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

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

• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• α — angular acceleration
• AEDY — Aerospace Dynamics
• WAXD — Wide-Angle X-Ray Diffraction
• HPLC — High Performance Liquid Chromatography
• IC — Integrated Circuit
• MDMT — Minimum Design Metal Temperature
• YAEL — Yankee Atomic Environmental Laboratory
• YB:YAG — Ytterbium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet
• HACCP — Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• APS — American Physical Society
• QDVP — Quasi-Degenerate Variational Perturbation
• PIC — Precision Ion Chamber
• SPR — Surface Plasmon Resonance
• RIU — Refractive Index Unit
• URL — Universal Resource Locator
• FMRI — Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• PME — Particle-Mesh Ewald
• PHD — P-Helicity Decoupling Scheme (P=Momentum)
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• HAPPEX — Hall A Proton Parity Experiment
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• GR — General Relativity
• LO — Local Oscillator
• KAMLAND — KAmioka Liquid Scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector
• STD — Standard
• AF — Audio Frequency
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• KE — Kinetic Energy
• PMF — Predictor Model File
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• T-O-F — time of flight
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• HSI — Hue Saturation Intensity
• KAMIOKANDE — A solar neutrino experiment at the Kamioka Observatory in Japan
• Y' — Out-of-plane Velocity - vertical
• AES — Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
• P — Pressure
• SC — South Carolina
• TPD — Temperature Programmed Desorption (for Gas Chromatography)
• ER — Energy Research
• PIF — Physics at the Information Frontier
• ACD — Autoregressive Conditional Duration
• HQSC — Heisenberg Quantum Spin Chain
• CT — Current Transformer
• TOMO-SAR — Synthetic Aperture Radar TOMOgraphy
• PI — 3.1415926535
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

• SIG — Signal
• LVL — Level
• WFI — Water For Injection (pharmaceutical Term)
• E=MC2 — Energy=Mass * (Velocity of light)**2
• SUPER-K — Super-Kamiokande
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• PHYY — Physics
• NCO — Numerically Controlled Oscillator
• CW — Clockwise
• ANS — American Nuclear Society
• THD — Total Harmonic Distortion
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• ISS — International Space Station
• KLY — Kilo Langley
• PML — Physical Measurement Laboratory
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• PIV — Position Information Vector
• LF — Low Frequency
• DL — Deciliter
• 4WM — Four Wave Mixing
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• PHW — Potable Hot Water
• PILAC — Pulsed Ion Linear ACcelerator
• FWT — Fast Wavelet Transform
• CW — Continuous Wave
• NSA — National Security Agency
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• ITL — Information Technology Laboratory
• UASER — Ultrasound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
• ESR — Electron Spin Resonance
• APOMA — American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
• CMM — Coordinate Measuring Machine
• OSA — Optical Society of America
• FM — frequency modulation
• PL — Proton Loss
• RAI — Resident Assessment Instrument
• MRA — Mutual Recognition Arrangement
• PISA — Photovoltaic Information System For Architects
• PIE — Possibility of Infinite Energy
• CW — Carrier Wave
• PECVD — Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• DQE — Detective Quantum Efficiency
• CDM — Cold Dark Matter
• CV — Constant Velocity
• R- E/I — Ohms Law (not an acronym)
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• ° C — Degree centigrade
• LMS — Least Mean Square
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

• CMC — Calibration Measurement Capabilities
• 2D WAXD — Two-Dimensional Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• HOMESTAKE — A solar neutrino experiment in the Homestake Gold Mine in South Dakota
• OPCPA — Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• GND — Ground
• DOP — Dilution Of Precision
• EBIS — Electron Beam Ion Source
• TLC — Thin Layer Chromatography
• DOHC — Dual Overhead Cam
• FP — Freezing Point
• IDCT — Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
• AMPC — Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry
• WG — Working Group
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• AMS — Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
• SIA — Semiconductor Industry Association
• P — Predicted
• FY — Fiscal Year
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• JEWA — Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
• EPR — Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• LFP — Local Field Potential
• UA — University of Arizona
• PAGE — Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
• ICARUS — Imaging Cosmic and Rare Underground Signal
• MOCVD — Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
• AEDC — Arnold Engineering Development Center
• MO — Molecular Orbital
• COIL — Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser
• FTF — Fundamental Train Frequency
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• EV — Electron Volt
• ω — angular velocity
• SCC — Standards Coordinating Committee
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• CDF — Collider Detector at Fermilab
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• ACD — Air Constrained Dampening
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• DNA — Defense Nuclear Agency
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• BS — Beam Splitter
• SNS — Spallation Neutron Source
• ESD — Electrostatic Discharge
• CAV — Constant Angular Velocity

• CARS — Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• 3PE — Three-Photon Excitation
• ID — Inside Diameter
• AC — Aerodynamic Center
• MFP — Mass Flow Parameter
• NOE — Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NMR)
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• ATR — Attenuated Total Reflectance
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• DPA — Differential Power Analysis
• GUE — Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (of Random Matrixes In Quantum-transport Studies)
• LAGOS — Laser Gravitational-wave Observatory in Space
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• ACIP — Aerodynamic Coefficient Instrumentation Package
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• HASYLAB — Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor
• IR — Infrared
• MAD — Mean Absolute Deviation
• ACPD — Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions
• WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
• AC — Attenuation Coefficient
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• HPS — Health Physics Society
• A — Atomic
• S — Short
• AO — Adaptive Optics
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• SOG — Spin-on Glass
• QEDA — Quantum Electrodynamics Atomic Theory
• MOD — Minimum Object Distance
• ISE — Ion Selective Electrode
• FDR — False Discovery Rate
• N-FSBS — Near-Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• HDR — High Dose Rate
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• LEP — Large Electron Positron
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• DPP — Division of Plasma Physics
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• WDXRF — Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• MURR — University of Missouri Research Reactor
• VAPEPS — Vibroacoustic Payload Environment Prediction System
• NMR — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• H — Hotel
• KARMEN — Karlsruhe-Rutherford Medium-Energy Neutrino Experiment
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics

• NRC — National Response Center
• FE — Finite Element
• TOE — Theory of Everything
• LE — Low Energy
• MMC — Maximum Material Condition
• LIF — Laser Induced Fluorescence
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• EMR — Electromagnetic Radiation
• HAADF — high-angle annular dark field SEM
• FARCAL — Facility for Advanced Radiometric Calibrations
• CWT — Continuous Wavelet Transform
• BCC — Body-Centered Cubic
• AAPM — American Association of Physicists in Medicine's
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• PHYN — Physics Notes
• HE — High Energy
• FCC — Face-Centered Cubic
• PRL — Physical Review Letters
• LAQL — Lowest Analytically Quantifiable Level
• MOBY — Marine Optical Buoy
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• ROYGBIV — Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet (Colors of the Rainbow)
• FRET — Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• BAPS — Bulletin of the American Physical Society
• HIC — Hydrogen Induced Cracking
• EP — Extreme Pressure
• TLE — Two Line Elements
• AMPS — Atmospheric Magnetospheric Plasma System
• RAC — Research Advisory Committee
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• VU — Volume Unit
• QD — Quantum Dot
• HPS — High Pressure Sodium
• ACDC — Alternating Current/Direct Current
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• OTA — Optical Tube Assembly (telescopes)
• MV — Medium Voltage
• QFEB — Quasi-Free Electron Bremsstrahlung
• FCI — Full Configuration Interaction
• PIV — Particle Image Velocimetry
• DIBL — Drain-induced Barrier Lowering
• DOAS — Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
• 3D — Three Dimensional
• EF — Electric Field
• JASJA — Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan
• FEL — Free Electron Laser
• HVLP — high volume, low pressure
• CEA — Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique
• PE — Performance Evaluation

• N — Normal
• ZPE — Zero Point Energy
• FTG — Field Testing Group
• IDCY — Idle Cycle
• FP — Focal Plane
• APS — Advanced Photon Source
• EF — Energy Factor
• BIT — Bulk Ion Temperature
• MJPS — Moldavian Journal of the Physical Sciences
• FTMW — Fourier Transform Microwave
• SPM — Scanning Probe Microscope
• EVM — Error Vector Magnitude
• PM — Particulate Matter
• LT — Low Temperature
• CGU — Canadian Geophysical Union
• BCT — Body-Centered Tetragonal
• DPM — Disintegrations Per Minute
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscopy
• H — Hot
• EOM — Electro-Optic Modulator
• PE — Potential Energy
• SCF — Self-Consistent Field
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• PEM — Proton Exchange Membrane
• OPD — Optical Path Difference
• EPC — Electronic Pressure Control
• NEDT — Noise Equivalent Delta Temperature
• NTP — normal temperature and pressure
• NG6, NG-6 — Monochromatic Beam Line near the end of NG6
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• CC — Closed Circuit
• LTL — Linear Temporal Logic
• 1D — One-Dimensional
• OASIS — Optically Adaptive System for Imaging Spectroscopy
• MPLB — Modern Physics Letters B
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• ICR — Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• HEA — High Energy Astrophysics
• LM — Lumen
• ERDA — Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis
• GAMS4 — NIST High Resolution Spectrometer
• DN — Diameter Nominal
• ED — Electron Diffraction
• OPC — Optical Particle Counter
• NV — Night Vision
• NQR — Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
• ETC — Electron Transport Chain
• IIT — Indian Institute of Technology
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• PGNAA — Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis

