIPM — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
• FASCAL — Facility for Automatic Spectroradiometric Calibrations
• LDA — Local Density Approximation
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• PTA — Pure Tone Average
• H — Hotel
• OOCA — Object Oriented Computing in Astrophysics
• LMU — Location Measurement Unit
• EP — Extreme Pressure
• CED — Cohesive Energy Density
• EOS — Equation Of State
• LT — Low Temperature
• BCC — Body-Centered Cubic
• FLIR — Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer
• VTZ — Valence Triple Zeta (basis Set)
• LAF — Laminar Air Flow
• MOR — Modulus of Rupture
• MOA — Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
• POC — Physical Optics Corporation
• MPLB — Modern Physics Letters B
• PHYN — Physics Notes
• 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)

• NV — Night Vision
• SWG — Standard Wire Gauge
• RTD — Resistance Temperature Detector
• HDR — High Dose Rate
• QWIP — Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector
• SPM — Scanning Probe Microscope
• AO — Adaptive Optics
• EPC — Electronic Pressure Control
• 2LOT — 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
• QWW — Quantum Well Wire
• VIV — Vortex Induced Vibration
• ICP-AES — Inductively Coupled Plasma-atomic Emission Spectrometry
• AC — Attenuation Coefficient
• EMR — Electromagnetic Resonance
• AOM — acoustic-optic modulator
• AFT — Attractor Field Therapy
• PHR — Physics Reports
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• TXM — Transmission X-ray Microscope
• PBC — Polarization-Beam Combiner
• CCDC — Cyclic Channel Die Compression
• CCV — Continuing Calibration Verification
• KAERI — Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
• RTT — Round Trip Timer
• ENDL — Evaluated Nuclear Data Library
• JPCS — Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
• PE — Performance Evaluation
• BCT — Body-Centered Tetragonal
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• MCM — Mobil Composition of Matter
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• RG — Radius of Gyration
• GAM — Generalized Additive Model
• AEM — Acoustical Emission Monitoring
• TOV — Threshold of Visibility
• ACB — Annular Confinement Beam
• OLED — Organic Light-Emitting Diode
• RST — Rapid Suspension Technology
• CC — Closed Circuit
• PM — Phase Modulation
• CES — Constant Elasticity of Substitution
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• GFP — Green Fluorescent Protein
• R — Roentgen
• MS/MS — Tandem Mass Spectrometry
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• ASPP — Atmospheric and Space Plasma Physics
• RKR — Rydberg-Klein-Rees
• PIV — Peak Inverse Voltage
• SI — International System of Units (Système international d'unités)

• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• OPA — Optical Parametric Amplifier
• DLA — Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
• LWR — Light Water Reactor
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• PRL — Physical Review Letters
• ST&A — Space Technology and Aeronautics
• FTNIR — Fourier Near Infra Red
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• AFC — Aerodynamic Flight Control
• AO — Atomic Orbital
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• FFR — Fractional Flow Reserve
• MJPS — Moldavian Journal of the Physical Sciences
• GRI — Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
• HVLP — high volume, low pressure
• PHYR — Physical Research
• VU — Volume Unit
• MPI — Multiphoton Ionization
• SRM — Standard Reference Material
• 2-D — Two Dimensional
• WDM — Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
• ZPE — Zero Point Energy
• OPC — Optical Particle Counter
• CBR — California Bearing Ratio
• DVM — Digital Voltmeter
• IK — Inverse Kinematics
• JPCM — Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• GP — General Physics Corporation
• BQ — Becquerel
• MFCG — Magnetic Flux Compression Generator
• AMS — Acoustic Measurement System
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• TEMP — Temperature
• PDE — Product Data Exchange
• TM — Transverse Magnetic
• LDA — Laser Doppler Anemometry
• EF — Electric Field
• RSE — Relative Standard Error
• MAG — Magnetic
• AAPT — American Association of Physics Teachers
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• TC — Transmission Convergence (ATM)
• QD — Quantum Dot
• SSNMR — Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• EM — Environmental Management
• ULVZ — Ultra-Low Velocity Zone
• FCA — Formal Concept Analysis
• DSM — Design Structure Matrix
• NM — Newton Meter

• TEPC — Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instrumental Coefficient Package
• JETP — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
• CGU — Canadian Geophysical Union
• CEA — Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique
• QP — Quantization Parameter
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• PHA — Physics And Astronomy
• HEA — High Energy Astrophysics
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• AEQ — Aeronautical Quarterly
• PCF — Photonic Crystal Fiber
• CQGRA — Classical and Quantum Gravity
• HI — High Intensity
• ASAC — aerodynamic surfaces assembly and checkout
• 2B1Q — Two Binary One Quaternary
• ADB — Aerodynamic Data Book
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• LSDA — Local Spin Density Approximation
• RMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• KOPIO — AKlong decay experiment at Brookhaven.
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• APS — Advanced Photon Source
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
• ILD — Indentation Load Deflection
• ADCL — Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory
• E — Electra
• CCPP — Combined Cycle Power Plant
• CJLTP — Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics
• PD — Propagation Delay
• OPS — Optical Physical Section
• CQGRS — Classical and Quantum Gravity Supplement
• FDTD — Finite Difference Time Domain
• CICP — Communications in Computational Physics
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• HTBB — High-Temperature Black Body
• NPC — Nuclear Pore Complex
• EGO — Eccentric Geophysical Observation
• AFT — Aerodynamic Flight Test
• XPS — X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• ABEC — Annular Bearing Engineering Committee
• LSND — Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
• ECSED — Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data
• ETS — Energy Transfer System
• APH — Astroparticle Physics
• C — Countess
• RHF — Restricted Hartree-Fock
• FP — Focal Plane
• IOR — Index of Refraction

• CEI — Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano
• ECRIS — Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source
• MOKE — Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
• YP — Yield Point
• WTMM — Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima
• APRF — Army Pulse Radiation Facility
• HVT — High Velocity Thermocouple
• EGS — Electron Gamma Shower
• CVD — Chemical Vapor Deposition
• CLV — Constant Linear Velocity
• LSP — Lightest Supersymmetric Particle
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• BNCT — Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
• PEPSI — Proton Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging
• EAA — Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• PHEMT — Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor
• JCHPH — Journal of Chemical Physics
• AMTF — Acoustic Model Test Facility
• IIT — Indian Institute of Technology
• LC — Liquid Chromatography
• RJMP — Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics
• ADPHY — Advances in Physics
• SRV — Safety Relief Valve
• IVR — Intramolecular Vibrational Relaxation
• LIPC — laser-induced plasma channel
• MSX — Midcourse Space Experiment
• DDS — Direct Digital Synthesizer
• PP2PP — proton-proton to proton-proton
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• OPO — Optical Parametric Oscillator
• AMPS — Atmosphere, Magnetosphere & Plasmas in Space
• CMH — Cubic Meter per Hour
• ACESJ — Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal
• ADM — Absolute Distance Meter
• FTL — Faster Than Light
• APAS — Aerodynamic Performance and Sizing Program
• AECL — Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• CFSE — Crystal Field Stabilization Energy
• PZT — Piezoelectric Translator
• JJAPL — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Letters
• EER — Estimated Energy Requirement
• HPPT — High Pressure Phase Transformation
• MOT — Magneto Optical Trap
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• CEC — California Energy Commission
• SCF — Supercritical Fluid
• VMD — Visual Molecular Dynamics
• TEM — Transverse Electromagnetic
• ED — Electron Diffraction

• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• AJP — American Journal of Physics
• BPM — Beam Position Monitor
• ADAP — Aerodynamic Data Analysis Program
• ICE — Internal combustion engine (transportation)
• HDOP — Horizontal Dilution Of Position
• AIAA — American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
• HTD — Heat Transfer Division
• NIDR — National Institute of Dental Research (National Institutes of Health)
• CTMP — Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulp
• CCPCE — Current Contents Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
• CRPL — Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory
• ANPHY — Annals of Physics
• HRC — Rockwell Hardness C
• COMPASS — COMPuter ASSurance Conference
• POGS — polar-orbiting geomagnetic survey
• REST — Representational State Transfer
• IOT — Inductive Output Tube
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• AMP — Amplitude
• BMDO — (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do)
• ITELC — IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
• UTA — Unresolved Transition Array
• TMD — Tuned Mass Damper
• CPK — Corey, Pauling, Koltun
• DE — Differential Equation(s)
• SERS — Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering
• EOM — Equation of Motion
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• 1PI — One Particle Irreducible
• MPN — Most Probable Number
• SPH — Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics
• ATI — Above-Threshold Ionization
• CCD — Charged Coupled Device
• BBIR — Broad Band Infrared
• EIE — electron impact excitation
• DMI — Dynamic Momentum Index
• SVD — Shock Vibration Digest
• ASAS — Aerodynamic Stability Augmentation System
• NVIS — Night Vision Imaging System
• VRM — Vector Ruggedness Measure
• QMS — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• MFT — Mean Field Theory
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• RSM — Response Surface Method
• HV — High Vacuum
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection
• AFTA — Acoustic Fatigue Test Article
• DAP — Donor Acceptor Pair
• MOKE — Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect

• REL — Recommended Exposure Limit
• CSI — Compton Scatter Imaging
• QFS — Quantum Filtered Spectra
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• RLD — Reciprocal Linear Dispersion
• CCM — Computational Continuum Mechanics
• ASD — Astrophysics Science Division
• FWHM — Full Width at Half Maximum
• ALICE — A Large Ion Collider Experiment
• MUT — Material Under Test
• NEI — Nuclear Energy Institute
• TJ — TeraJoule
• UMIST — University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
• ENR — Enrichment and Reprocessing (technology)
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• NLC — Next Linear Collider
• LNP — Lecture Notes in Physics
• EDAX — energy dispersive analysis of X-rays
• JATP — Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
• RBS — Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• FIM — Field Intensity Meter
• AFI — Accordion Fringe Interferometry
• PMG — Permanent Magnet Generator
• WAMW — Weight-Average Molecular Weight
• AIH — Acoustical Imaging and Holography
• ASC — Aerodynamic Surface Control
• CARB — Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
• LLG — Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation
• HO — High Order
• PLL — Phase Locked Loop
• PTCA — Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angiography
• BBO — Beta-Barium Borate
• SWAP — Short-Wavelength Automated Perimetry
• DUV — Deep Ultraviolet
• QM — Quantum Mechanics
• STASA — Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
• BC — Boundary Condition
• TQ — Time Quotient
• FHMM — Factorial Hidden Markov Model
• LIM — Limit
• RC — Resistor-Capacitor
• AF — Acceleration Factor
• CF — Cold Fusion
• CBNM — Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements
• IC — Internal Combustion
• 3DSSPP — Three-Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program
• ARL — Average Run Length
• QO — Quasi-Optical

• MPMS — Magnetic Property Measurement System
• WHHM — Werthamer Helfand Hohenberg and Maki
• ADGEO — Advances in Geophysics
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• TIB — Tracker Inner Barrel
• ITSU — IEEE Transactions on Sonics Ultrasonics
• DMC — Dynamic Motion Control
• HS — Hot Spot
• TC — Temperature Control
• TMA — Thermal Mechanical Analysis
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• PMMA — Polymethylmethacrylate
• LFCC — Linear Frequency Cepstral Coefficient
• RDP — Rubidium Di-Hydrogen Phosphate
• JKPS — Journal of Korean Physical Society
• LBLRR — LBL Research Review
• AAAC — Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
• BIB — Blocked Impurity Band
• AMS — Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
• APHY — Acoustical Physics
• SG — Specific Gravity
• CHJCP — Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics
• CLM — Compound Light Microscope
• SR — Special Relativity
• NJPH — New Journal of Physics
• TEF — Time-Energy-Frequency
• GGA — Generalized Gradient Approximation
• ARES — Advanced Rheometric Expansion System
• FTIR — Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
• AUJPA — Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement
• UB — Upper Bound
• COMPH — Computers in Physics
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• CCFL — Countercurrent Flow Limitation
• YS — Yield Strength
• STEM — Storable Tubular Extendible Member
• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• ITUFF — IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
• APAC — Applied Acoustics
• BGM — Basis Generator Method
• ODC — Orthogonal Defect Classification
• M — Mass
• AUM — Arbitrary Unit of Mass
• LISS — Linear Imaging Self-Scanning
• HSS — Hollow Structural Section
• SFG — Sum Frequency Generation
• DE — Discrete Event (program specification)
• NEMS — National Energy Modeling System
• SSADM — Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology

• BLB — Black Light Bulb
• PRC — Pressure Regulator Control
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• CCP6 — Collaborative Computational Project 6
• BWO — Backward Wave Oscillator
• PNP — Positive-Negative-Positive
• GS — Gauss
• ATDB — Aerothermodynamic Data Book
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• 2PPE — Two-Photon Photoemission
• ICP — Inductively Coupled Plasma
• DOP — Degree of Polarization
• NAA — Neutron Activation Analysis
• MDR — Mass Distribution Ratio
• DLP — Digital Light Processing
• EPJ — European Physical Journal
• PPHTS — Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors
• CHPHY — Chinese Physics
• RXS — Resonant X-Ray Scattering
• PID — Photoionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• TIMS — Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• NIR — Near Infrared
• IV — Input Voltage
• STS — Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
• HFS — Hydrogen Forward Scattering
• VLT — Visible Light Transmission
• SSCP — Springer Series on Chemical Physics
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• GEC — Gaseous Electronics Conference
• CMS — Compact Muon Solenoid
• RHEED — Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction
• SEAQUEST — A series of fixed target Drell-Yan experiments at Fermilab
• LVDT — Linear Variable Differential Transformer
• ELT — Extremely Large Telescope
• EBIT — Electron Beam Ion Trap
• SANS — Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
• CLC — Capillary Liquid Chromatography
• FM — Ferromagnetic
• BF-TEM — Bright-field transmission electron microscopy
• LBT — Large Binocular Telescope
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• EIES — Electron Impact Emission Spectroscopy
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• TBB — Triple Beam Balance
• PASTI — Public Address Speech Transmission Index
• GUT — Grand Unification Theory
• ESR — Electrical Substitution Radiometer
• AVCOR — algorithm vibration correlation

• LTA — Low temperature (oxygen plasma) ashing
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• EF — Extra Fine
• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• RHM — Roentgen Hour Meter
• MBH — Thousand BTU per Hour
• IDC — Insulation Displacement Contact (connector)
• ALVIB — algorithm payload vibration
• PAC — Probably Approximately Correct
• VCC — Voltage Collector-to-Collector (transistors)
• COASP — Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics
• AERTE — Aerojet Technology
• FIR — Far Infrared
• COS — Change of State
• NVLAP — National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
• LEACH — Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy
• LOQ — Limit of Quantitation
• DU — Durability
• PCPP — Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• MSLD — Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector
• TCS — Three-Dimensional Complex Space Theory
• XPS — X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• JEPT — Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics
• SW — Surface Wave
• MBE — Molecular Beam Epitaxy
• TLI — Tilted Laser Image
• ABMP — American Board of Medical Physics
• PSSC — Physical Science Study Committee
• PFG — Pulsed Field Gradient
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• MTXM — Magnetic Transmission X-Ray Microscopy
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• CPS — Central Plasma Sheet
• NERI — Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
• ASVIB — algorithm scoreboard vibrations
• QRHE — quantum anomalous Hall effect
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• 2DHG — Two-Dimensional Hole Gas
• JDS — Joint Density of States
• VAC — Vacuum Assisted Closure
• VEEL — Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels
• PSML — Physical Systems Modeling Laboratory
• SQM — Square Meter
• OGB — Original Grain Boundary
• GEC — General Electrodynamics Corporation
• LVR — Lever
• PHAPP — Physics and its Applications
• VT — Valid Time

• DALR — Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• SEE — Secondary Electron Emission
• FI — Field Intensity
• NISTAR — NIST Advanced Radiometer
• ARACO — Archives Acoustics
• CXRO — Center for X-Ray Optics at Berkeley, CA
• SCCM — standard cubic centimeters per minute
• CH — Continuum Hypothesis
• VOX — Voice Operated EXchange
• ARCP — Annual Reviews of Computational Physics
• MEMS — Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
• STM — Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• SI — Système International d'unités (International System of Units)
• NVH — Noise Vibration Harshness
• CFM — Creates Forward Motion
• SCV — Squared Coefficient of Variation
• BIM — Body In Motion
• AEJ — Aeronautical Journal
• TJPH — Turkish Journal of Physics
• ACR — Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• AMB — As Measured By
• HTPPL — High Temperature Plasma Physics Lab
• PSST — Plasma Sources Science Technology
• IMA — Ideal Mechanical Advantage
• FDFD — Finite Difference Frequency Domain
• HHPN — Hydraulic High Pressure Nebulization
• CPL — Chemical Physics Letters
• WAFAC — Wide-Angle Free-Air Chamber
• KWP — Kilowatt-Peak
• MICE — Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
• EPI — Echo Planar Imaging
• MIST — Microgravity Science and Technology
• PMR — Proton Magnetic Resonance
• IO — Interactive Optimum
• FOC — Forward Only Conversion
• EMILY — Extreme Monkey Indigestion Laryngitis Youngen
• LC — Liquid Crystal
• WXRF — Wavelength-dispersive X- Ray Fluorescence
• NRLM — National Research Laboratory of Metrology (Japan)
• JETPL — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters
• BTI — Bubble Technology Inc
• IMS — Institute for Molecular Science
• LCIF — Laser-Collision-Induced Fluorescence
• MOSFET — Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• JPSJS — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Supplement
• FT-IRAS — Fourier Transform-Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• WIMP — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
• ULTRA — Ultrasonics

• BELLE — B detector at KEK in Japan
• PCSE — Physical Chemistry: Science and Engineering
• BPAS — Bulletin of Pure and Applied Science
• CHPHL — Chinese Physics Letter
• CAM — Computer-Aided Machining
• ST — Spherical Tokamak
• DONUT — Direct Observation of the Nu Tau
• TPP — Thermal Power Plant
• CIPM — International Committee of Weights and Measures, France
• VA — Volt Ampere
• TC — Thermal Conductivity
• MBS — Minimum Breaking Strength
• BET — Brunauer - Emmett - Teller
• FEC — Ferro-Electric liquid Crystal
• RFP — Radiation Flux Parameter
• RT — Reverberation Time
• ND — Neutron Detector
• SCAMPY — Scanning Micro Pyrometer
• 2PH TDF — Two-Particle-Hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation
• SEA — Statistical Energy Analysis
• TL — Time Line
• RECAN — Regional European and Central Asian ALARA Network
• UCSUSA — Union of Concerned Scientists, United States of America
• JSMAJ — Japan Society of Microgravity Application Journal
• STAR — Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC
• IPL — Intense Pulsed Light
• AF — Anisotropic Filtering
• EJTP — Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics
• JGE — Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
• PHL — Physics Letters
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• LRSP — Living Reviews in Solar Physics
• LI-ION — Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• MEL — Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
• ENSDF — Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File
• DSA — digital subtraction angiography
• CZJPH — Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
• DREAMS — Dynamic Range Enhancement Applied to Mass Spectrometry
• HWP — Half-Wave Plate
• MRIR — medium-resolution infrared radiometer
• TC — Technical Committee (HL7)
• CLR — Center of Lateral Resistance
• AD — Antimatter Decelerator
• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• AMJPH — American Journal of Physics
• RVST — Resonance Vibrating Screening Technology
• TC — Thermal Control
• JVST — Journal of Vacuum Science Technology
• JJAPS — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Supplement
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

• MMC — Moving Micro Cross
• QMF — quadrature mirror filter banks
• CEJPH — Central European Journal of Physics
• JMP — Journal of Mathematical Physics
• EPA — Electron Positron Accumulator
• MS — MilliSeconds
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• LCTE — Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• HRTF — Head-Related Transfer Function
• YKP — Yano- Koonin- Podgoretskii
• CLFR — Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector
• IBFM — Interacting Boson-Fermion Model
• SHWAV — Shock Waves
• RPN — Remote Plasma Nitridation
• TST — Time-Space-Time
• SPE — solid phase extraction method
• ATU — Accumulated Thermal Unit
• AFA — Average Fock Approximation
• JGP — Journal of Geometry and Physics
• AMMAC — Mexican Metrology Association
• FTICR — Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• ANIPS — Annals of the Israel Physical Society
• COTPH — Communications in Theoretical Physics
• EPIC — Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
• CPIP — Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
• J — Torsional Constant for a structural Section
• PO2 — Pressure of Oxygen
• DUS — Duplex Ultrasound
• EMW — Electromagnetic Wave
• ECT — Error Correction Term
• DCT — Discrete Cosine Transformer
• PCM — Phase Change Materials
• PEPI — Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
• HERO — High Energy Replicated Optics
• SBLC — S-Band Linear Collider
• MAP — Maximum A Posteriori estimate
• PFC — Parallel Flange Channel
• JVC — Journal of Vibration and Control
• BSS.2 — Beta-Particle Secondary Standards System
• MMCP — Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
• NEMP — Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse
• SEM — Scanning Electron Microscopes
• BSDM — Biased Site Disordered Model
• CFT — Crystal Field Theory
• PDE — Possible Duplicate Emission
• XSV — Expendable Sound Velocimeter
• GPIB — General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus
• HBT — Hanbury Brown-Twiss
• EXO — Enriched Xenon Observatory
• WLF — Williams-Landel-Ferry equation

• CERN — Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
• ITD — Inlet Temperature Difference
• EFW — Evanescent Floquet Wave
• UMRK — Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
• WKB — Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (phase-shift Formula For Potential Scattering)
• AESIJ — Aeronautical Society India Journal
• TG — Temperature Gradient
• PMT — Photo Multiplier Tube
• LO — Laser Optics
• PTI — Proxima Therapeutics Inc.
• GFAAS — graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• GCA — Gradual Channel Approximation
• NCF — Near Coherence of Filters
• TW — Top of Wall
• SBR — Spectral Band Replication
• PTCP — Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics
• GML — General Measurement Loop
• UCLA — Harbor-University of California Los Angeles
• VIS — Visible
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• ABF — All but Finitely
• PFID — Perturbed Free Induction Decay
• SAJPH — South African Journal of Physics
• CRT — Conformal Radiation Therapy
• ESR — Experimental Storage Ring
• FD — Finite Difference
• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• JPSJ — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
• CRP — Coordinated Research Program
• CSLPT — Cambridge Studies in Low Temperature Physics
• JCA — Journal of Computational Acoustics
• PTF — Physics of Thin Films
• BMD — Bending Moment Diagram
• ND — Neutron Density
• NEANDC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Data Committee
• LAND — Large Area Neutron Detector
• PT — Peak Torque
• HELEN — High Energy Laser Embodying Neodymium
• PHT — Physics Today
• 3DFFM — Three-Dimensional Fourier Filtering Method
• LAL — The Laboratoire de L'Accelerateur Lineaire at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France
• HF — Hartree-Fock Method
• ABHP — American Board of Health Physics
• PLA — Physics Letters A
• SCR — Space Charge Region
• PRF — Petroleum Research Fund
• CCFL — Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp

• CMR — Colossal Magnetoresistance
• JSP — Journal of Statistical Physics
• PPPL — Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• TWA — time-weighted averaged
• QFT — Quantitative Fluorescence Technique
• JFLU — Journal of Fluorescence
• LLB — Laboratoire Leon Brillouin
• JAG — Journal of Applied Geophysics
• TMP — Turbo Molecular Pump
• MQA — measurement quality assurance
• EEEL — Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
• EGR — Entropy Gradient Reversal
• 3DWBA — Three-Body Distorted-Wave Born Approximation
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
• COMMP — Comments in Modern Physics
• SQ — Scalar Quantization
• JMAPH — Journal of Mathematics and Physics
• JRLR — Journal of Russian Laser Research
• DEG — Dimensional Electron Gas
• VHT — Very High Temperature
• NSOM — Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• CER — Controlled Energy Release
• MCU — Microcontroller Unit
• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• MML — Material Measurement Laboratory
• APD — VERP)/action potential duration
• HC — Hard Condition
• MUNU — An experiment at the Bugey reactor in France studying electron - electron neutrino scattering.
• ODE — Ordinary Differential Equation
• NPIC — Nuclear Power Institute of China
• QCD — Quantum Chromodynamics
• POPRV — Pilot Operated Pressure Relief Valve
• FOC — Forward of Center
• LCLS — Linac Coherent Light Source
• XSW — X-Ray Standing Wave
• MICGQ — Microgravity Quarterly
• LPCVD — Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• POF — Physics of Fluids
• CPR — Chemical Physics Reports
• SCF — Stress Concentration Factor
• CPSSH — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces and Heterogeneous Catalysis
• ENZ — Epsilon-Near-Zero
• LOMO — Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital
• FCFC — Full-Coverage Film Cooling
• CPCAR — Chemistry and Physics of Carbon
• PAPGE — Pure and Applied Geophysics
• ETI — Environmental Technology Initiative

• NOBCCHE — National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers
• JLUM — Journal of Luminescence
• ITPS — IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
• BIA — Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
• OSU — Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio, United States
• C&EA — Cause and Effect Analysis
• FCG — Fatigue Crack Growth
• DDF — Distance Distortion Factor
• WL — Weak Localization
• DWP — Dispensing Well Plate
• OAM — Orbital Angular Momentum
• IPTS — International Practical Temperature Scale
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• ADEXG — Advances in Exploration Geophysics
• HPM — High Power Microwave
• PPCF — Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
• OPTLE — Optics and Lasers in Engineering
• XRF — X-Ray Fluorescence
• SGORS — Studies in Geophysical Optics and Remote Sensing
• CHJS — Chinese Journal of Semiconductors
• SEI — Specific Energy Input
• TCPH — Topics in Current Physics
• EL — Europhysics Letters
• BES — Beijing Spectrometer (China)
• JMOA — Journal of Microwaves Optics and Acoustics
• ADCHP — Advances in Chemical Physics
• ACOUL — Acoustics Letters
• HUT — Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
• LSC — Liquid Scintillation Counting
• LRR — Living Reviews in Relativity
• CEL — Correlated Emission Laser
• ACTS — Automated Computer Time Service
• GCK — Geiger Counter Kit
• GR&R — Gauge Reproducibility And Repeatability
• BJAP — British Journal of Applied Physics
• GUIDE — Generalized Unbiased Interaction Detection and Estimation
• IPM — Ionization Profile Monitor
• ADMPS — Advances in Mechanics and Physics of Surfaces
• BHLH — Basic Helix-Loop-Helix
• TQW — Triangular Quantum Well
• MEA — Membrane Electrode Assembly
• IN2P3 — Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules
• IAPT — Indian Association of Physics Teachers
• PES — Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• HVL — Half Value Layer
• MO — Magneto-optic
• VNIIFTRI — National Scientific and Russian Research Institute for Physical, Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements
• HEI — Heat Exchange Institute Inc.
• BEB — Binary-Encounter-Bethe
• PFD — Photon Flux Density

• ACCW — Auxiliary Component Cooling Water
• JAE — Journal of Acoustic Emission
• FFE — Far Field Extension
• URA — Universities Research Association, Inc.
• IQEC — International Quantum Electronics Conference
• HVL — Half-Value Layer
• CRYRING — Electron Accelerator and Storage Ring Facility (Stockholm, Sweden)
• PAES — Positron-Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• IGC — International Gravity Commission
• JPCRD — Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
• KCDB — Key Comparison and Calibration Database
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• CGS — Centimeter, Gram, Second
• FTG — Full Tensor Gradient
• RTP — Research Trends in Physics
• CDW — Continuum Distorted Wave
• AOM(S) — acousto-optic modulator(s)
• CAT — Computed Axial Tomography
• ACRU — Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit
• FTMS — Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry
• NELAC — National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference
• IRIS — Internal Rotary Inspection System
• ADTPH — Advanced Texts in Physics
• DSM — Dynamic Scattering Mode
• UHT — Ultra High Temperature
• ADGR — Advances in Geophysical Research
• PSL — Polystyrene-latex
• KN — Kilo Newton
• LENR — Low Energy Nuclear Reactions
• EOPAP — Earth and Ocean Physics Application Program
• PCED — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Delta
• AFVH — Anti- Ferromagnetic van Hove scenario
• PCL — Physics and Chemistry of Liquids
• LTP — Low Temperature Physics
• GLM — Generalized Linear Model
• JVE — Journal of Vibration Engineering
• AGS — Alternating-gradient Synchrotron
• CR — Curvature Radiation
• ARO — United States Army Research Office
• FRET — fluorescence resonant energy transfer
• TDCR — Triple-to-Double Coincidence Ratio
• LPB — Laser and Particle Beams
• EEP — Einstein Equivalence Principle
• K2K — KEK to Kamioka
• ISS — Input-to-State Stability
• ITAS — IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
• CEBAF — Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
• RIBD — Reactive Ion Beam Deposition
• BR — Branching Ratio
• JMPS — Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

• APT — Analytic Perturbation Theory
• PAPPH — Pure and Applied Physics
• RDCMP — Recent Development in Condensed Matter Physics
• SHC — Specific Heat Capacity
• HVLA — High-Velocity Low Amplitude
• NA — Neutral Axis
• TUT — Time Under Tension
• GDOG — Generalized Double Optical Gating
• TCD — Thermal Conductivity response Detector
• CRI — Cambridge Research Instrumentation
• DARD — Dynamic Axial Rotational Device
• NEANSC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Science Committee
• SSCOM — Solid State Communications
• EIEIO — Electron Impact Excitation of Ions from Organics
• STSSP — Selected Topics in Solid State Physics
• ECP — Effective Core Potential Approxn.(in Electronic-structure Calcn.)
• CPB — Center Point of Balance
• MGG — Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics
• RVMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• AICF — Acoustic Inertial Confinement Fusion
• AECL — Atomic Energy Canada Limited
• MOP — Maximum Operating Pressure
• QDT — Quantum-Defect Theory
• OIML — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• JGGS — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity Supplement
• GB — Grain Boundary
• MKSA — Meter, Kilogram, Second, Ampere
• DARE — Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• ASME — American Society for Mechanical Engineers
• HYPER-CP — A Search for Direct CP Violation in Hyperon Decays
• BEFE — Bio-Electric Field Enhancement
• ICBP — International Conference on Biological Physics
• RFP — Random Free Process
• QMF — Quadrature Mirror Filter
• IMGC — Istituto di Metrologia "G. Colonnetti" (Italy)
• F&M — Force and moment
• MTF — Magnetized Target Fusion
• AAPP — Association of Applied Physicists Pakistan
• TRFM — Time Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
• ARPES — Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• FSBS — Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• VCM — Voice-Coil Motor
• FBM — Fractional Brownian Motion
• ASA — Accessible Surface Area
• PLPHR — Plasma Physics Reports
• DQS — Discrete Quantum State
• DOT — Degeneration Over Time
• CCSM — Cross Correlogram Spectral Matching
• TCB — Temporal Coherence Boundary
• RRDSP — Recent Research Development in Statistical Physics

• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• QGT — Quantum Graph Theory
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• QZE — Quantum Zeno Effect
• RCU — Rapid Cooling Unit
• ISAC — Isotope Separator and Accelerator Facility
• JAERI — Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
• LHM — Liquide Hydraulique Minerale
• ITM — IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
• P6 — physics
• SCOT — Support Coated Open Tubular
• TD — Time Differential
• JSCI — Journal of Scientific Instruments
• SCD — Single Crystal Diffraction
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• SLM(S) — spatial light modulator(s)
• AOI — Angle Of Incidence
• PRVP — Proceedings of Vibration Problems
• FOAM — Foam Optics and Mechanics
• JPLPH — Journal of Plasma Physics
• GXR — Grazing X-ray Reflectometry
• ASAJ — Acoustical Society of America Journal
• SEM — Standard Error of Measurement
• CONPH — Contemporary Physics
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• CCG — Calibration Coordination Group
• HFD — High Frequency Detection
• ETRAN — Monte Carlo computer code for Electrons and Photons through Extended Media
• DCMP — Directions in Condensed Matter Physics
• FPS — foot-pound-second [cf. cgs and mks]
• MIMIC — Microscopy and Microanalysis
• RVMPS — Reviews of Modern Physics Supplement
• PHRVL — Physical Review Letters
• GEOS — Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite
• IVBT — Intravascular brachytherapy
• BFRL — Building and Fire Research Laboratory
• ICAMDATA — International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications
• TZFC — Triple Zeta Frozen Core
• MPAG — Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry
• ACFA — Asian Committee for Future Accelerators.
• MBB — Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
• HYAAS — Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotom etry.
• RO — Read Only
• LORAN-C — A Radio Navigation System Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard
• FC — Flow Controller
• ENO — Essentially Non-Oscillatory
• MW — Microwave
• CMCV — Charge Motion Control Valve
• FIOP — Field Induced Ordered Phase
• RPV — Reactor Pressure Vessel

• CIRRPC — Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination
• PSD — Physical Sciences Data
• ILC — International Linear Collider
• JLWT — Journal of Lightwave Technology
• LISA — Laser Inferometer Space Antenna
• QEG — Quantum Einstein Gravity
• JAP — Journal of Applied Physics
• NPSS — Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
• EHT — Extra High Tension
• EPJAP — European Physical Journal, Applied Physics
• FZK — Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
• HOQS — Highest Occupied Quantum State
• NP — Neper
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• CTP — Course of Theoretical Physics
• AWA — The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator
• RFP — Relativistic Fokker Planck
• TTSP — Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
• MPLA — Modern Physics Letters A
• LCAP — Laser Cooling and Atomic Physics
• PHPL — Physics of Plasmas
• CPSS — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces
• DPPC — Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
• CCPP — Collaborative Computational Plasma Physics
• BOMD — Born Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics
• COPP — Contributions to Plasma Physics
• ACE — Acoustic Compliance Enhancement
• FUSE — Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Explorer
• GMC — Global Motion Compensation
• FUV — Far Ultraviolet
• CAJPH — Canadian Journal of Physics
• RTPC — Radial Time Projection Chamber
• INDC — International Nuclear Data Committee
• IAG — International Association of Gravity
• IGRF — International Geomagnetic Reference Field
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• HFB — Hartree Fock Bogoliubov
• RMU — Ring Main Unit
• CNIF — Californium Neutron Irradiation Facility
• RBF — radial basis function network
• JLVEN — Journal of Light & Visual Environment
• RG — renormalization group
• DSFD — Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
• TIMED — Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
• NEBM — Nudged Elastic Band Method
• TCH — Transmission Converter Hydraulic
• CTPHY — Classical Theoretical Physics
• NSTP — Non-Spatial Thinking Process Theory
• PAW — Physics Analysis Workstation