• CHIPS — Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
• LAF — Laminar Air Flow
• EM — Environmental Management
• MPI — Multiphoton Ionization
• AJP — American Journal of Physics
• ENDL — Evaluated Nuclear Data Library
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• LSND — Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
• AO — Atomic Orbital
• AIAA — American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
• R — Roentgen
• JB — Jacquet-Blondel method
• QP — Quantization Parameter
• AFC — Aerodynamic Flight Control
• MIRD — Medical Internal Radiation Dose
• DLA — Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• C — Countess
• CJLTP — Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics
• ZPDH — Z-Pinch-Driven Hohlraum
• 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
• GP — General Physics Corporation
• PTA — Pure Tone Average
• AAPT — American Association of Physics Teachers
• UTD — Uniform Theory of Diffraction
• RIXS — Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
• RAP — Reliable Acoustic Path
• DSM — Design Structure Matrix
• 2-D — Two Dimensional
• PBC — Polarization-Beam Combiner
• GFP — Green Fluorescent Protein
• FFF — Field-Flow Fractionation
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• MOA — Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
• E — Electra
• LOA — Law of Attraction
• DDS — Direct Digital Synthesizer
• ASD — Astrophysics Science Division
• LC — Liquid Chromatography
• EDM — Electric Dipole Moment
• NPC — Nuclear Pore Complex
• MBQ — Megabecquerel
• PIV — Peak Inverse Voltage
• SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
• LMU — Location Measurement Unit
• ILD — Indentation Load Deflection
• AMS — Acoustic Measurement System
• AEM — Acoustical Emission Monitoring
• FCA — Formal Concept Analysis
• OPS — Optical Physical Section

• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• RMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• EDS — Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instrumental Coefficient Package
• WANFCS — West Area Neutrino Facility Control System
• TM — Transverse Magnetic
• PL&I — Plasmas and Ions
• WDDL — Wave Dynamic Differential Logic
• ASPP — Atmospheric and Space Plasma Physics
• ACESJ — Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal
• 1PI — One Particle Irreducible
• PWH — PetaWatt-Hour
• VIV — Vortex Induced Vibration
• DSR — Dynamic Shear Rheometer
• BHN — Brinell Hardness Number
• DOT — Diffuse Optical Tomography
• DE — Differential Equation(s)
• LAPHY — Laser Physics
• CQGRS — Classical and Quantum Gravity Supplement
• DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung.
• JETP — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
• YP — Yield Point
• ASAC — aerodynamic surfaces assembly and checkout
• PCF — Photonic Crystal Fiber
• MSX — Midcourse Space Experiment
• XQC — X-ray Quantum Calorimeter
• FDTD — Finite Difference Time Domain
• NLC — Next Linear Collider
• PCM — Phase Contrast Microscopy
• FEGT — Furnace Exit Gas Temperature
• KATRIN — KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• JCHPH — Journal of Chemical Physics
• IK — Inverse Kinematics
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• AOM — acoustic-optic modulator
• CEI — Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano
• AMS — Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
• AEQ — Aeronautical Quarterly
• AMP — Amplitude
• TMD — Tuned Mass Damper
• AMTF — Acoustic Model Test Facility
• XPS — X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• ZQ — Zero-Quantum
• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• PM — Phase Modulation
• RG — Radius of Gyration
• HO — High Order
• SAXS — Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)

• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• LS — Liquid Scintillation
• PD — Propagation Delay
• ADAP — Aerodynamic Data Analysis Program
• AFT — Aerodynamic Flight Test
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• RBS — Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry
• NEI — Nuclear Energy Institute
• POGS — polar-orbiting geomagnetic survey
• APRF — Army Pulse Radiation Facility
• MOKE — Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect
• JAJAP — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
• JPCS — Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• FTNIR — Fourier Near Infra Red
• MAG — Magnetic
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• RFI — Relative Fluorescence Intensity
• MTBF — Mean Time Between Failures
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• SRM — Standard Reference Material
• IV — Input Voltage
• HI — High Intensity
• FLIR — Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer
• FIM — Field Intensity Meter
• CF — Cold Fusion
• LSP — Lightest Supersymmetric Particle
• MOT — Magneto Optical Trap
• STASA — Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
• CARB — Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
• IOR — Index of Refraction
• SPH — Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics
• OD — Optical Density
• TC — Temperature Control
• TEM — Transverse Electromagnetic
• RST — Rapid Suspension Technology
• IC — Internal Combustion
• PDSH — Pressure Differential Switch High
• VMD — Visual Molecular Dynamics
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• JND — Just Noticeable Difference
• RC — Resistor-Capacitor
• TDH — Total Dynamic Head
• LAFOC — Laser Focus
• EGS — Electron Gamma Shower
• HV — High Vacuum
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• ADB — Aerodynamic Data Book

• SR — Special Relativity
• PHA — Physics And Astronomy
• GAM — Generalized Additive Model
• APAS — Aerodynamic Performance and Sizing Program
• M — Mass
• QWW — Quantum Well Wire
• DE — Discrete Event (program specification)
• CPK — Corey, Pauling, Koltun
• WHHM — Werthamer Helfand Hohenberg and Maki
• CCT — Circuit
• ASAS — Aerodynamic Stability Augmentation System
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• AECL — Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's
• TOV — Threshold of Visibility
• IOT — Inductive Output Tube
• APH — Astroparticle Physics
• HS — Hot Spot
• EAA — Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• AMPS — Atmosphere, Magnetosphere & Plasmas in Space
• NM — Newton Meter
• DVM — Digital Voltmeter
• CQGRA — Classical and Quantum Gravity
• AFTA — Acoustic Fatigue Test Article
• POC — Physical Optics Corporation
• UMIST — University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• HFS — Hydrogen Forward Scattering
• ADPHY — Advances in Physics
• LAMSCAL — Large Area Monochromatic Source for Calibrations
• FM — Ferromagnetic
• NEMS — National Energy Modeling System
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• ADM — Absolute Distance Meter
• ETS — Energy Transfer System
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
• GS — Gauss
• AFV — Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
• TC — Thermal Control
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• SEE — Secondary Electron Emission
• ASC — Aerodynamic Surface Control
• PMR — Proton Magnetic Resonance
• AFT — Attractor Field Therapy
• AAAC — Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
• CMS — Compact Muon Solenoid
• STS — Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
• OPA — Optical Parametric Amplifier
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• SRV — Safety Relief Valve

• SCF — Supercritical Fluid
• ALICE — A Large Ion Collider Experiment
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• IID — independent and identically distributed random variables
• CVAAS — Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
• NJPH — New Journal of Physics
• CH — Continuum Hypothesis
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• ANPHY — Annals of Physics
• BGM — Basis Generator Method
• LISS — Linear Imaging Self-Scanning
• RKR — Rydberg-Klein-Rees
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• DPF — Displacement Power Factor
• IMS — Institute for Molecular Science
• SFG — Sum Frequency Generation
• C&E — Cause and Effect
• PAC — Probably Approximately Correct
• RHF — Restricted Hartree-Fock
• FI — Field Intensity
• DMI — Dynamic Momentum Index
• TEF — Time-Energy-Frequency
• CAM — Computer-Aided Machining
• PHRV — Physical Review
• SD — Super Deformed
• HTD — Heat Transfer Division
• SHP — Shaft Horsepower
• LFAE — Ligand Field Activation Energy
• COMPASS — COMPuter ASSurance Conference
• EMR — Electromagnetic Resonance
• UTA — Unresolved Transition Array
• CPS — Central Plasma Sheet
• XPS — X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• TPP — Thermal Power Plant
• EF — Extra Fine
• KAERI — Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
• PEL — Permissible Exposure Limit
• CRPL — Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory
• XMLD — X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism
• NDT — Nondestructive Test
• TC — Transmission Convergence (ATM)
• NIDR — National Institute of Dental Research (National Institutes of Health)
• CLV — Constant Linear Velocity
• ABEC — Annular Bearing Engineering Committee
• SW — Surface Wave
• LOCF — Last Observation Carried Forward
• BC — Boundary Condition
• ATDB — Aerothermodynamic Data Book
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection

• BELLE — B detector at KEK in Japan
• BPM — Beam Position Monitor
• EDAX — energy dispersive analysis of X-rays
• NCU — Nano Containment Unit
• GUT — Grand Unification Theory
• COS — Change of State
• LNP — Lecture Notes in Physics
• ADCL — Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory
• AMA — Actual Mechanical Advantage
• ICP-AES — Inductively Coupled Plasma-atomic Emission Spectrometry
• SEA — Statistical Energy Analysis
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• UB — Upper Bound
• ADGEO — Advances in Geophysics
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• EPI — Echo Planar Imaging
• SVD — Shock Vibration Digest
• BBO — Beta-Barium Borate
• ARES — Advanced Rheometric Expansion System
• SSNMR — Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• ABMP — American Board of Medical Physics
• ECD — Electron Capture Dissociation
• TC — Thermal Conductivity
• ITSU — IEEE Transactions on Sonics Ultrasonics
• VTZ — Valence Triple Zeta (basis Set)
• COASP — Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics
• RPT — Refractory Period of Transmission
• ALVIB — algorithm payload vibration
• JATP — Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
• IFD — Indentation Force Deflection
• AUJPA — Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement
• LBLRR — LBL Research Review
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• BQ — Becquerel
• VT — Valid Time
• AIH — Acoustical Imaging and Holography
• ARL — Average Run Length
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• OPO — Optical Parametric Oscillator
• MICE — Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
• MTXM — Magnetic Transmission X-Ray Microscopy
• LDA — Laser Doppler Anemometry
• MEL — Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• ACR — Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• EPA — Electron Positron Accumulator
• OLED — Organic Light-Emitting Diode
• 2LOT — 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
• XSV — Expendable Sound Velocimeter