• ERF — Energy Rejection Filter
• OSRD — Office of Standard Reference Data
• ADTM — Alternate Density Transmission Medium
• HSST — Heavy-Section Steel Technology
• REI — Rad Elec Inc.
• ACRR — Annular Core Research Reactor
• VP — Vapor Pressure
• JESRP — Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
• TMP — Thermo Mechanical Pulping
• ICP — Injector Control Pressure
• FFAG — Fixed-Field Alternating Gradient
• ECH — Eddy Current Heating
• RUPHJ — Russian Physics Journal
• MNX — Magnetic Nozzle Experiment
• POF — Plane of Focus
• DMC — Diffusion Monte Carlo
• LITA — Laser-Induced Thermal Acoustics
• CCTF — Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency
• DMF — Decayed, Missing, Filled
• FRAC — Fracture Research and Application Consortium
• ADSMP — Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics
• PACS — Physics and Astronomy Classification Schemex
• IPSN — L'Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
• NPA — Nuclear Physics Apparatus
• TT — Torsion Twist
• PHYNY — Physics New York
• BABAR — B-Bbar (anti-B) detector at SLAC'sB Factory
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• NR — Nuclear Reactor
• JSGEO — Journal of Series Geophysics
• LRA — Locked Rotor Ampere
• CTI — Critical Technologies Institute
• EPAD — Environmental Physics and Design
• ZL — Zyklon Loop
• ZDR — Z-Differential Reflectivity
• HEPAP — High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
• CPLIP — Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
• GRS — Gamma Ray Spectrometer
• MAPHS — Mathematical Physics Studies
• CRCPD — Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
• DNAA — Delayed Neutron Activation Analysis
• FCPM — Fundamental Constants and Precision Measurements
• GRT — Germanium Resistance Thermometer
• ZPF — Zero Point Field
• RVMAP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• TPM — Transport in Porous Media
• OFR — Optics for Research
• GRASP — Graphical Representation and Analysis of Surface Properties
• BUIPS — Bulletin of the Israel Physical Society
• RHIC — Brookhaven'sRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider began operation in 2000

• SSION — Solid State Ionics
• TRM — Time-Reversal Mirror
• LWIR — Long-Wave Infrared
• ITASS — IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing
• PHB — Physics Bulletin
• LEFM — Linear Elasticity Fracture Mechanics
• ARPES — Angle Resolved Photo Electron Spectroscopy
• BSM — Bell State Measurement
• EGAS — European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy
• ELECM — Electromagnetics
• MTF — Modulation transfer function.
• LET — Linear Energy Transfer (in Spacecraft Power Systems)
• JNMP — Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
• QMD — Quantum Molecular Dynamics (for Calcns. On The Dynamics Of A Quantum Particle Coupled To A Classical Many-body System)
• AL — argon laser
• NORAMET — A North American regional collaboration in national measurement standards and services
• ADBMP — Advances in Biological and Medical Physics
• ARROW — Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide
• TNO — Trans-Neptunian Object
• SCMP — Studies in Condensed Matter Physics
• VLA — Very Large Array
• SSTEC — Solid State Technology
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
• RRDAP — Recent Research Development in Applied Physics
• PVT — Position Velocity Time
• FOCUS — FOtoproduction of Charm: Upgraded Spectrometer
• CLA — Condition Lever Angle
• CCPR — Consultative Committee on Photometry and Radiometry
• AUJPH — Australian Journal of Physics
• CM — Center of Mass
• LIGO — Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
• IMECE — International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
• SINH — hyperbolic sine function
• BTE — Brake Thermal Efficiency
• ESU — Energy Storage Unit
• LPM — Light-Particle Monitor
• PAW — Plasma Arc Weld
• PZM — Pressure Zone Microphone
• AP — Anti-Proton
• ASD — Active Surface Definition
• XRR — X-ray Reflectivity
• CTF — CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) Test Facility
• TI — Thermal Inertia
• ALG — Advanced Lithography Group
• FMSF — Fissile Material Storage Facility
• DNP — Division of Nuclear Physics
• MMF — Magneto Motive Force
• DTM — Dynamic Thermal Management
• PDS — power density spectra
• APAS — Astrophysical Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences

• ESRF — The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.
• RVGSP — Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
• GRNS — Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer
• LEAR — Low Energy Antiproton Ring
• DIW — De-Ionzied Water
• JPHCS — Journal of Physics - Conference Series
• GSP — Generalized Sequential Pattern
• ADPPR — Advances in Plasma Physics Research
• CTRZ — Central Torodial Recirculation Zone
• ES — Elementary Stream
• EBSD — Electron Back Scatter Diffraction
• CIE — Commission Internationale De L'Éclairage
• LUNA — Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics at Gran Sasso.
• DIA — Dynamic Input Area
• JIMW — Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
• CBA — Center for Backyard Astrophysics
• GWCE — Generalized Wave Continuity Equation
• SPDF — Space Physics Data Facility
• GHRS — Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
• BB — Blackbody
• LCL — Lamp Center Length
• VRV — Variable Radial Velocity
• JGR — Journal of Geophysical Research
• JMAGR — Journal of Magnetic Resonance
• TTY — Torque to Yield
• ADPLP — Advances in Plasma Physics
• HTOL — High Temperature Operating Lifetest
• POT — Power Over Time
• DEPA — Dynamic Elastic Properties Analyzer
• SVGL — Silicon Valley Group Lithography
• CSIC — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Spanish
• IBIS — Ion Beam Information System
• ICRM — International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology
• JCOPH — Journal of Computational Physics
• JGG — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
• HFIR — High Flux Isotope Reactor
• DOT — Delivery Optimized Thermodynamics
• NOMAD — Neutrino Oscillation Magnetic Detector
• EPS — European Physical Society
• BARC — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• PEP — Positron Electron Project
• ATCS — Active Thermal Convective System
• JNLM — Journal of Non Linear Mechanics
• NPPSB — Nonequilibrium Problems in the Physical Sciences and Biology
• CSEWG — Cross Section Evaluation Working Group
• STMP — Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
• MPPCF — Million particles per cubic foot
• NAMT — National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed
• PPCPP — Progress in Photochemistry and Photophysics
• ER — Elastic Recoil

• ETDS — Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
• HPGE — High Purity Germanium
• BCMPA — Billion Cubic Meters per Annum
• IACS — Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences
• DAMA — Dark Matter
• CRR — Center for Radiological Research
• HHF — High Heat Flow
• WWV — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Colorado
• SEMPA — Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis
• CPHY — Communications on Physics
• ARDS — Analysis of Rotor Dynamic Systems
• DOG — Double Optical Gating
• RTTR — Real Time Thermal Rating
• FLIR — Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
• RPT — Reference Point Tracking
• HB — Hydrogen Bond
• PLDS — Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures
• E — Electric
• SOC — Second-Order Cone
• BM — Bending Magnet
• DLV — Direct Linear Valve
• HIPD — High-Intensity Powder Diffractometer
• HDT — Heat Distortion Temperature
• FT/MS — Fourier Transform / Mass Spectroscopy
• APL — Advanced Physics Laboratory
• PHSS — Physics of the Solid State
• PET — photosynthetic electron transport
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
• HACR — High Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometer
• MPDS — Mechanics and Physics of Discrete Systems
• CEV — Constant Elasticity of Variance
• ASTP — Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics
• ODEND — Optical Detected Electron Nuclear Double Resonance
• BINP — Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia.
• RAP — Roentgen area product
• HEP — DOE's Division of High Energy Physics, part of HENP.
• WLLN — Weak Law of Large Numbers
• DDFT — Dynamic Density Functional Theory
• SNO — Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
• NSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• EOS TPC — Equation of State Time Projection Chamber experiment
• JGRS — Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement
• IBB — Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
• PMMC — Permanent Magnet Moving Coil
• GCFC — Generalized Complementary Flux Condition
• F — Flux
• FDR — Failure Divergence Refinement
• MACHO — Massive Compact Halo Object
• CHJPH — Chinese Journal of Physics
• EXMPS — Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences

• QMC — Quantum Monte Carlo
• ESB — Electrical Substitution Bolometer
• PRPH — Progress of Physics
• ASSP — Advanced Solid-State Photonics
• DLT — Dynamic Laser Trimming
• HEPIC — High Energy Physics Information Center
• HALO — Hypersonic Aircraft Launch Option
• JSUP — Journal of Superconductivity
• ARPA-E — Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
• ISSI — International Space Science Institute (Bern, Switzerland)
• CESR — The Cornell Electron Storage Ring
• NAPM — National Association of Photographic Manufacturers
• MOI — moments of inertia
• OPTLT — Optics Laser Technology
• OPTSP — Optics and Spectroscopy
• MIS — Mirror Image Stimulation
• MOTRIMS — Magneto-Optical Trap Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• RRDP — Recent Research Development in Physics
• GLCP — Global Linear Collider Project
• CLIC — Compact Linear Collider
• MCMS — Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures
• RRDPC — Recent Research Development in Physical Chemistry
• TLP — Thread-Level Parallelism
• PTHPH — Progress of Theoretical Physics
• TLD — Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter systems
• SCC — Spectral Calibration Chamber
• GDT — Gas Discharge Tube
• AXAF — Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• JEMT — Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique
• PHFL — Physics of Fluids
• LMR — Laser Magnetic Resonance
• EZW — Embedded Zero-tree Wavelet
• TPHY — Techniques of Physics
• ICPEAC — International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions
• MSA — Meridian Stress Assessment
• QED — Quantum Electrodynamics
• EAF — Electric Arc Furnace
• ICNIRP — International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
• ACDM — Automated Contour Detection Method
• IOP — Institute Of Physics
• ARIE — Asynchronous Ratio Of Internal To External
• HWP — Half Wavelength Plate
• SQW — Single Quantum Well
• ADV — Automatic Drain Valve
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• LMRI — Laboratoire de Mesure des Rayonnements Ionisants (France)
• CONFP — Contemporary Fundamental Physics
• ISCC — Inter-Society Color Council
• CAST — Council of Agricultural Science and Technology
• NPGEO — Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

• WAXS — Wide Angle X-ray Scattering
• SDFF — Spectroscopically Determined Force Field
• HADES — High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer
• LAMPF — Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility
• AET — Active Edge Table
• QOA — Quasi-Optical Amplifier
• OSTP — One Step Transition Probability
• WDXS — Wavelength Dispersive Xray Spectroscopy
• CPC — Charged Particle Cannon
• CIRMS — Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards
• NIKHEF — National Institute for Subatomic Physics
• REBAT — Restricted Bandwidth Technique
• PAR — Parabolic Aluminum Reflector
• AEC — Active Energy Control
• PPM — Peak Program Meter
• ACFM — Advanced Coal Flow Measurement
• SDIF — Sony Digital Interface Format
• SCLIR — Secondary Calibration Laboratories for Ionizing Radiation
• LGA — lattice gas automaton
• PSL — Physics of Solids and Liquids
• MQDT — Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory
• PEAQ — Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality
• ENDF — Evaluated Nuclear Data File
• PHYES — Physics Essays
• NUGEO — Nuclear Geophysics
• UFM — Ultrasonic Force Microscopy
• ALCPG — American Linear Collider Physics Group
• APPHL — Applied Physics Letters
• HFA — Hot Flow Anomaly
• SVPAC — Soviet Physics Acoustics
• ESSPH — Essays in Physics
• DTSS — Distributed Temperature and Strain Sensor
• RSM — Regional Spectral Model
• BGSM — Bowman Gray School of Medicine
• COPHC — Computer Physics Communications
• WDFF — Weak Dipole Form Factor
• TME — Theory Model Elimination
• JSLR — Journal of Soviet Laser Research
• STMAP — Studies in Mathematical Physics
• ALR — Active Lead Ring
• PTR — Proton Transfer Reaction
• ADVP — Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profiler
• AGW — Acoustic Gravity Wave
• EOP — Earth and Ocean Physics
• PSTM — Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope
• RBMK — Reactor Bolshoi Moshchnosti Kanalni
• PWR — Pressurized-Water Reactor
• CQW — Coupled Quantum Wells
• AGUFM — American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
• FIM — Field Ion Microscope

• AVN — Accuracy Vanishing Now
• OSL — Optical Stimulated Luminescence
• INS — Inelastic Neutron Scattering
• JGEO — Journal of Geodynamics
• BBR — Back Bouncing Rod
• CIPT — CNS Institute for Physics Teachers
• SPP — Storage Photostimulable Phosphor
• RGM — Resonating Group Method
• HCCD — Mono-deuterated Acetylene
• PMB — Physics in Medicine and Biology
• QNH — Quasi Non-Hydrostatic
• GAPP — Global Analysis of Particle Properties
• MFPL — MAP (Multiple Application Platform) Fabry-Perot Laser
• BTFM — Basic Two Fluid Model
• VAT — Vibro-Acoustic Test
• BRAN — Boulder Research and Administrative Network
• LEED — Low Energy Electron Diffraction
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
• CHJG — Chinese Journal of Geophysics
• BEC — Bose-Einstein Condensation
• PHP — Physics in Perspective
• FDM — fused deposition modeling
• KKR — Korringa Kohn Rostoker approximation
• OBQ — Optimize Beam Quality
• FIMS — Fissionable Isotope Mass Standards
• XUV — Extreme Ultraviolet
• GWR — Guided Wave Radar
• LOCA — Loss of Coolant Accident
• TME — Total Mechanical Energy
• MRSE — Manifest Refractive Spherical Equivalent
• ASET — Association of Super-advanced Electronics Technologies
• FBS — Few-Body Systems
• FST — Full Scale Tunnel
• SLAC — The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California
• XDB — X-Ray Data Booklet
• DSEG — Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics
• FTAM — Flow Through Alpha Monitor
• DMIP — Division of Medical Imaging Physics
• INSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
• NZJGG — New Zealand Journal Geology and Geophysics
• PEP-II — The official name for the SLAC B Factory
• CDM — Ceramic Discharge Metalhalide
• W/F — Wandel/ Fietstochten
• FCDC — Fundamental Constants Data Center
• CNT(S) — carbon nanotube(s)
• MONO — MONOphonic
• SASER — Soud Amplification by Stimulated Emmision of Radiation
• CSD — Computational Structural Dynamics
• EJPH — European Journal of Physics
• BCS — Bragg Crystal Spectrometer

• AFPL — Air Force Phillips Laboratory
• NBSR — National Bureau of Standards Reactor
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
• PBG — Photonic Band Gap
• LHEP — Left Hand Elliptical Polarization
• HVC — High-Velocity Core
• CHPH — Chemical Physics
• WMAP — Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
• NML — National Measurement Laboratory (Japan)
• ALEPH — Apparatus for LEP PHysics, at CERN
• FCI — Fast Causal Inference
• RIDIC — Radiation Internal Dose Information Center
• RSPS — Rochester Symposium for Physics Students
• PER — Physics Education Research
• MU2E — A Fermilab experiment that will search for the conversion of a muon into an electron
• CSTN — Color Super Twist Nematic
• ENAPC — Environmental Analytical and Physical Chemistry Series
• ERCOFTAC — European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion
• NQA — Nuclear Quality Assurance
• EFP — Effective Fringing Property
• EME — Electromagnetic Effects
• EUROMET — A European collaboration in measurement standards
• OSPL — Output Sound Pressure Level
• QCC — Quadrupole Coupling Constant
• QTI — Quantum Theory of Immortality
• KIAA — Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
• TDIF — Teac Digital Interface Format
• FFAH — Filament-Filled Annular Helical
• TIRF — Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence
• PWS — Primary Working Standard
• LOPI — Loss of Piping Integrity
• HRE — Heterogeneity Recency Exit
• PL — Physics Laboratory
• XRL — X-Ray Lithography
• PCN — Physics and Contemporary Needs
• HEAD — High Energy Astrophysics Division
• DCOF — Dynamic Coefficient of Friction
• MUCOOL — MUon COOLing experiment
• MEVVA — Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc
• ORELA — Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator
• PTHPS — Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
• DRI — Differential Refractive Index
• QCL — Quantum Cascade Laser
• QTG — Quantum Theory of Gravity
• EHB — Electronic Handbook
• HAARP — Hf Active Auroral Research Program (Hf being "high frequency")
• NIM — National Instrumentation Methods
• PVST — Pressure Vacuum Stability Test
• VR-SFG — Vibrationally Resonant Sum-frequency Generation
• COBR — Continuous Oscillatory Baffle Reactor

• AGP — Annals of Geophysics
• UHV-SPM — Ultra High Vacuum Scanning Probe Microscopy
• IPPP — Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology
• APM — Absolute Proper Motion
• FRIB — Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
• ASCA — Japan-NASA X-ray Satellite
• ROC — Receiver Operator Characteristic Curve
• BTD — Basic Thermodynamics
• GRAND — gamma ray and neutron detector
• GTRD — Generalized Transverse Resonance-Diffraction
• XLS — Xenon Light Source
• CHTM — Center for High Technology Materials
• MQT — Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling
• ICFA — International Committee for Future Accelerators
• OPERA — Oscillation Project with EmulsiontRacking Apparatus
• CPA — Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• LDMS — Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry
• IESNA — Illumination Engineering Society of North America
• ECRIS — Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Ion Source
• CPI — Computational Physics Inc
• CAMOS — Committee on Atomic Molecular and Optical Sciences
• CRMMP — Classical Reviews in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• IC — indirect calorimetry
• AF — Alternating Field
• MTD — Minimum Translation Distance
• FTMS — Fluid Transfer Management System
• NPHS — Nature Physical Science
• JAES — Journal of Audio Engineering Society
• CTD — Central Tracking Detector
• LO — Local Orbitals
• WGCV — Working Group on Calibration and Validation
• SM — Standard Model
• TGF — Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash
• SPECT — single-photon emission computed tomography
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Spectroscopy
• PISCO — Parallel Imager for Southern Cosmological Observations
• MPAM — Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics
• FRAM — Functional Resonance Accident Model
• FRSE — Freundeskreis Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn
• REM — Roentgen Equivalent Man (Unit of Dose Equivalent)
• SSDL — Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories
• HTS — High Tear Strength
• CCPP — Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
• CFT — Central Fiber Tracker
• NS — Navier-Stokes
• DR-SFG — Doubly Resonant Sum Frequency Generation
• RMP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• PGP — Physics of Geological Processes
• TWT — Transonic Wind Tunnel
• CASS — Calibration Accuracy Support System

• FT — Fourier transformation
• MP — magnetic particle
• CPS — Constant Pressure System (toys)
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council Science, Engineering and Technology
• LHC — The Large Hadron Collider
• QP — quasiparticle
• FANS — Filter Analyzer Neutron Spectrometer
• FISCO — Fieldbus Instrinsic Safety Concept
• MOP — Minds on Physics
• FTM — Fluid Transfer Management
• CISR — Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation
• COSMOS — Cosmologically Significant Mass Oscillation Search at Fermilab to detect muon neutrino to tau neutrino oscillations.
• HELP — High Energy Laser Propagation
• SSGSR — Springer Verlag Springer Series on Group Geophysics Space Research
• KTG — Kinetic Theory of Gases
• CHORUS — CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research Apparatus
• DBG — Disease Biophysics Group
• APS — Advanced Propagation Systems
• IRDCF — Infrared Detector Calibration Facility
• APT — Annular Proton Telescope
• JULIA — Jena University Laboratory of Ion Acceleration
• YAG — Holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet
• ARAC — Arithmetic Robot Application Control
• FZS — Far Zone Scattering
• FEDEM — Finite Element Dynamics in Elastic Mechanisms
• ADS — Automated Dynamic Shear
• CBO — Corrected Born-Oppenheimer (in Calcns. For Mol. Complexes)
• CFCD — Computational Fuel Cell Dynamics
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• FID — Free Induction Decay (Fourier Transform Spectroscopy)
• LCT — Lattice Compatibility Theory
• WICM — Waves in Complex Media
• IMRT — intensity-modulated radiation therapy
• ANSOM — Apertureless Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• ECT — Edge Crush Testing
• SSELE — Solid State Electronics
• PEM — polymer-electrolyte-membrane
• RESL — Radiological and Environmental Science Laboratory
• P-P — Peak-to-Peak (Value)
• CFL — Compact Fluorescent Lamp
• GINGA — Japanese X-ray Satellite
• JDEM — The Joint Dark Energy Mission
• AXAF-I — Imaging Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• JINR — The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.
• ENEA — Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E L'Ambiente
• RLP — Right Lifting Property
• PBE — Pool Boiling Experiment
• PETT — Positron Emission Transverse of Transaxial
• EDF — Enhanced Depth of Field
• ZFF — Zero Forcing Function

• LLD — Lamp Lumen Depreciation
• COP — Coefficient Of Power
• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• ACCI — Atlantic Canada Coral Initiative
• OCQ — Old Covariant Quantization
• QHO — Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
• ZPD — Zeta Potential Distribution
• KEK — Koo Energy Ken
• IWEPNM — International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials
• BB — Broad-bandwidth
• HPLA — High Power Large Aperture
• TASSII — Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Investigation
• VWC — Vector Wavelet Coding
• DD — Differential Detection
• ZI — Zone Industrielle
• GSI — Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
• BPS — Bogomolnyi-Prasad-Sommerfield
• QGM — Quantitative Gas Measurement
• HFM — Highly Friction Modified
• IEN — Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale (Italy)
• AGS — The Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven
• FR — Filtered Radiometer
• ITER — International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
• QFEP — Quantum Free Energy Perturbation (calcn. Method)
• HPLC — High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic
• H — Hotness
• GWC — Generalized Wave Continuity
• HI RES FLY'SEYE — High-energy cosmic ray experiment in Dugway, Utah
• DHV — Demonstrate Higher Value
• MARGR — Marine Geophysical Researches
• MCT — Mercury-cadmium-telluride
• BZ — Band Zero
• BETA NMR — Beta-radiation Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• FACSS — Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
• BQP — Bounded-error Quantum Polynomial time
• UVA — University of Virginia
• QGD — Quantum-Geometry Dynamics
• ING — Intense Neutron Generator
• DESY — Deutches Elektronen SYnchrotron laboratory in Hamburg, Germany
• BEAM — Bosiger Energy Alignment Method
• NMS — Natural Matrix Standard
• PFW — Propagating Floquet Wave
• Q — Quantizer
• DRM — Digital Radio Mondial
• AED — g.l.c.-atomic emission detection
• VLT — Very Large Telescope
• MOEMS — Micro-Optical Electro-Mechanical System
• PREP — Professional Research Experience Program
• ATW — Accelerator Transmutation Of Waste (for Radioactive Waste)
• CFR — Continuous Flow Recycling