• MCM — Mobil Composition of Matter
• ND — Neutron Density
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• RJMP — Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics
• BWO — Backward Wave Oscillator
• DFT — Density Functional Theory
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• TIMS — Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• FTIR — Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
• DMC — Dynamic Motion Control
• LVR — Lever
• TEPC — Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter
• AFI — Accordion Fringe Interferometry
• PP2PP — proton-proton to proton-proton
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• FWHM — Full Width at Half Maximum
• QM — Quantum Mechanics
• PT — Peak Torque
• EOS — Equation Of State
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• REST — Representational State Transfer
• AD — Antimatter Decelerator
• TEMP — Temperature
• ELT — Extremely Large Telescope
• PMMA — Polymethylmethacrylate
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• SQ — Scalar Quantization
• HERO — High Energy Replicated Optics
• QO — Quasi-Optical
• UCSUSA — Union of Concerned Scientists, United States of America
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• SBLC — S-Band Linear Collider
• CICP — Communications in Computational Physics
• NERI — Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
• TXM — Transmission X-ray Microscope
• DAP — Donor Acceptor Pair
• ND — Neutron Detector
• APAC — Applied Acoustics
• QMS — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• BMDO — (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do)
• ENR — Enrichment and Reprocessing (technology)
• ASVIB — algorithm scoreboard vibrations
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• TCS — Three-Dimensional Complex Space Theory
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• PLL — Phase Locked Loop
• WDM — Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
• CARI — combustion air requirement index
• TG — Temperature Gradient

• TMA — Thermal Mechanical Analysis
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• CRP — Coordinated Research Program
• FHMM — Factorial Hidden Markov Model
• RHM — Roentgen Hour Meter
• VAC — Vacuum Assisted Closure
• SWAP — Short-Wavelength Automated Perimetry
• CBNM — Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements
• ESR — Electrical Substitution Radiometer
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• RT — Reverberation Time
• CHJCP — Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics
• ULVZ — Ultra-Low Velocity Zone
• TMP — Turbo Molecular Pump
• FD — Finite Difference
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• CBR — California Bearing Ratio
• PRF — Petroleum Research Fund
• EER — Estimated Energy Requirement
• MIST — Microgravity Science and Technology
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• CED — Cohesive Energy Density
• ULTRA — Ultrasonics
• NG7 — Neutron Guide No. 7
• ESR — Experimental Storage Ring
• CFT — Crystal Field Theory
• MQSA — Mammography Quality Standards Act
• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• ECT — Error Correction Term
• EXO — Enriched Xenon Observatory
• LRSP — Living Reviews in Solar Physics
• CMR — Colossal Magnetoresistance
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• BNCT — Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• SCF — Stress Concentration Factor
• HPHT — high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
• CPIP — Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
• ITELC — IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• EIE — electron impact excitation
• GML — General Measurement Loop
• NA — Neutral Axis
• BLB — Black Light Bulb
• LBT — Large Binocular Telescope
• ST — Spherical Tokamak
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• EELS — Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
• AICF — Acoustic Inertial Confinement Fusion
• LEACH — Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy

• CCD — Charged Coupled Device
• CZJPH — Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• CPL — Chemical Physics Letters
• MOSFET — Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
• MOP — Maximum Operating Pressure
• HTBB — High-Temperature Black Body
• NCF — Near Coherence of Filters
• PDE — Product Data Exchange
• TST — Time-Space-Time
• HPPT — High Pressure Phase Transformation
• IO — Interactive Optimum
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• GRI — Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
• LC — Liquid Crystal
• IAPT — Indian Association of Physics Teachers
• DREAMS — Dynamic Range Enhancement Applied to Mass Spectrometry
• HID — high intensity discharge (electricity)
• KOPIO — AKlong decay experiment at Brookhaven.
• TJPH — Turkish Journal of Physics
• TQW — Triangular Quantum Well
• CVD — Chemical Vapor Deposition
• RTT — Round Trip Timer
• BSDF — Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function
• QRHE — quantum anomalous Hall effect
• APHY — Acoustical Physics
• AERTE — Aerojet Technology
• LO — Laser Optics
• LIPC — laser-induced plasma channel
• HHPN — Hydraulic High Pressure Nebulization
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• SCR — Space Charge Region
• EJTP — Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics
• WXRF — Wavelength-dispersive X- Ray Fluorescence
• DSM — Dynamic Scattering Mode
• COTPH — Communications in Theoretical Physics
• BPAS — Bulletin of Pure and Applied Science
• MRIR — medium-resolution infrared radiometer
• BMD — Bending Moment Diagram
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• MDR — Mass Distribution Ratio
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• CCV — Continuing Calibration Verification
• ARCP — Annual Reviews of Computational Physics
• SWG — Standard Wire Gauge
• TBB — Triple Beam Balance
• CPS — Cycles Per Second (now Hertz)
• ACB — Annular Confinement Beam
• MFT — Mean Field Theory
• CMH — Cubic Meter per Hour

• QWIP — Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector
• JJAPL — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Letters
• LSDA — Local Spin Density Approximation
• CLFR — Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector
• NP — Neper
• JGE — Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
• XSW — X-Ray Standing Wave
• EOM — Equation of Motion
• YS — Yield Strength
• FOC — Forward Only Conversion
• AT&T — Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
• CCPCE — Current Contents Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• TI — Thermal Inertia
• EIES — Electron Impact Emission Spectroscopy
• NPSS — Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
• ICP — Inductively Coupled Plasma
• PTCA — Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angiography
• VNIIFTRI — National Scientific and Russian Research Institute for Physical, Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements
• NISTAR — NIST Advanced Radiometer
• TD — Time Differential
• GNO — Gallium Neutrino Observatory
• EPJ — European Physical Journal
• FEC — Ferro-Electric liquid Crystal
• BIB — Blocked Impurity Band
• BIPM — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
• MOR — Modulus of Rupture
• AF — Anisotropic Filtering
• MTF — Magnetized Target Fusion
• ACCW — Auxiliary Component Cooling Water
• JETPL — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters
• OOCA — Object Oriented Computing in Astrophysics
• IVR — Intramolecular Vibrational Relaxation
• JPCM — Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• LOMO — Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital
• SGORS — Studies in Geophysical Optics and Remote Sensing
• JSMAJ — Japan Society of Microgravity Application Journal
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• SPE — solid phase extraction method
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• FASCAL — Facility for Automatic Spectroradiometric Calibrations
• ABF — All but Finitely
• PHR — Physics Reports
• CEJPH — Central European Journal of Physics
• CCFL — Countercurrent Flow Limitation
• NVIS — Night Vision Imaging System
• HDOP — Horizontal Dilution Of Position
• CSLPT — Cambridge Studies in Low Temperature Physics
• CRT — Conformal Radiation Therapy

• BTI — Bubble Technology Inc
• IGC — International Gravity Commission
• HSS — Hollow Structural Section
• AECL — Atomic Energy Canada Limited
• ACFA — Asian Committee for Future Accelerators.
• MS/MS — Tandem Mass Spectrometry
• POPRV — Pilot Operated Pressure Relief Valve
• IPM — Ionization Profile Monitor
• MFCG — Magnetic Flux Compression Generator
• ILSS — Interlaminar Shear Strength
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• JEPT — Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics
• RIBD — Reactive Ion Beam Deposition
• LAND — Large Area Neutron Detector
• CCP6 — Collaborative Computational Project 6
• AFVH — Anti- Ferromagnetic van Hove scenario
• CXRO — Center for X-Ray Optics at Berkeley, CA
• STP — Standard Temperature Pressure
• HYAAS — Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotom etry.
• GEC — General Electrodynamics Corporation
• ESO — European Southern Observatory
• SSCP — Springer Series on Chemical Physics
• FDFD — Finite Difference Frequency Domain
• 3DWBA — Three-Body Distorted-Wave Born Approximation
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• 3DFFM — Three-Dimensional Fourier Filtering Method
• JFLU — Journal of Fluorescence
• CLSM — Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
• AMMAC — Mexican Metrology Association
• GUIDE — Generalized Unbiased Interaction Detection and Estimation
• MSLD — Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector
• RLD — Reciprocal Linear Dispersion
• HBT — Hanbury Brown-Twiss
• DDF — Distance Distortion Factor
• SCD — Single Crystal Diffraction
• JMP — Journal of Mathematical Physics
• NEANDC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Data Committee
• SI — International System of Units (Système international d'unités)
• URA — Universities Research Association, Inc.
• PMT — Photo Multiplier Tube
• JKPS — Journal of Korean Physical Society
• NVLAP — National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
• BES — Beijing Spectrometer (China)
• JMOA — Journal of Microwaves Optics and Acoustics
• STAR — Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC
• PTI — Proxima Therapeutics Inc.
• LOQ — Limit of Quantitation
• TLI — Tilted Laser Image
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• IRIS — Internal Rotary Inspection System

• CHP — Combined heat and power
• HYPER-CP — A Search for Direct CP Violation in Hyperon Decays
• WL — Weak Localization
• 2B1Q — Two Binary One Quaternary
• STEM — Storable Tubular Extendible Member
• WKB — Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (phase-shift Formula For Potential Scattering)
• SEAQUEST — A series of fixed target Drell-Yan experiments at Fermilab
• DUV — Deep Ultraviolet
• DN/DC — Specific refractive index increment
• PET — positron emission tomography
• ZPF — Zero Point Field
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• ZDR — Z-Differential Reflectivity
• IQEC — International Quantum Electronics Conference
• PDE — Possible Duplicate Emission
• PHT — Physics Today
• PAES — Positron-Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• LWR — Light Water Reactor
• FFE — Far Field Extension
• MICGQ — Microgravity Quarterly
• HTPPL — High Temperature Plasma Physics Lab
• CHPHY — Chinese Physics
• GPIB — General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus
• CCDC — Cyclic Channel Die Compression
• COMPH — Computers in Physics
• JPSJS — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Supplement
• PTCP — Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics
• JPSJ — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
• AMB — As Measured By
• CLC — Capillary Liquid Chromatography
• CIPM — International Committee of Weights and Measures, France
• ARROW — Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide
• TKN — Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• OSRD — Office of Standard Reference Data
• NEMP — Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse
• LPCVD — Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• CRI — Cambridge Research Instrumentation
• AEJ — Aeronautical Journal
• SSADM — Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology
• FRET — fluorescence resonant energy transfer
• 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)
• VCM — Voice-Coil Motor
• ASA — Accessible Surface Area
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• ANIPS — Annals of the Israel Physical Society
• PMG — Permanent Magnet Generator
• FTICR — Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• GGA — Generalized Gradient Approximation
• MUT — Material Under Test