• LVE — Light Vibrational Energy
• IRIS — Integrated Radiation Information System
• UVB — Ultraviolet B
• LEIR — Low Energy Ion Ring
• QPT — Quantum Phase Transition
• CTMC — Classical Trajectory Monte Carlo
• NACT — Nonlinear Asymptotic Coupling Theory
• JULIE — Joint Utilization of Laser Integrated Experiments
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instituteumental Coefficient Package
• MBIR — Medium Background Infrared Facility
• DM — Distance Measured
• MDRF — Materials Dosimetry Reference Facility
• AFCP — Atomic Flux Coating Process
• CMMPH — Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• ISI — In-Situ Interferometer
• IQI — Image Quality Indicator
• HPPT — HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS AND TECHNICS
• ZDC — Zero-Degree Calorimeter
• GLC — Global Linear Collider
• CEM — Cascade Exciton Model
• MAFF — Munich Accelerator for Fission Fragments
• NAS — Net Analyte Signal
• ISPP — Illinois State Physics Project
• SFD — Shear Force Diagram
• OPAL — Omni Purpose Apparatus for LEP, at CERN
• CTP — Center for Theoretical Physics
• RRP — Research Reports in Physics
• AKD — Altered Kinetic Distance
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Standards Committee
• FF — Fission Fragments
• JCCRER — U.S.-Russia Joint Coordinating Committee on Radiation Effects Research
• IOPD — Integrated Optical Path Difference
• MCHF — Multi-Configuration Hartree-Fock
• SKA — Square Kilometre Array
• CRESST — Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers
• BG — Boltzmann Gibbs
• EOM — Electron-Optical Modulator
• IVR — intramolecular vibrational redistribution
• ELNES — Energy-loss near-edge structure
• QIO — Quantum Infinite-Order
• TL — Temporal Logic
• CONCP — Contemporary Concepts in Physics
• BEPC — Beijing Electron Positron Colider
• IPAP — Institute of Pure and Applied Physics
• EOTD — Enhanced Observed Time Difference
• NLCTA — Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator
• IHEP — Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing, China.
• RKB — Restricted Kinetic Balance (method In Calcns. Of Wave Functions And Energies)
• KP — Knowles and Physics
• CCMP — Computational Condensed Matter Physics

• PV — plasma volume
• TAM — Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• DFS — Displaced Fermi Surface
• WTCQ — Wavelet Trellis Coded Quantization
• QCI — Quadratic Configuration Interaction
• AESR — Array-Enhanced Stochastic Resonance
• LFO — literature-low frequency oscillations
• BHS — Bachelet Hamann Schluter pseudopotentials
• MAG — Modern Approaches in Geophysics
• TDM — Two Dimensional Material
• VRS — Vortex Ring State
• PB — Primary Beam
• CCFP — Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
• HEAT — High-Energy Antimatter Telescope
• OFS — Österreichisches Forschungszentrum
• CT — Computed tomographic scan
• IPNS — Intense Pulsed Neutron Source
• EGR — Energy Generation Region
• CTE — Correlated Transfer And Excitation
• SGL — Sander Geophysics Ltd
• QCA — Quasi- Crystalline Approximation
• NAS/NRC — National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
• QHB — Quantum Nature of the Hydrogen Bond
• DQD — Dissipative Quasigeostrophic Dynamics
• QSA — Quantitative Surface Analysis
• EDN — Event Detection and Notification
• BW — Bottom of Wall
• EU — Entropy Unit
• NG6M — Neutron Guide No. 6
• DEA — Downstream Endcap Array
• BSS — Beta Secondary System
• ATLAS — Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System
• EIPP — Eastern Interconnect Phasor Project
• WLM — Weak Localization Model
• FOE — Force of Energy
• DWNT(S) — double-wall nanotube(s)
• PADE — Parallel Applications Development Environment
• RVPP — Reviews of Plasma Physics
• TCAOCC — Two-Center Atomic Orbital Close Coupling
• PHYW — Physics World
• IC — Initial Condition
• PE — Plasma Effects
• CAP — Current Applied Physics
• CDMS — Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
• MAPLE — Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment
• BTEV — Proposed dedicated B physics experiment at Fermilab's Tevatron
• ATD — Above-Threshold Dissociation
• MPS — The Microdrop Particle Search at SLAC
• FF — Forward Facing
• DOIM — Dense Optical Interface Module

• CNO — Carbon Nitrogen And Oxygen
• PS — polystyren
• ERI — Extended Range Imaging
• NRRT — Normal Reference Range Table
• PV — Pressure Vessel
• BEV — Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Vienna, Austria
• ARXPS — Angle Resolved X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• DOELAP — Department Of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program
• FORATOM — FORum ATOMique Européen
• SMKW — Secondary Magneto- Kinetic Wave
• PDI — percent depth ionization
• OPALS — Optronic, Photonic, and Advanced Laser Simulator
• CQM — constituent-quark model
• DGT — Denier Gradient Technology
• ECFA STUDY — Study group Physics and Detectors of a Linear Collider.
• CMMPE — Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics
• WNO — Weakly Non- Oscillatory
• HPL — High Pressure Lanes
• DBC — Delicate Balance Collective
• EMMA — Euclidean Model MAtching
• ECS — Eddy Covariance System
• CSDA — Continuous-Slowing-Down Approximation
• MINERVA — A neutrino-scattering experiment that uses the NuMI beamline at Fermilab to search for low-energy neutrino interactions
• LH — Left Handed
• SCF — Spectral Comparator Facility
• BAVL — Barium Vapor Laser
• DACU — Data Acquisition and Control Unit
• EBAS — Electron Bombardment Anneal System
• NMI — National Measurement Institute
• AOI — Areas of Interaction
• MEXP — Methods of Experimental Physics
• CTP — Classical Turning Point
• LBRS — Low Background Reference System
• TD-FW — Time Domain Floquet Wave
• 4THD — Fourth Dimension
• NORA — Non-Overlapping Redundant Array
• HIRDLS — High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder
• LCL — lifting condensation level
• MOPITT — Measurement of Pollution In The Troposphere
• SFC — Sideway Force Coefficient
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatory
• BEC — Bose Einstein Condensate
• VUV — Vacuum Ultraviolet
• DFL — Distributed Feedback Laser
• DMF — Dual Mass Flywheel
• LST — Light Stabilizer Technology
• HVLS — High volume low speed
• VPM — Virtual Phase Microscope
• NPDF — Nuclear Parton Distribution Function
• HW — Hard Wall

• LMAPH — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• CPPM — Center for Particle Physics of Marseilles
• RPPH — Reports of Progress in Physics
• NSEP — National Standard Examination in Physics
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
• ULE — Ultra Light Engineering
• ESCR — Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance
• NEAR-INFRARED — NIR
• INFN — Italy's Institute Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
• JTURB — Journal of Turbulence
• ECC — Engineered Cementitious Composite
• STLR — Safety Thermal Limit Recorder
• BSSI — British Superultramodern Scientific Institution
• VSV — Vacuum Switching Valve
• NEMS — Nanoelectromechanical Systems
• FC — Footcandle
• DNC — Does Not Change
• PPSL — Proceedings of the Physical Society of London
• ESS — European Spallation Source
• CR — CRystalline solid
• RFZ — Reflection Free Zone
• I — Amperage
• CT — Conductivity Temperature
• EIEO — Energy In, Energy Out
• GIBI- — 2 ^ 30
• FIM — Functional Imaging Methods
• BAS — Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• BAW — Bulk Acoustic Wave
• CM — Convenient Measure
• APPMT — Advanced Photon Processing and Measurement Technology
• APEX — AntiProton Experiment
• WFS — Wave Field Synthesis
• LP — Linear Polarization
• LOT — Laser-Optic Technology
• FHM — Fast Harmonic Method
• ACP — American Center for Physics
• FIR — far-infrared radiation
• IPP — Institute of Plasma Physics
• EDT — Equivalent Difference Transmission
• MSDB — Magnetically Stabilized Fluidized Bed
• CCRI — Comité Consultatif des Rayonnements Ionisants
• LEPP — Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
• VXR — Visible Transfer Radiometer
• JANNAF — Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force
• ASCA — Advanced Spacecraft for Cosmology and Astrophysics
• MINOS — Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search
• BBN — Brains And Backbone Network
• LGG — Least General Generalization
• JCMT — James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
• BM — Behavioral Model

• QMD — Quantum Metrology Division
• APPHY — Applied Physics
• PHYED — Physics Education
• PLTP — Progress in Low Temperature Physics
• P&S — Permanent and Stationary
• VATF — Vibration and Acoustic Test Facility
• ASL — Ambient Stress Level
• MLDA — Modified Local Density Approximation
• LTEC — Lamp Testing Engineers Conference
• AGUSM — American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting
• DC — Double Capture
• TBL — Turbulent Boundary Layer
• PMRS — Proton magnetic resonance Spectroscopy
• FIRI — Fourth International Radiocarbon Intercomparison
• FSI — Fluid Solid Interaction
• BNC — Boron Nitride Coating
• NIMP — National Institute of Materials Physics
• PIGP — Proceedings of the Institute of General Physics
• EFS — Enhanced Fujita [EF] scale (weather)
• PSJ — Pivoted Shoe Journal
• FIMS — Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer
• TTZ — Teisseyre Tornquist Zone
• CAMP — Computational and Applied Mathematical Physics
• ANVIS — Aviator Night Vision Imaging System
• CDCU — Correlated Dimension Correlated Uniqueness
• OTD — Optical Technology Division
• NUMI — Neutrinos at the Main Injector
• EBM — Energy by Motion
• MACRO — Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory
• ORT — Oak Ridge Tennessee
• MC — magnetic coil
• IBFW — Incidence of the reflected Beam from the Front Wall
• TRU — Transuranic
• PAIS — Photo Acoustic Infrared Spectroscopy
• FFAI — Field-Free Associative Ionization
• IMB — Irvine, Michigan and Brookhaven
• TPF — Two Photon Fluorescence
• FED — Field-Emitter Display
• RRDCP — Recent Research Development in Chemical Physics
• STF — Space-Time-Frequency
• LCG — light curve generator
• PINS — Portable Isotopic Neutron Spectroscopy
• LASJ — Laser Journal
• HIRES — High Resolution Echellle Spectrometer
• RAND — Radio Neutrino Detector array
• ACFF — Alternating Current Field Measurement
• EP — Electrostatic Potential
• EQE — External Quantum Efficiency
• QTN — Quasi-Thermal Noise
• REDA — Resonant-Excitation-Double-Autoionization

• HERA — Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator at DESY
• ACM — Adiabatic Connection Model
• SFCP — Special Foreign Currency Program
• PMPO — Peak Momentary Performance Output
• TPB — Tetraphenyl Butadiene
• AIF — Assumed Internal Force
• STPD — Solar Terrestrial Physics Division
• SLM — Single Longitudinal Mode
• TLA — Two Level Analysis
• EDR — Equivalant Direct Radiation
• BP — Before Polarization
• SPU — Single Particle Unit
• QOG — Quasi-Optical Grill
• NOVA — The NuMI Off-axis ve Appearance experiment
• HERA-B — Fixed-target experiment at DESY, to investigate CP violation in the B meson
• NRCC — National Research Council Canada
• FBAP — Function Block Application Process
• CPEP — Contemporary Physics Education Project
• BKT — Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless crossover
• H — Hotline
• LFAM — Line Focus Acoustic Microscopy
• FEA — Field-Emitter Array
• OW — One Wave
• NANO — Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation
• MT — Mechanical Transfer
• TTP — Trends in Theoretical Physics
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Student Chapter
• FIT — Frequency Intensity Time
• C — Country
• DFTS — Dispersive Fourier Transform Spectrometry
• HT — High Tension
• MCU — Mobile Calibration Unit
• R — Radiation
• BD — Below Detection
• ART — Adaptive Resonance Theory
• SQM — Super Quantum Mechanics
• FCCU — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Unit
• SPE — solid phase extraction column
• EIC — Electron Ion Collider (nuclear physics)
• PMBC — Process-Model Based Control
• EOA — Effective Orifice Opening
• CCDM — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Meter
• C — Counter
• LWGR — Light-Water-cooled, Graphite-moderated Reactor
• OHEP — Office of High Energy Physics
• TNA — Thermal Neutron Analysis
• DMM — Deep Mixing Method
• CIRF — Circular Flow
• PEEP — Physics Ethics Education Project
• FPC — Fullerene Production Chamber