• OGB — Original Grain Boundary
• PHYR — Physical Research
• WAMW — Weight-Average Molecular Weight
• 2PPE — Two-Photon Photoemission
• MQA — measurement quality assurance
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• EEEL — Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
• NOBCCHE — National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers
• AESIJ — Aeronautical Society India Journal
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• HRTF — Head-Related Transfer Function
• SBR — Spectral Band Replication
• KWP — Kilowatt-Peak
• APT — Analytic Perturbation Theory
• NRLM — National Research Laboratory of Metrology (Japan)
• PEPI — Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
• 3DSSPP — Three-Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program
• SEM — Scanning Electron Microscopes
• ENSDF — Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File
• RECAN — Regional European and Central Asian ALARA Network
• FIR — Far Infrared
• MUNU — An experiment at the Bugey reactor in France studying electron - electron neutrino scattering.
• SG — Specific Gravity
• DNAA — Delayed Neutron Activation Analysis
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• 2DHG — Two-Dimensional Hole Gas
• TCB — Temporal Coherence Boundary
• PZT — Piezoelectric Translator
• ARACO — Archives Acoustics
• GMC — Global Motion Compensation
• AAPP — Association of Applied Physicists Pakistan
• RTD — Resistance Temperature Detector
• PHCHE — Physics and Chemistry of Earth
• LDA — Local Density Approximation
• ABHP — American Board of Health Physics
• PHEMT — Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• ACRU — Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit
• NELAC — National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference
• BJAP — British Journal of Applied Physics
• AL — argon laser
• FDR — Failure Divergence Refinement
• OPTLE — Optics and Lasers in Engineering
• PPHTS — Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors
• HF — Hartree-Fock Method
• FTL — Faster Than Light
• MBE — Molecular Beam Epitaxy
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• SOC — Second-Order Cone

• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• AFA — Average Fock Approximation
• TZFC — Triple Zeta Frozen Core
• CBA — Center for Backyard Astrophysics
• MCU — Microcontroller Unit
• EPIC — Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
• CPCAR — Chemistry and Physics of Carbon
• EGO — Eccentric Geophysical Observation
• IMA — Ideal Mechanical Advantage
• CIRRPC — Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination
• LIM — Limit
• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• IMGC — Istituto di Metrologia "G. Colonnetti" (Italy)
• PCPP — Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
• EL — Europhysics Letters
• WTMM — Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima
• HVT — High Velocity Thermocouple
• LRR — Living Reviews in Relativity
• PHL — Physics Letters
• EMW — Electromagnetic Wave
• PNP — Positive-Negative-Positive
• RDP — Rubidium Di-Hydrogen Phosphate
• DSFD — Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
• VA — Volt Ampere
• DWP — Dispensing Well Plate
• TC — Technical Committee (HL7)
• BEFE — Bio-Electric Field Enhancement
• GEOS — Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite
• LCAP — Laser Cooling and Atomic Physics
• UMRK — Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
• HEPAP — High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• TCPH — Topics in Current Physics
• SAJPH — South African Journal of Physics
• ES — Elementary Stream
• ATU — Accumulated Thermal Unit
• JVST — Journal of Vacuum Science Technology
• JAE — Journal of Acoustic Emission
• EPAD — Environmental Physics and Design
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• COMMP — Comments in Modern Physics
• MGG — Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics
• WIMP — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
• FIOP — Field Induced Ordered Phase
• GDOG — Generalized Double Optical Gating
• CTPHY — Classical Theoretical Physics
• JLWT — Journal of Lightwave Technology
• APD — VERP)/action potential duration
• AWA — The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator
• CSIC — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Spanish

• NIR — Near Infrared
• JVC — Journal of Vibration and Control
• ADCHP — Advances in Chemical Physics
• NVH — Noise Vibration Harshness
• VLT — Visible Light Transmission
• EDX — Energy-Dispersive X-ray Analysis
• NPA — Nuclear Physics Apparatus
• JJAPS — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Supplement
• MBS — Minimum Breaking Strength
• IBFM — Interacting Boson-Fermion Model
• EBIT — Electron Beam Ion Trap
• CNIF — Californium Neutron Irradiation Facility
• RUPHJ — Russian Physics Journal
• DCT — Discrete Cosine Transformer
• QMF — quadrature mirror filter banks
• NPIC — Nuclear Power Institute of China
• RDCMP — Recent Development in Condensed Matter Physics
• RSM — Response Surface Method
• PTF — Physics of Thin Films
• ARDS — Analysis of Rotor Dynamic Systems
• ADMPS — Advances in Mechanics and Physics of Surfaces
• ICAMDATA — International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications
• BHLH — Basic Helix-Loop-Helix
• EFW — Evanescent Floquet Wave
• CTRZ — Central Torodial Recirculation Zone
• JLUM — Journal of Luminescence
• ICP — Injector Control Pressure
• QFT — Quantitative Fluorescence Technique
• JGP — Journal of Geometry and Physics
• NEANSC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Science Committee
• BEB — Binary-Encounter-Bethe
• PASTI — Public Address Speech Transmission Index
• ESU — Energy Storage Unit
• PEPSI — Proton Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging
• GLCP — Global Linear Collider Project
• SIM — Selected ion monitoring
• LTA — Low temperature (oxygen plasma) ashing
• DMF — Decayed, Missing, Filled
• FFR — Fractional Flow Reserve
• MOKE — Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
• KELVIN — Scientific temperature scale
• QGT — Quantum Graph Theory
• ITAS — IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
• CSI — Compton Scatter Imaging
• INDC — International Nuclear Data Committee
• DCMP — Directions in Condensed Matter Physics
• ITPS — IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
• HFB — Hartree Fock Bogoliubov
• ICPEAC — International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions
• CEL — Correlated Emission Laser

• RPN — Remote Plasma Nitridation
• TRFM — Time Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
• CERN — Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• CRYRING — Electron Accelerator and Storage Ring Facility (Stockholm, Sweden)
• IVBT — Intravascular brachytherapy
• RVMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• BET — Brunauer - Emmett - Teller
• LENR — Low Energy Nuclear Reactions
• EOPAP — Earth and Ocean Physics Application Program
• PVT — Position Velocity Time
• LAL — The Laboratoire de L'Accelerateur Lineaire at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France
• HVLA — High-Velocity Low Amplitude
• RSE — Relative Standard Error
• JGGS — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity Supplement
• JVE — Journal of Vibration Engineering
• MOTRIMS — Magneto-Optical Trap Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• AET — Active Edge Table
• LPB — Laser and Particle Beams
• CPSSH — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces and Heterogeneous Catalysis
• FBM — Fractional Brownian Motion
• CLM — Compound Light Microscope
• PSL — Polystyrene-latex
• TJ — TeraJoule
• JPCRD — Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
• DLP — Digital Light Processing
• PFG — Pulsed Field Gradient
• SMKW — Secondary Magneto- Kinetic Wave
• FZK — Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
• EGAS — European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy
• PDS — power density spectra
• GWC — Generalized Wave Continuity
• GTRD — Generalized Transverse Resonance-Diffraction
• CONPH — Contemporary Physics
• RVMAP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• ITM — IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
• OSU — Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio, United States
• CPSS — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces
• JRLR — Journal of Russian Laser Research
• FOC — Forward of Center
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• CAJPH — Canadian Journal of Physics
• PAPGE — Pure and Applied Geophysics
• ADV — Automatic Drain Valve
• EBSD — Electron Back Scatter Diffraction
• ACRR — Annular Core Research Reactor
• CPLIP — Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
• HHF — High Heat Flow
• HPM — High Power Microwave
• CER — Controlled Energy Release

• ESRF — The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.
• GCK — Geiger Counter Kit
• PID — Photoionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
• CCPP — Combined Cycle Power Plant
• SLM(S) — spatial light modulator(s)
• POF — Plane of Focus
• K2K — KEK to Kamioka
• TRM — Time-Reversal Mirror
• PHRVL — Physical Review Letters
• FUV — Far Ultraviolet
• MRSE — Manifest Refractive Spherical Equivalent
• PEP — Positron Electron Project
• CEBAF — Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
• ATI — Above-Threshold Ionization
• EPS — European Physical Society
• MEMS — Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
• EGR — Entropy Gradient Reversal
• VAT — Vibro-Acoustic Test
• JMPS — Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• MO — Magneto-optic
• APAS — Astrophysical Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences
• HFA — Hot Flow Anomaly
• LVDT — Linear Variable Differential Transformer
• GB — Grain Boundary
• NAA — Neutron Activation Analysis
• CTMP — Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulp
• JAERI — Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
• HPGE — High Purity Germanium
• TIMED — Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
• VIS — Visible
• MPLA — Modern Physics Letters A
• CFCD — Computational Fuel Cell Dynamics
• SCMP — Studies in Condensed Matter Physics
• VOX — Voice Operated EXchange
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• ICBP — International Conference on Biological Physics
• MFPL — MAP (Multiple Application Platform) Fabry-Perot Laser
• BFRL — Building and Fire Research Laboratory
• MAP — Maximum A Posteriori estimate
• ETRAN — Monte Carlo computer code for Electrons and Photons through Extended Media
• EOP — Earth and Ocean Physics
• AMJPH — American Journal of Physics
• JSP — Journal of Statistical Physics
• AOI — Angle Of Incidence
• ECSED — Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data
• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• ASAJ — Acoustical Society of America Journal
• JESRP — Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
• GEC — Gaseous Electronics Conference

• DMC — Diffusion Monte Carlo
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• ADTPH — Advanced Texts in Physics
• WDXS — Wavelength Dispersive Xray Spectroscopy
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• CDM — Ceramic Discharge Metalhalide
• GHRS — Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
• CLA — Condition Lever Angle
• JMAPH — Journal of Mathematics and Physics
• ARPES — Angle Resolved Photo Electron Spectroscopy
• ECRIS — Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source
• ILC — International Linear Collider
• PPM — Peak Program Meter
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• ATCS — Active Thermal Convective System
• HFIR — High Flux Isotope Reactor
• CES — Constant Elasticity of Substitution
• ETI — Environmental Technology Initiative
• CAT — Computed Axial Tomography
• STM — Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• GCA — Gradual Channel Approximation
• QZE — Quantum Zeno Effect
• CSEWG — Cross Section Evaluation Working Group
• FCFC — Full-Coverage Film Cooling
• IACS — Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences
• BIA — Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
• AGS — Alternating-gradient Synchrotron
• ADGR — Advances in Geophysical Research
• NPGEO — Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
• CTP — Course of Theoretical Physics
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• GRNS — Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer
• AF — Acceleration Factor
• JCA — Journal of Computational Acoustics
• ADS — Automated Dynamic Shear
• TIB — Tracker Inner Barrel
• QMC — Quantum Monte Carlo
• CCFL — Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
• TL — Time Line
• F&M — Force and moment
• MC — magnetic coil
• PRVP — Proceedings of Vibration Problems
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council Science, Engineering and Technology
• HCCD — Mono-deuterated Acetylene
• FOAM — Foam Optics and Mechanics
• WGCV — Working Group on Calibration and Validation
• ACOUL — Acoustics Letters
• CPR — Chemical Physics Reports
• DUS — Duplex Ultrasound
• TPF — Two Photon Fluorescence

• FCPM — Fundamental Constants and Precision Measurements
• ER — Elastic Recoil
• HADES — High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer
• CCSM — Cross Correlogram Spectral Matching
• DOT — Delivery Optimized Thermodynamics
• ADEXG — Advances in Exploration Geophysics
• IGRF — International Geomagnetic Reference Field
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• EPJAP — European Physical Journal, Applied Physics
• DALR — Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
• DOP — Degree of Polarization
• EIEIO — Electron Impact Excitation of Ions from Organics
• FMSF — Fissile Material Storage Facility
• LSC — Liquid Scintillation Counting
• MMF — Magneto Motive Force
• ACE — Acoustic Compliance Enhancement
• MMC — Moving Micro Cross
• ENO — Essentially Non-Oscillatory
• MIMIC — Microscopy and Microanalysis
• ETDS — Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
• JNMP — Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• FACSS — Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
• IC — indirect calorimetry
• VHT — Very High Temperature
• PLPHR — Plasma Physics Reports
• ACDM — Automated Contour Detection Method
• PFC — Parallel Flange Channel
• FPS — foot-pound-second [cf. cgs and mks]
• IOP — Institute Of Physics
• JSUP — Journal of Superconductivity
• HVL — Half Value Layer
• MMCP — Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
• NMS — Natural Matrix Standard
• CCPR — Consultative Committee on Photometry and Radiometry
• EZW — Embedded Zero-tree Wavelet
• XRL — X-Ray Lithography
• HOQS — Highest Occupied Quantum State
• CCPP — Collaborative Computational Plasma Physics
• BF-TEM — Bright-field transmission electron microscopy
• HEI — Heat Exchange Institute Inc.
• DMIP — Division of Medical Imaging Physics
• GR&R — Gauge Reproducibility And Repeatability
• FUSE — Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Explorer
• APL — Advanced Physics Laboratory
• PHYNY — Physics New York
• GRASP — Graphical Representation and Analysis of Surface Properties
• VRV — Variable Radial Velocity
• JAG — Journal of Applied Geophysics
• PPCF — Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

• AUM — Arbitrary Unit of Mass
• CLIC — Compact Linear Collider
• EMILY — Extreme Monkey Indigestion Laryngitis Youngen
• AEC — Active Energy Control
• CPS — Constant Pressure System (toys)
• RVMPS — Reviews of Modern Physics Supplement
• GXR — Grazing X-ray Reflectometry
• PZM — Pressure Zone Microphone
• VRM — Vector Ruggedness Measure
• HPLA — High Power Large Aperture
• FTG — Full Tensor Gradient
• VWC — Vector Wavelet Coding
• DPPC — Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
• ASSP — Advanced Solid-State Photonics
• SCF — Spectral Comparator Facility
• 2PH TDF — Two-Particle-Hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation
• DLV — Direct Linear Valve
• ENDF — Evaluated Nuclear Data File
• VP — Vapor Pressure
• AVCOR — algorithm vibration correlation
• ALCPG — American Linear Collider Physics Group
• WLLN — Weak Law of Large Numbers
• HAARP — Hf Active Auroral Research Program (Hf being "high frequency")
• DM — Distance Measured
• NSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• JDEM — The Joint Dark Energy Mission
• ARO — United States Army Research Office
• MOI — moments of inertia
• IBB — Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
• SCOT — Support Coated Open Tubular
• HVL — Half-Value Layer
• PCSE — Physical Chemistry: Science and Engineering
• JSCI — Journal of Scientific Instruments
• XUV — Extreme Ultraviolet
• LFCC — Linear Frequency Cepstral Coefficient
• MPAG — Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry
• JCOPH — Journal of Computational Physics
• SCV — Squared Coefficient of Variation
• LISA — Laser Inferometer Space Antenna
• BEAM — Bosiger Energy Alignment Method
• PES — Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• REI — Rad Elec Inc.
• ITD — Inlet Temperature Difference
• AGW — Acoustic Gravity Wave
• TWA — time-weighted averaged
• NZJGG — New Zealand Journal Geology and Geophysics
• HEAD — High Energy Astrophysics Division
• DARD — Dynamic Axial Rotational Device
• NAPM — National Association of Photographic Manufacturers
• FRSE — Freundeskreis Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn

• MPN — Most Probable Number
• GWCE — Generalized Wave Continuity Equation
• FIM — Field Ion Microscope
• ICE — Internal combustion engine (transportation)
• TDCR — Triple-to-Double Coincidence Ratio
• RRDP — Recent Research Development in Physics
• SHWAV — Shock Waves
• NACT — Nonlinear Asymptotic Coupling Theory
• LCTE — Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• CPB — Center Point of Balance
• WAXS — Wide Angle X-ray Scattering
• SDFF — Spectroscopically Determined Force Field
• VEEL — Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels
• CMCV — Charge Motion Control Valve
• MEVVA — Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc
• TWT — Transonic Wind Tunnel
• FT — Fourier transformation
• TLP — Thread-Level Parallelism
• ASD — Active Surface Definition
• CCTF — Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency
• REL — Recommended Exposure Limit
• HACR — High Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometer
• BOMD — Born Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics
• RRDSP — Recent Research Development in Statistical Physics
• GAPP — Global Analysis of Particle Properties
• FRIB — Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
• FORATOM — FORum ATOMique Européen
• CGS — Centimeter, Gram, Second
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
• FTMS — Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry
• CONFP — Contemporary Fundamental Physics
• XLS — Xenon Light Source
• HB — Hydrogen Bond
• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• ACTS — Automated Computer Time Service
• ISAC — Isotope Separator and Accelerator Facility
• HUT — Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
• RSPS — Rochester Symposium for Physics Students
• UCLA — Harbor-University of California Los Angeles
• BEC — Bose-Einstein Condensation
• SCAMPY — Scanning Micro Pyrometer
• JSLR — Journal of Soviet Laser Research
• LET — Linear Energy Transfer (in Spacecraft Power Systems)
• LORAN-C — A Radio Navigation System Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard
• MCHF — Multi-Configuration Hartree-Fock
• GCFC — Generalized Complementary Flux Condition
• MBIR — Medium Background Infrared Facility
• PCED — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Delta
• PRPH — Progress of Physics
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)

• TTSP — Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
• CTI — Critical Technologies Institute
• KIAA — Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
• CFM — Creates Forward Motion
• LTP — Low Temperature Physics
• HRC — Rockwell Hardness C
• AED — g.l.c.-atomic emission detection
• ZGS — Zero Gradient Synchrotron
• PFD — Photon Flux Density
• COPP — Contributions to Plasma Physics
• MIS — Magnetic Isolation System
• PHYES — Physics Essays
• HEP — DOE's Division of High Energy Physics, part of HENP.
• RO — Read Only
• OBQ — Optimize Beam Quality
• DONUT — Direct Observation of the Nu Tau
• RXS — Resonant X-Ray Scattering
• RSP — Rapid Solidification Process
• CSTN — Color Super Twist Nematic
• PSST — Plasma Sources Science Technology
• FT-IRAS — Fourier Transform-Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• ICFA — International Committee for Future Accelerators
• FCDC — Fundamental Constants Data Center
• AESR — Array-Enhanced Stochastic Resonance
• XRF — X-Ray Fluorescence
• HTOL — High Temperature Operating Lifetest
• EXMPS — Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences
• NIM — National Instrumentation Methods
• MS — MilliSeconds
• AXAF — Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• IDC — Insulation Displacement Contact (connector)
• CISR — Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation
• DNP — Division of Nuclear Physics
• RTPC — Radial Time Projection Chamber
• QNH — Quasi Non-Hydrostatic
• TASSII — Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Investigation
• ALG — Advanced Lithography Group
• HPLC — High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic
• STMP — Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
• ISSI — International Space Science Institute (Bern, Switzerland)
• AUJPH — Australian Journal of Physics
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Standards Committee
• AFCP — Atomic Flux Coating Process
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
• FR — Filtered Radiometer
• DDFT — Dynamic Density Functional Theory
• RCU — Rapid Cooling Unit
• QCD — Quantum Chromodynamics
• NQA — Nuclear Quality Assurance
• PMMC — Permanent Magnet Moving Coil