• IPHO — International Physics Olympiad
• MICE — Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
• QM — Quark Model
• CBH — Correlated Barrier Hopping
• JILA — formerly Joint Institute Laboratory for Astrophysics
• SIG — Signaling Channel
• MEAS — Measurements
• ULTIM — Ultrasonic Imaging
• WSQ — Wavelet Scalar Quantization
• ILL — L'Institut Laue Langevin
• CAO — Carlsbad Area Office
• RHIP — Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
• VDG — Van de Graaff
• JPTEO — Journal of Physics - Teacher Education Online
• NPL — Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
• HPP — Hydropower Plant P
• PD — Prismatic Diffuser
• TAGU — Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
• IPT — Inductive Power Transfer
• FVL — Future of Vertical Lift
• RIMS — Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• RFS — Receptive Field Size
• FIMS — Field Intensity Measuring Sustem
• CXRS — Charge-Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy
• DOE — Dynamic Operating Environment
• MACH — Modelo Acoplado de Coordinacion Hidrotermica
• VLHC — Very Large Hadron Collider
• FMI — The Fermilab Main Injector
• OPSL — Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser
• NPB — Nuclear Physics B
• FFP — Field-Free Point
• CS — Chern-Simons
• ITS — International Temperature Scale
• NCRA — National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
• WDW — Wheeler De- Witt equation
• NCNR — NIST Center for Neutron Research
• RHR — Right Hand Rule
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• GVHD — Graft-Versus Host Disease
• EEPROM — Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• ESDIAD — Electron-Stimulated Desorption Ion Angular Distributions
• SCIBOONE — The SciBar Booster Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab
• BPC — Boost Pressure Control
• ASSI — Airglow Solar Spectrometer Instrument
• ADI — Advanced Distance Integration
• ICPS — International Conference of Physics Students
• NRRS — Near Resonance Rayleigh Scattering
• DGT — Discrete Group Transform
• KET — Komitee für ElementarTeilchenphysik
• NEWRAD — New Radiometry

• DM(S) — Digital material(s)
• INS — Ion-Neutralization Spectroscopy
• WD — Weak Dipole
• LPA — Long Path Absorption
• EPV — Exclusion Principle Violating
• LHCB — Large Hadron Collider beauty Experiment
• RINF — Retinoid Inducible Nuclear Factor
• HLM — Hierarchical Linear Modeling
• NPGS — Nanometer Pattern Generation System
• NGS — National Geological Society
• AIGER — American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium
• ARGONEUT — The Argon Neutrino Teststand
• FTSI — Fourier Transform Spectral Interferometry
• VTD — Variable Torque Differential
• TLA — Temporal Logic of Actions
• CAA — Computational Aeroacoustics
• SIMS — Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
• VLG — Varying Localized Geminal
• FMSS — Fast Mode Stationary Shock
• MOS — Marine Optical System
• FSW — Fast Spherical Wavelet
• PPS — Proceedings of the Physical Society
• REB — Relativistic Electron Beam
• LENS — Low Energy Neutrino Spectroscopy, at Heidelberg.
• FMUP — Flawed Modern Ultramodern Physics
• HEPL — High Energy Physics Laboratory
• MMFT — Many Mode Floquet Theory
• CIAQ — Committee on Indoor Air Quality
• BCR — Boron Control Rod
• PEMF — Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field
• WFSM — Weak Field And Slow Motion
• WHC — Washington Hospital Center
• INFN-LNF — The National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Italy
• WWVB — Call letters for NIST lf radio station in Colorado
• RTP — Rapid Thermal Processing
• PHENIX — Pioneering High-Energy Nuclear Interaction eXperiment, at Brookhaven.
• SI — selectivity index
• NL — Net Light
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Process
• DAFNE — Double Annular Factory for Nice Experiments
• CHAOS — Canadian High Acceptance Orbit Spectrometer
• HIPA — High Intensity Proton Accelerator
• HELEN — High Energy physics Latin-American-European Network
• CREB — Cern Reports Editorial Board
• TOBSY — Total ThroughBond Correlation Spectroscopy
• AM1 — First Launch in the morning series of EOS platforms
• NPS — nanoparticle(s)
• ECFA — European Committee for Future Accelerators
• MOA — Model of Attraction
• CAPE — Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics

• MCQDT — Multi Channel Quantum Defect Theory
• PEEI — Physics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior
• ULP — Ultra-short Light Pulse
• MDS — Measurement Data Set
• TID — Total Ionizing Dose
• BLJPH — Bulgarian Journal of Physics
• IUPAP — International Union for Pure and Applied Physics.
• RVGES — Reviews of Geophysics Supplement
• QGD — Gate - Drain Charge
• AFC — Amplitude to Frequency Conversion
• ERATO — Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology Office
• SMSI — Strong Metal-support Interaction
• MPD — Multiphoton Detector
• CFE — Coplaner Fluid Ejector
• UATD — Uniform Asymptotic Theory of Diffraction
• NIPDE — National Initiative for Product Data Exchange
• SOS — Spin Orbital Splitting
• MDL — Method Detection Levels
• APPL — APplied Physics Letters
• QFT — Quantum Field Theory
• SKACR — Superconducting Kinetic-inductance Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• FZ — Far Zone
• PMG — Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics
• SV — Shock and Vibration
• DDD — Dynamic Digital Depth
• LASP — Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado
• CCFR — Chicago Columbia Fermilab Rochester
• INPE — National Space Research Institute (Brazil)
• NED — Nuclear Effects Directorate
• FPL — Fluroscent Pulse Light
• MOTA — Man Of The Atom
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy
• ANTARES — Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research
• LPRI — Laboratoire Primaire des Rayonnements Ionisants, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• TL — Total Length
• INMRI-ENEA — Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti - Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie
• GERDA — The GERmanium Detector Array
• UDM — Unified Dimensional Model
• UV-B — Ultraviolet-Biological
• MEA — Materials Engineering Associates
• SFF — Scientific Fudge Factor
• MCNP — Monte Carlo Neutron Photon (computer code)
• CSTL — Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
• MOEMS — Micro Optp Electro Mechanical Systems
• ADTMP — Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
• ATFT — Affine Toda Field Theory
• SSPM — Solid State Photomultipliers
• IPVD — Interior Physical Vapor Deposition
• DUS — Distinctiveness, Uniformity, and Stability
• PGS — Plane Grating Spectrometer

• SYM — Super Yang-Mills Theory
• EURATOM — European Nuclear Energy Organization
• LF — Low Friction
• ROCK — Rigidity Optimized Conformational Kinetics
• CTS — Convert Texture Sequence
• BLP — boron-loaded plastic (scintillator)
• EBR — Enormous Black Rhombus
• QHF — Quantum Heisenberg Ferromagnet
• SDIU — Scanivalve Digital Interface Unit
• ILC-TRC — International Linear Collider-Technical Reviewing Committee
• WFST — Weighted Finite State Transducers
• MME — Magnetic Molecular Energizer
• FMSS — Fermi Mass Storage System
• CFCP — Copecenter For Cosmological Physics
• ESC — Environmental Stress Cracking
• TSLO — Tracking Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope
• RDQ — Rate Distortion Quantization
• OQS — Occupied Quantum State
• MRPI — Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Imaging
• FEAT — Fusion Energy Advanced Tokamak
• TAI — International Atomic Time
• KTEV — Kaons at the Tevatron
• QCT — Quasi-Classical Trajectory
• PSI — Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland, Joint Institute of ETH)
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center
• ATLAS — A Toroidal LHC Apparatus
• LNV — Lepton-Number Violating
• ERI — Electron Repulsion Integral
• TPR — Tangential Pond Return
• PHLRV — Physics of Life Reviews
• OPTPN — Optics & Photonics News
• UVB — Ultraviolet Beta
• TESLA — TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator
• SMZ — Strong Measure Zero
• BZ — Brillouin Zone
• MEST — Matter Energy Space Time
• LVIS — Low Velocity Intense Source
• FND — Folded Normal Density
• DR — Direct Reading
• SGR — Soft Gamma Repeater
• PAR — Partially Absorbed or Reflected
• ITAMP — International Meeting of Theory of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• XROI — X-Ray Optical Interferometer
• IGRA — interferon-gamma release assay
• HPL — Hot-electron Photo-Luminescence
• WSPM — Wavelet-based Statistical Parametric Mapping
• SFA — Sachs Freeman and Associates
• SSPL — Solid State Physics Laboratory
• CTM — Core Transport Model
• PAMA — Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance

• NAAL — North American Aerodynamic Laboratory (Wind Tunnel)
• UXT — Uniaxial Strain Test
• HEPA — High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting
• ZDR — Zeroth-order Design Report
• SCR — Silicon Controlled Rectifier
• QNP — Quattro Nuclear Probe
• LHC-B — Large Hadron Collider B Experiment
• QFM — Quench Flow Monitor
• QG — Quantum GRavity
• C — Count
• TPAG — Theory and Practice of Applied Geophysics
• KSU — King Saud University
• MME — Methanol Maser Emission
• RBE — Relative Biological Efficiency
• WNM — Warm Neutral Medium
• STSP — Solar Terrestrial and Space Physics
• IFEL — Inverse Free Electron Laser
• GMRI — Gated Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• MAC — Magnitude Amplification Cavity
• BPPI — Biophysics of Proteins and Protein Interactions
• PHT — Pseudo Hadamard Transformation
• SNAP — SuperNova Acceleration Probe, proposed space telescope
• DTI — Diesel Turbo Intercooled
• DFIR — Diffused Infrared
• MLIA — Molecular Libraries of Imaging Agents
• ELL — Equivalent Loudness Level
• CCDS — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Second
• ODEPR — Optical Detected Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• RRV — Record Relocation Vector
• ISSP — Institute Of Solid State Physics
• MFP — Maximal Fixed Point
• SIFC — Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator
• MRFM — magnetic resonance force microscopy
• PTET — Physics And Technology Energy Team
• COLTRIMS — Cold Target Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• PD — Poincare duality
• BNM — National Bureau of Metrology, France
• SAXES — Super Advanced Xray Emission Spectrometer
• CAD — Charged Area Development
• IMB — Irvine / Michigan / Brookhaven experiment
• DP — Data Point
• CET — Constant Elasticity of Transformation
• FTMD — Field procedure for determining Test Maximum Density
• LBIR — Low Background Infrared Radiometry
• ITAP — Isentropic Trajectory Analysis Project
• SPIRES — Stanford Public Information Retrieval System
• DIGM — Diffusion Induced Grain Motion
• NBS-4 — Older Primary Frequency Standard
• CAL — Controlled Axial Lifetime
• FLAP — Flexible Learning Approach to Physics