• SEY — Secondary Electron Yield
• SFC — Sideway Force Coefficient
• CAMOS — Committee on Atomic Molecular and Optical Sciences
• DEG — Dimensional Electron Gas
• DRI — Differential Refractive Index
• RHIC — Brookhaven'sRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider began operation in 2000
• VLA — Very Large Array
• ADPLP — Advances in Plasma Physics
• SSION — Solid State Ionics
• BUIPS — Bulletin of the Israel Physical Society
• CIRMS — Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards
• MEA — Membrane Electrode Assembly
• OAM — Orbital Angular Momentum
• FIMS — Fissionable Isotope Mass Standards
• JGG — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
• VR-SFG — Vibrationally Resonant Sum-frequency Generation
• NLCTA — Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator
• HWP — Half-Wave Plate
• MAPLE — Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment
• CHAOS — Canadian High Acceptance Orbit Spectrometer
• P6 — physics
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• JIMW — Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
• ELECM — Electromagnetics
• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• IMECE — International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
• DCOF — Dynamic Coefficient of Friction
• PISCO — Parallel Imager for Southern Cosmological Observations
• PREP — Professional Research Experience Program
• DIW — De-Ionzied Water
• MNX — Magnetic Nozzle Experiment
• MU2E — A Fermilab experiment that will search for the conversion of a muon into an electron
• JGRS — Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement
• IRDCF — Infrared Detector Calibration Facility
• EDF — Enhanced Depth of Field
• CFT — Central Fiber Tracker
• ECP — Effective Core Potential Approxn.(in Electronic-structure Calcn.)
• PHSS — Physics of the Solid State
• ADTM — Alternate Density Transmission Medium
• HRE — Heterogeneity Recency Exit
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
• MW — Microwave
• ARPES — Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• HIPD — High-Intensity Powder Diffractometer
• CCG — Calibration Coordination Group
• AVN — Accuracy Vanishing Now
• JSGEO — Journal of Series Geophysics
• PSD — Physical Sciences Data
• DOT — Degeneration Over Time
• PHB — Physics Bulletin

• ECRIS — Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Ion Source
• EUROMET — A European collaboration in measurement standards
• LEFM — Linear Elasticity Fracture Mechanics
• CRESST — Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers
• APEX — AntiProton Experiment
• KP — Knowles and Physics
• ENZ — Epsilon-Near-Zero
• CASS — Calibration Accuracy Support System
• DEPA — Dynamic Elastic Properties Analyzer
• GFAAS — graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry
• PACS — Physics and Astronomy Classification Schemex
• DSA — digital subtraction angiography
• ASET — Association of Super-advanced Electronics Technologies
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• BEPC — Beijing Electron Positron Colider
• GSP — Generalized Sequential Pattern
• BSS.2 — Beta-Particle Secondary Standards System
• SSTEC — Solid State Technology
• QP — quasiparticle
• FANS — Filter Analyzer Neutron Spectrometer
• AGP — Annals of Geophysics
• GSI — Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
• MBH — Thousand BTU per Hour
• TDM — Two Dimensional Material
• BARC — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• QDT — Quantum-Defect Theory
• MSA — Meridian Stress Assessment
• XDB — X-Ray Data Booklet
• MQT — Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling
• BAS — Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• RMU — Ring Main Unit
• NAMT — National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed
• OPTSP — Optics and Spectroscopy
• SSCOM — Solid State Communications
• SQM — Super Quantum Mechanics
• CR — Curvature Radiation
• BAVL — Barium Vapor Laser
• WDFF — Weak Dipole Form Factor
• AOM(S) — acousto-optic modulator(s)
• DD — Differential Detection
• ERCOFTAC — European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion
• COBR — Continuous Oscillatory Baffle Reactor
• BGSM — Bowman Gray School of Medicine
• CRR — Center for Radiological Research
• CCM — Computational Continuum Mechanics
• MTD — Minimum Translation Distance
• DQS — Discrete Quantum State
• GRAND — gamma ray and neutron detector
• CRMMP — Classical Reviews in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics

• FIRI — Fourth International Radiocarbon Intercomparison
• JXST — Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology
• TLD — Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter systems
• FLIR — Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
• NSOM — Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• TAGU — Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
• LI-ION — Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• HSST — Heavy-Section Steel Technology
• HEPIC — High Energy Physics Information Center
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• AGUFM — American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
• PCN — Physics and Contemporary Needs
• IRIS — Integrated Radiation Information System
• ALEPH — Apparatus for LEP PHysics, at CERN
• UVB — Ultraviolet B
• RESL — Radiological and Environmental Science Laboratory
• GRT — Germanium Resistance Thermometer
• FF — Fission Fragments
• STSSP — Selected Topics in Solid State Physics
• ASME — American Society for Mechanical Engineers
• MOPITT — Measurement of Pollution In The Troposphere
• OPERA — Oscillation Project with EmulsiontRacking Apparatus
• VRS — Vortex Ring State
• TT — Torsion Twist
• DHV — Demonstrate Higher Value
• BB — Blackbody
• ARPA-E — Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
• CHJPH — Chinese Journal of Physics
• HEAT — High-Energy Antimatter Telescope
• LWIR — Long-Wave Infrared
• CHPHL — Chinese Physics Letter
• JPHCS — Journal of Physics - Conference Series
• WD — Weak Dipole
• APM — Absolute Proper Motion
• JNLM — Journal of Non Linear Mechanics
• AFPL — Air Force Phillips Laboratory
• GLC — Global Linear Collider
• JEMT — Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique
• BIM — Body In Motion
• DIA — Dynamic Input Area
• CTP — Classical Turning Point
• MCU — Mobile Calibration Unit
• EDN — Event Detection and Notification
• YAG — Holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet
• UHT — Ultra High Temperature
• PO2 — Partial pressure of oxygen
• RG — renormalization group
• NR — Nuclear Reactor
• PB — Primary Beam
• MONO — MONOphonic

• GWR — Guided Wave Radar
• WHC — Washington Hospital Center
• PTHPS — Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
• ECFA STUDY — Study group Physics and Detectors of a Linear Collider.
• LPM — Light-Particle Monitor
• DMF — Dual Mass Flywheel
• ESB — Electrical Substitution Bolometer
• LCLS — Linac Coherent Light Source
• PMTS — Predetermined Motion Time System
• PAW — Physics Analysis Workstation
• BINP — Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia.
• ANSOM — Apertureless Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• FRAC — Fracture Research and Application Consortium
• PTHPH — Progress of Theoretical Physics
• CTD — Central Tracking Detector
• IC — Initial Condition
• CCMP — Computational Condensed Matter Physics
• FTAM — Flow Through Alpha Monitor
• CFR — Continuous Flow Recycling
• AGS — The Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven
• VSV — Vacuum Switching Valve
• FF — Forward Facing
• LIGO — Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
• VLHC — Very Large Hadron Collider
• HVLS — High volume low speed
• ISCC — Inter-Society Color Council
• FFAG — Fixed-Field Alternating Gradient
• INSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
• ODC — Orthogonal Defect Classification
• FSBS — Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• BZ — Band Zero
• ZFF — Zero Forcing Function
• BABAR — B-Bbar (anti-B) detector at SLAC'sB Factory
• EQE — External Quantum Efficiency
• NG6M — Neutron Guide No. 6
• SI — Système International d'unités (International System of Units)
• CQM — constituent-quark model
• BTE — Brake Thermal Efficiency
• LAMPF — Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility
• DOELAP — Department Of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program
• FFAI — Field-Free Associative Ionization
• HDT — Heat Distortion Temperature
• SPP — Storage Photostimulable Phosphor
• ZPD — Zeta Potential Distribution
• FDM — fused deposition modeling
• RMP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• SFCP — Special Foreign Currency Program
• ISS — Input-to-State Stability
• BAW — Bulk Acoustic Wave
• LLG — Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation

• CCFP — Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
• FIR — far-infrared radiation
• LGA — lattice gas automaton
• QMF — Quadrature Mirror Filter
• PBG — Photonic Band Gap
• PHFL — Physics of Fluids
• EGR — Energy Generation Region
• SI — selectivity index
• ZI — Zone Industrielle
• FBS — Few-Body Systems
• HFM — Highly Friction Modified
• ACFM — Advanced Coal Flow Measurement
• QGM — Quantitative Gas Measurement
• BCS — Bragg Crystal Spectrometer
• FBAP — Function Block Application Process
• SCLIR — Secondary Calibration Laboratories for Ionizing Radiation
• NBSR — National Bureau of Standards Reactor
• CDW — Continuum Distorted Wave
• WSTC — Westinghouse Science and Technology Center
• Q — Quantizer
• SPECT — single-photon emission computed tomography
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Spectroscopy
• APS — Advanced Propagation Systems
• WEDG — Wire Electro-Discharge Grinding
• FCI — Fast Causal Inference
• PER — Physics Education Research
• ITER — International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
• EDR — Equivalant Direct Radiation
• EIEO — Energy In, Energy Out
• SPE — solid phase extraction column
• VLG — Varying Localized Geminal
• SHC — Specific Heat Capacity
• GN — Gaussian Noise
• COPHC — Computer Physics Communications
• SERS — Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering
• ARAC — Arithmetic Robot Application Control
• FMI — The Fermilab Main Injector
• WIPM — Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
• ENAPC — Environmental Analytical and Physical Chemistry Series
• AGUSM — American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting
• DAMA — Dark Matter
• MSDB — Magnetically Stabilized Fluidized Bed
• RSM — Regional Spectral Model
• SANS — Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
• YPP — Young Particle Physicists
• OSPL — Output Sound Pressure Level
• JGEO — Journal of Geodynamics
• PAW — Plasma Arc Weld
• QTI — Quantum Theory of Immortality
• CPHY — Communications on Physics

• FID — Free Induction Decay (Fourier Transform Spectroscopy)
• JGR — Journal of Geophysical Research
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instituteumental Coefficient Package
• FZ — Far Zone
• IPTS — International Practical Temperature Scale
• SEMPA — Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis
• AF — Alternating Field
• 4THD — Fourth Dimension
• BTFM — Basic Two Fluid Model
• UDD — Neutron, one up quark (u) and two down quarks (d)
• RRDAP — Recent Research Development in Applied Physics
• FST — Full Scale Tunnel
• JAES — Journal of Audio Engineering Society
• ZPV — Zero Pressure Volume
• HERA-B — Fixed-target experiment at DESY, to investigate CP violation in the B meson
• SQW — Single Quantum Well
• CTS — Convert Texture Sequence
• LOPI — Loss of Piping Integrity
• PFID — Perturbed Free Induction Decay
• BQP — Bounded-error Quantum Polynomial time
• GRS — Gamma Ray Spectrometer
• ASL — Ambient Stress Level
• HALO — Hypersonic Aircraft Launch Option
• P-P — Peak-to-Peak (Value)
• SPDF — Space Physics Data Facility
• DWNT(S) — double-wall nanotube(s)
• FFAH — Filament-Filled Annular Helical
• HIRDLS — High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder
• CHJG — Chinese Journal of Geophysics
• CCPP — Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
• BD — Below Detection
• ART — Adaptive Resonance Theory
• PET — photosynthetic electron transport
• JDS — Joint Density of States
• PGP — Physics of Geological Processes
• RRDPC — Recent Research Development in Physical Chemistry
• ITASS — IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing
• NAD — Nihilistic Animation Data
• CHJS — Chinese Journal of Semiconductors
• SDIU — Scanivalve Digital Interface Unit
• MOEMS — Micro-Optical Electro-Mechanical System
• QCL — Quantum Cascade Laser
• ADI — Advanced Distance Integration
• CLR — Center of Lateral Resistance
• HIRES — High Resolution Echellle Spectrometer
• BBR — Back Bouncing Rod
• MML — Material Measurement Laboratory
• OCQ — Old Covariant Quantization
• ANTARES — Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research
• SDIF — Sony Digital Interface Format

• PSJ — Pivoted Shoe Journal
• PSL — Physics of Solids and Liquids
• CONCP — Contemporary Concepts in Physics
• RTP — Research Trends in Physics
• NAS — Net Analyte Signal
• TIRF — Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence
• LCT — Lattice Compatibility Theory
• FIOA — Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics
• EHT — Extra High Tension
• LHEP — Left Hand Elliptical Polarization
• HPL — Hot-electron Photo-Luminescence
• IPPP — Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology
• PSTM — Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope
• APPHL — Applied Physics Letters
• AIGER — American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium
• IHEP — Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing, China.
• SPIRES — Stanford Public Information Retrieval System
• PLDS — Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures
• MEXP — Methods of Experimental Physics
• TPR — Tangential Pond Return
• CHORUS — CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research Apparatus
• CM — Convenient Measure
• APPMT — Advanced Photon Processing and Measurement Technology
• ODE — Ordinary Differential Equation
• BEAR — Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation
• ACM — Adiabatic Connection Model
• QMD — Quantum Molecular Dynamics (for Calcns. On The Dynamics Of A Quantum Particle Coupled To A Classical Many-body System)
• SINH — hyperbolic sine function
• AXAF-I — Imaging Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• PPSL — Proceedings of the Physical Society of London
• QGD — Gate - Drain Charge
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• MICE — Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
• INS — Ion-Neutralization Spectroscopy
• APT — Annular Proton Telescope
• EAF — Electric Arc Furnace
• LDMS — Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry
• OHEP — Office of High Energy Physics
• BSS — Beta Secondary System
• NEBM — Nudged Elastic Band Method
• HQM — Hemi-Quantal Mechanics
• MACHO — Massive Compact Halo Object
• TTY — Torque to Yield
• CBO — Corrected Born-Oppenheimer (in Calcns. For Mol. Complexes)
• PEMF — Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field
• OMNIS — Observatory For Multiflavor Neutrinos From Supernovae
• RHIP — Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
• ICNIRP — International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
• DARE — Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• CAO — Carlsbad Area Office

• ICRM — International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology
• CMMPH — Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• EBM — Energy by Motion
• BB — Broad-bandwidth
• ISI — In-Situ Interferometer
• XRR — X-ray Reflectivity
• PSSC — Physical Science Study Committee
• CDMS — Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
• BCMPA — Billion Cubic Meters per Annum
• PFW — Propagating Floquet Wave
• IOPD — Integrated Optical Path Difference
• SM — Standard Model
• QCT — Quasi-Classical Trajectory
• PL — Physics Laboratory
• HIPA — High Intensity Proton Accelerator
• MPAM — Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics
• BR — Branching Ratio
• NUGEO — Nuclear Geophysics
• SGL — Sander Geophysics Ltd
• FRAM — Functional Resonance Accident Model
• E — Electric
• PV — plasma volume
• EPB — Extracted Proton Beam
• REM — Roentgen Equivalent Man (Unit of Dose Equivalent)
• X — Horizontal axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• BCR — Boron Control Rod
• ECFA — European Committee for Future Accelerators
• MBB — Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
• MCQDT — Multi Channel Quantum Defect Theory
• C&EA — Cause and Effect Analysis
• REIXS — Resonant Elastic and Inelastic Xray Scattering
• ESSPH — Essays in Physics
• ZDR — Zeroth-order Design Report
• LEED — Low Energy Electron Diffraction
• DOG — Double Optical Gating
• OSL — Optical Stimulated Luminescence
• QCI — Quadratic Configuration Interaction
• MPD — Multiphoton Detector
• RPV — Reactor Pressure Vessel
• OFR — Optics for Research
• STMAP — Studies in Mathematical Physics
• DBC — Delicate Balance Collective
• MP — magnetic particle
• ADBMP — Advances in Biological and Medical Physics
• HFD — High Frequency Detection
• ACCI — Atlantic Canada Coral Initiative
• HPL — High Pressure Lanes
• IWEPNM — International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials
• MACH — Modelo Acoplado de Coordinacion Hidrotermica
• QTG — Quantum Theory of Gravity

• GMRI — Gated Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• CQW — Coupled Quantum Wells
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy
• MOP — Minds on Physics
• CCDS — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Second
• CEM — Cascade Exciton Model
• ADVP — Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profiler
• WWVB — Call letters for NIST lf radio station in Colorado
• H — Hotline
• HW — Hard Wall
• IAG — International Association of Gravity
• FCF — Fusion Component Failure
• RRV — Record Relocation Vector
• MAFF — Munich Accelerator for Fission Fragments
• ACFF — Alternating Current Field Measurement
• CPEP — Contemporary Physics Education Project
• FIT — Frequency Intensity Time
• CRCPD — Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
• AM1 — First Launch in the morning series of EOS platforms
• RRP — Research Reports in Physics
• ATD — Above-Threshold Dissociation
• CET — Constant Elasticity of Transformation
• TW — Top of Wall
• JPLPH — Journal of Plasma Physics
• RBF — radial basis function network
• LMRI — Laboratoire de Mesure des Rayonnements Ionisants (France)
• PLA — Physics Letters A
• CEC — California Energy Commission
• ODEND — Optical Detected Electron Nuclear Double Resonance
• CTP — Center for Theoretical Physics
• BTD — Basic Thermodynamics
• DGT — Discrete Group Transform
• QED — Quantum Electrodynamics
• OPTLT — Optics Laser Technology
• CCDM — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Meter
• FC — Footcandle
• BEV — Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Vienna, Austria
• IPHO — International Physics Olympiad
• UHV-SPM — Ultra High Vacuum Scanning Probe Microscopy
• FZS — Far Zone Scattering
• MCC — Mesoscale Compressible Community
• EBAS — Electron Bombardment Anneal System
• FPC — Fullerene Production Chamber
• JMAGR — Journal of Magnetic Resonance
• TUT — Time Under Tension
• PHPL — Physics of Plasmas
• TDIF — Teac Digital Interface Format
• DFL — Distributed Feedback Laser
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• BBN — Brains And Backbone Network