• NESTOR — Neutrino Extended Submarine Telescope with Oceanographic Research
• OSP — Of Open Source Physics
• ALARA — As Long As Radiation Allows
• QELS — Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
• HQM — Hemi-Quantal Mechanics
• PFX-I — Penning Fusion eXperiment - Ions
• MRSM — Multiple Response Surface Modeling
• RD — relative dispersion
• EPT — Exchange Perturbation Theory
• IET — Integrated Energy Technique
• CFS — Constant-Final-State Spectroscopy
• HR3DCT — High Resolution 3-D Computed Tomography
• OMNIS — Observatory For Multiflavor Neutrinos From Supernovae
• GMTI — Global Magnetization Transfer Imaging
• AFTA — Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets
• DRIP — Diamagnetically Restored Inverted Pendulum
• AFS — Abstract Force Simulator
• APL — Applied Physics Letters
• LJP — Lennard-Jones Potential
• JDP — Joint Displacement Principle
• NICE-OHMS — Noise-Immune Cavity Enhanced Optical Heterodyne Molecular Spectroscopy
• ISOLDE — Isotype On-Line separator at CERN
• HRTS — High Resolution Telescope Spectrograph
• RT — Reference Time
• SVJPP — Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics
• AAA — Advanced Applications of Accelerators
• RMC — Radiative Muon Capture
• GSQM — General Superfield Quantization Method
• ITRP — International Technology Recommendation Panel
• QVB — Quasiempirical Valence Bond (method)
• BGO — bismuth-germanate (scintillator)
• NDE — Nucleon Decay Experiment
• CMT — Chaos Magic Theory
• MOT — Magnetooptical Trap
• NI&D — Nuclear Interactions and Dosimetry
• SNR — SuperNova Remnant
• SEBA — Standards Employees Benefit Association
• NASSP — National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme
• SLC — SLAC Linear Electron-Positron Collider
• ZGS — Zero Gradient Synchrotron
• GRASP — General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception
• EPB — Extracted Proton Beam
• ICMP — Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
• ALCSG — Asian Linear Collider Steering Committee.
• CRDS — Cavity-Ring-Down Spectroscopy
• GN — Gaussian Noise
• UHE — Ultra High Energy
• JPARC — Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
• EDXRF — energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• FIOA — Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics

• ATWE — Annual Time Weighted Exposure
• PHACO — Physical Acoustics
• FCF — Fusion Component Failure
• HDMS — Heidelberg Dark Matter Search
• ITEP — Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
• NEOS — Newport Electro-Optic Systems
• JPG — Journal of Physics G
• OCLI — Optical Cooling Laboratory Incorporated
• CDP — Center for Defect Physics
• POP — Plasma Oscillation Probe
• NAD — Nihilistic Animation Data
• QTE — Quantum Transport Equation
• ELCSG — European Linear Collider Steering Group
• NIST-F1 — Current NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• DAFS — Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure
• HL — Heat Loss
• PIXE — Particle Induced Xray Emission
• RBUU — Relativistic Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck
• MET — Medium Energy Telescope
• DDDI — Density Dependent Delta Interaction
• AIM — Advanced Idea Mechanics
• HARPS — High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (spectrography)
• MAF — Mass Air Filter
• RHED — Regions of High Electron Density
• MES — Minimum Efficient Scale
• E — Efficiency
• CORM — Council for Optical Radiation Measurements
• TWTA — traveling-wave tube amplifier
• SRO — Short Range Order
• TLS — Two-Level tunneling System
• MURMEMWC — 'MURMURING MEMORIAL WATER CLOSET' PRE-DATED BY 1913 MODEL YEAR AND PATENT; aka; Ed Loud Memorial Toilet
• CCM — complementary contact model
• UEB — Universal Energetic Balancing
• SNGR — Stochastic Noise Generation and Radiation
• APGR — Association for Pushing Gravity Research
• NICE — Nuclear Information Compendium Europe
• CPM — Collision Probability Methods
• MSIS — Mass Spectrometer and Incoherent Scatter
• IES — Illumination Engineering Society
• REIXS — Resonant Elastic and Inelastic Xray Scattering
• BOMAB — Bottle Manikin Absorber
• WIPM — Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
• MWE — Meters of Water Equivalent
• CSI — Contact Surface Imaging
• AFPS — Analyzing Fluid Power Systems
• RBNP — Reverse Brazil Nut Problem
• MAT — Manifold Air Temperature
• PCAP — Physics and Computing Advisory Panel
• SUBI — Southern Urals Biophysics Institute
• MPSD — Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter

• ZETA — Zero Energy Thermonuclear Apparatus
• OPAL — Open Physics Abstraction Layer
• QVE — Quasi-Vibrational Energy
• FBG — Fiber Bragg Grating
• PIB — Particle In a Box
• RIBF — Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory
• BESS — Breaking Electroweak Symmetry Strongly
• ASTER — Advance Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer
• FNAL — The Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois
• HIR — Halogen Infra Red
• PLM — Polarized Light Microscopy
• DOC — Distribution Of Chaos
• PQS — Parallel Quantum Solutions
• MTG — Methanol To Gasoline
• DC — Dynamic Conversion
• ESPD — European Solar Physics Division
• MDAP — Momentum Density of Annihilation Pairs
• WGCM — Working Group on Coupled Modelling
• MIPP — Main Injector Particle Production
• GDRIMS — Glow-Discharge Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• CP — Coulomb potential
• QF — The Quasiconvexification of F
• MPI — Magnetic Particle Inspection
• IFD — Internal Force Deflection
• MM — Molecular Mechanics
• TAD — time-averaged difference
• WFTE — Wigner Function Transport Equation
• WERB — Washington Editorial Review Board
• PCE — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
• SACR — Space-based Active Cavity Radiometer
• HPI — Hybrid Polarization Interferometry
• UNI — Ultrafast Nonlinear Interferometer
• CNRF — Cold Neutron Research Facility
• HTRA — High Time Resolution Astrophysics
• NEC — Nippon Electric Corporation
• KLOE — K LOng Experiment
• PML — Perfect Matched Layer
• NAMP — National Analytical Management Program
• BF — Back and Forth
• PPEP — Plasma Physics and Environmental Perturbation
• NUTEV — Neutrinos At the Tevatron
• E — Epsilon
• CDC — Correlated-Double-Capture
• EAPL — Electronic AstroPhysical Journal Letters
• FCFR — Fusion Component Failure Rate
• ASA — Aperture Setting Adjustment
• CBO — Coherent Betatron Oscillations
• MMKT — Methods and Models of Kinetic Theory
• FNR — Ford Nuclear Reactor
• RFZ — Reverse Flow Zone

• GLAST — Gammaray Large Area Space Telescope
• GSL — Generalized Second Law
• PFX — Penning Fusion EXperiment
• VRML — Virtual Reality Markup Language
• QPD — Quantum Physics Division
• AMS — Accelerator-Mass Spectrometry
• BSM — Beam Simulation Method
• TSFU — Two Scale Factor Universality
• ILV — Indicative Limit Values
• PMG — Precision Measurement Grant
• AFFT — Asymptotically Free Field Theories
• PEL — Particle Emission Level
• EC — electron-capture
• ACR — Advanced Candu Reactor
• SET — Single-Electron Transistor
• CSE — Compton Scattering Enhancement
• POS — Point of Stress
• BEPM — Bielefeld Encounters in Physics and Mathematics
• BEAR — Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation
• PFU — Proton Flux Unit
• LE — Light Entry
• HFS — High Friction Solid
• EPICS — Experiment Physics and Industrial Control System
• SPPS — surface plasmon polaritons
• SIAP — System for Improved Acoustic Performance
• QT — Quantum Theory
• LSOP — Little Shop Of Physics
• SEY — Secondary Electron Yield
• OBM — Over-the-Barrier Model
• SSPP — Static Strength Prediction Program
• EROS — Electric Resonance Optothermal Spectrometer
• MB — Muon Barrel
• MSV — Molecular Surface Viewer
• DBB — Double-Block and Bleed
• VPI — Virtual Plane Imaging
• NJCH — New Journal of Chemistry
• N — Neutrino
• PMATP — Progress in Mathematical Physics
• OMH — National Office of Measures (Hungary)
• MINIMAX/ T-864 — A search for disoriented chiral condensates at Fermilab.
• NBS-6 — Previous Primary Frequency Standard
• HMT — Hybrid Metamorphose Theory
• LPE — Little Physics Engine
• ASWT — Arbitrary Shape Wavelet Transform
• EMG — Electro Magnetic Grouping
• HRDE — High Resolution Digital Extensometer
• PEMI II — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer, Second generation
• ALB — Anti Lock Brake
• SERS — Surfaced Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• D — Dense

• RKE — Rotational Kinetic Energy
• IW — Incident Wave
• SOUDAN II — Soudan II underground detector
• SIG — Signaling equipment
• MIP — Minimum Ionizing Particle
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
• SSBD — Steady State Beam Deflection
• LCRD — Linear Collider Research and Development
• FNAL — Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
• RSS — Regression Sum of Squares
• ICBM — Iogen Configuration Building Module
• ALPS — Applications And Libraries For Physics Simulations
• SCET — Soft Collinear Effective Theory
• ZPV — Zero Pressure Volume
• LENA — Laboratory For Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (Duke University)
• UFP — Ultra-Fine Particle
• DFL — density functional theory
• CNDD — conspecific negative density dependence
• HENP — Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics
• QWI — Quantum Well Intermixing
• WBCT — Wavelet Based Contourlet Transform
• QGD — Quantum Gravodynamics
• ARUPS — Angle-Resolved Ultra-violet Photoemission Spectroscopy
• X — Horizontal axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• GGCP — Generalized Grand Canonical Potential
• HRG — High Radius of Gyration
• GPH — Gas Permeable Hollow
• HEPA — high efficiency particulate air (filter)
• APOP — Automatic Particle Orientation Procedure
• WONP — Workshop on Nuclear Physics
• SCFL — Self-Consistent Field Lattice
• CKM — Charged Kaons at the Main Injector
• DPR — Differential Phase Residual
• HTS — High-Temperature Superconductivity
• DORT — Discrete Ordinates Code
• SAM — Super Accelerator Machine
• NR — Non-Relativistic
• NUS — Nuclear Safety Standard
• INF. — infinity
• GPT — Gabidulin Paramonov and Trietakov
• UHV — Use An Ultrahigh Vacuum
• BEDO — Beitr. elektronenmikroskop. Direktabb. Oberfl.
• AIC — Analytical Instrument Control
• PVA — Powerful Vacuum Action
• AMD — Area Mass Density
• SDF — Spectral Density Function
• ILS — International Laser Spectroscopy
• CLEAR — Controlled Liquid Electrophoresis Absorption Reflection
• INMM — Institute for Nuclear Materials Management
• PM — particulate material

• NPB — Nuclear Physics Board
• WGFF — Working Group for Fluid Flow
• MTS — Muffin Tin Surface
• B — Baryon
• MR — Magneto Rheological
• SZB — Single Zone Boundary
• JET — Joint European Torus
• VPT — Vizag Port Trust
• NMS — Nihilistic Motion Set
• NUSL — The National Underground Science Laboratory in the Homestake Mine, S.D.
• DEXA — dual energy Xray absorptiometry
• SPEAR — The Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring
• KISS — Keep It Simple Solutions
• MMPDS — Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization
• AIM — Accurate, Intentional, Measurable
• GARD — Graviton Atom Relocation Disruptor
• THERMAL AND EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS — thermal and epithermal neutrons
• LPRT — Light-Pipe Radiation Thermometers
• HECT — High-Energy Computed Tomography
• POPA — Panel on Public Affairs of American Physical Society
• ROSPEC — Rotating Spectrometer for Neutrons
• LDDV — Least Distance of Distinct Vision (optometry)
• WEDG — Wire Electro-Discharge Grinding
• UDD — Neutron, one up quark (u) and two down quarks (d)
• CF — Cross Flow
• WSTC — Westinghouse Science and Technology Center
• PBO — Particle Beam Optics
• UTE — Universal Theory of Existence
• SAGE — Soviet-American Gallium Experiment
• CJP — Canadian Journal of Physics
• CPIC — International Physics Center, Elba
• PBQ — PhotoBeam Quantum