• LOCA — Loss of Coolant Accident
• FTMS — Fluid Transfer Management System
• QVB — Quasiempirical Valence Bond (method)
• PE — Plasma Effects
• EJPH — European Journal of Physics
• TRU — Transuranic
• WERB — Washington Editorial Review Board
• ADPPR — Advances in Plasma Physics Research
• WICM — Waves in Complex Media
• PWS — Primary Working Standard
• BETA NMR — Beta-radiation Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• MDR — Maximum Detectable Rigidity
• DAFNE — Double Annular Factory for Nice Experiments
• OIML — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• PAB — Physics Astronomy Building
• ECH — Eddy Current Heating
• LVE — Light Vibrational Energy
• TAM — Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• SAXES — Super Advanced Xray Emission Spectrometer
• CCRI — Comité Consultatif des Rayonnements Ionisants
• COSMOS — Cosmologically Significant Mass Oscillation Search at Fermilab to detect muon neutrino to tau neutrino oscillations.
• PEMI II — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer, Second generation
• NIMP — National Institute of Materials Physics
• EFS — Enhanced Fujita [EF] scale (weather)
• CPI — Computational Physics Inc
• EOS TPC — Equation of State Time Projection Chamber experiment
• SVPAC — Soviet Physics Acoustics
• JLVEN — Journal of Light & Visual Environment
• PAMA — Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance
• EP — Electrostatic Potential
• MAG — Modern Approaches in Geophysics
• MTF — Modulation transfer function.
• ULV — Ultra Low Volume
• LLD — Lamp Lumen Depreciation
• NEAR-INFRARED — NIR
• PBE — Pool Boiling Experiment
• NCRA — National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
• NIPDE — National Initiative for Product Data Exchange
• HR3DCT — High Resolution 3-D Computed Tomography
• MPDS — Mechanics and Physics of Discrete Systems
• CEV — Constant Elasticity of Variance
• ASTP — Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics
• SIG — Signaling Channel
• WWV — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Colorado
• CIPT — CNS Institute for Physics Teachers
• SVGL — Silicon Valley Group Lithography
• BP — Before Polarization
• PHT — Pseudo Hadamard Transformation
• CSD — Computational Structural Dynamics
• BPC — Boost Pressure Control

• NORAMET — A North American regional collaboration in national measurement standards and services
• IBIS — Ion Beam Information System
• CCFR — Chicago Columbia Fermilab Rochester
• SOUDAN II — Soudan II underground detector
• HRTS — High Resolution Telescope Spectrograph
• TL — Temporal Logic
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
• JPTEO — Journal of Physics - Teacher Education Online
• DESY — Deutches Elektronen SYnchrotron laboratory in Hamburg, Germany
• HWP — Half Wavelength Plate
• WMAP — Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
• ISPP — Illinois State Physics Project
• BEDO — Beitr. elektronenmikroskop. Direktabb. Oberfl.
• RBUU — Relativistic Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck
• UXT — Uniaxial Strain Test
• BHS — Bachelet Hamann Schluter pseudopotentials
• DDDI — Density Dependent Delta Interaction
• NOMAD — Neutrino Oscillation Magnetic Detector
• MQDT — Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory
• FFP — Field-Free Point
• PEAQ — Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality
• CR — CRystalline solid
• W/F — Wandel/ Fietstochten
• QFEP — Quantum Free Energy Perturbation (calcn. Method)
• RPT — Reference Point Tracking
• DFTS — Dispersive Fourier Transform Spectrometry
• H — Hotness
• CESR — The Cornell Electron Storage Ring
• PPCPP — Progress in Photochemistry and Photophysics
• WAFAC — Wide-Angle Free-Air Chamber
• TOBSY — Total ThroughBond Correlation Spectroscopy
• NPPSB — Nonequilibrium Problems in the Physical Sciences and Biology
• CAD — Charged Area Development
• EMMA — Euclidean Model MAtching
• NPGS — Nanometer Pattern Generation System
• ATFT — Affine Toda Field Theory
• LBRS — Low Background Reference System
• HT — High Tension
• DEA — Downstream Endcap Array
• MOS — Marine Optical System
• PV — Pressure Vessel
• SUBI — Southern Urals Biophysics Institute
• ITAMP — International Meeting of Theory of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• PEP-II — The official name for the SLAC B Factory
• BEC — Bose Einstein Condensate
• AIM — Accurate, Intentional, Measurable
• DU — Durability
• LTEC — Lamp Testing Engineers Conference
• FHM — Fast Harmonic Method
• PCM — Phase Change Materials

• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatory
• TNO — Trans-Neptunian Object
• FCFR — Fusion Component Failure Rate
• CMMPE — Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics
• SASER — Soud Amplification by Stimulated Emmision of Radiation
• SQM — Square Meter
• SKACR — Superconducting Kinetic-inductance Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• TERS — Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• HELEN — High Energy Laser Embodying Neodymium
• FCG — Fatigue Crack Growth
• DIGM — Diffusion Induced Grain Motion
• QCC — Quadrupole Coupling Constant
• LCRD — Linear Collider Research and Development
• TL — Total Length
• DAFS — Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure
• ICBM — Iogen Configuration Building Module
• INMRI-ENEA — Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti - Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie
• TOP — Time Optimized Process
• KCDB — Key Comparison and Calibration Database
• ADSMP — Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics
• CMT — Chaos Magic Theory
• LHC — The Large Hadron Collider
• LP — Linear Polarization
• NIST-F1 — Current NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• BLP — boron-loaded plastic (scintillator)
• RTTR — Real Time Thermal Rating
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• FOCUS — FOtoproduction of Charm: Upgraded Spectrometer
• WLF — Williams-Landel-Ferry equation
• MCNP — Monte Carlo Neutron Photon (computer code)
• TTP — Trends in Theoretical Physics
• STF — Space-Time-Frequency
• MOEMS — Micro Optp Electro Mechanical Systems
• ROSPEC — Rotating Spectrometer for Neutrons
• SLC — SLAC Linear Electron-Positron Collider
• GRASP — General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception
• MDS — Measurement Data Set
• TID — Total Ionizing Dose
• SGR — Soft Gamma Repeater
• TPHY — Techniques of Physics
• WONP — Workshop on Nuclear Physics
• MEST — Matter Energy Space Time
• CNRF — Cold Neutron Research Facility
• BSSI — British Superultramodern Scientific Institution
• MARGR — Marine Geophysical Researches
• PDI — percent depth ionization
• TPM — Transport in Porous Media
• EDXRF — energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• NS — Navier-Stokes
• QFT — Quantum Field Theory

• ITS — International Temperature Scale
• EEP — Einstein Equivalence Principle
• FIMS — Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer
• QGD — Quantum-Geometry Dynamics
• ULTIM — Ultrasonic Imaging
• MCMS — Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures
• IPC — Integrated Proton Current
• MDRF — Materials Dosimetry Reference Facility
• IFEL — Inverse Free Electron Laser
• PO2 — Pressure of Oxygen
• CHPH — Chemical Physics
• PHENIX — Pioneering High-Energy Nuclear Interaction eXperiment, at Brookhaven.
• EPV — Exclusion Principle Violating
• IPL — Intense Pulsed Light
• QIO — Quantum Infinite-Order
• MLIA — Molecular Libraries of Imaging Agents
• BSM — Bell State Measurement
• AFC — Amplitude to Frequency Conversion
• CFE — Coplaner Fluid Ejector
• MET — Medium Energy Telescope
• AMD — Area Mass Density
• DCP — Dielectronic Core Polarization
• HSI — Hot Surface Igniter
• DP — Data Point
• C — Country
• QFED — Quantum Field-Effect Directional coupler
• BM — Behavioral Model
• EPICS — Experiment Physics and Industrial Control System
• SSELE — Solid State Electronics
• CF — Cross Flow
• PMM — Perpetual Motion Machine
• TD-FW — Time Domain Floquet Wave
• LBIR — Low Background Infrared Radiometry
• CHTM — Center for High Technology Materials
• BRAN — Boulder Research and Administrative Network
• ROCK — Rigidity Optimized Conformational Kinetics
• OSP — Of Open Source Physics
• SSPP — Static Strength Prediction Program
• C — Counter
• WBGT — Wet-Bulb Globe Thermometer
• TNA — Thermal Neutron Analysis
• ZETA — Zero Energy Thermonuclear Apparatus
• VUV — Vacuum Ultraviolet
• NJCH — New Journal of Chemistry
• PLTP — Progress in Low Temperature Physics
• VATF — Vibration and Acoustic Test Facility
• BLJPH — Bulgarian Journal of Physics
• MLDA — Modified Local Density Approximation
• LF — Low Friction
• AFFT — Asymptotically Free Field Theories

• EME — Electromagnetic Effects
• DACU — Data Acquisition and Control Unit
• HARPS — High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (spectrography)
• FTM — Fluid Transfer Management
• PMBC — Process-Model Based Control
• BSM — Beam Simulation Method
• BE — Bose Einstein
• FOE — Force of Energy
• ILL — L'Institut Laue Langevin
• TUFIR — Tunable Far Infrared (Radiation)
• ING — Intense Neutron Generator
• HF — High Flange
• ERF — Energy Rejection Filter
• QNP — Quattro Nuclear Probe
• FCC — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker
• MKSA — Meter, Kilogram, Second, Ampere
• AFP — Accelerated Freefall Progression
• RKE — Rotational Kinetic Energy
• IPVD — Interior Physical Vapor Deposition
• CIAQ — Committee on Indoor Air Quality
• TLS — Two-Level tunneling System
• CDC — Controlled Dispersion Characteristic
• HPP — Hydropower Plant P
• QEG — Quantum Einstein Gravity
• NPHS — Nature Physical Science
• SPARS — Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
• CAP — Current Applied Physics
• RHEED — Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction
• JAP — Journal of Applied Physics
• NEWRAD — New Radiometry
• MIP — Minimum Ionizing Particle
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Process
• RPPH — Reports of Progress in Physics
• AFPS — Analyzing Fluid Power Systems
• PEMI — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer
• PPPL — Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• GSQM — General Superfield Quantization Method
• KTEV — Kaons at the Tevatron
• CMPC — Constrained Multivariable Predictive Control
• ATLAS — A Toroidal LHC Apparatus
• FEDEM — Finite Element Dynamics in Elastic Mechanisms
• PBQ — PhotoBeam Quantum
• PDML — Photovoltaic Device Measurement Laboratory
• DOE — Dynamic Operating Environment
• HELP — High Energy Laser Propagation
• TWTA — traveling-wave tube amplifier
• FEA — Field-Emitter Array
• DSEG — Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics
• SMZ — Strong Measure Zero
• AOI — Areas of Interaction

• SEBA — Standards Employees Benefit Association
• BZ — Brillouin Zone
• CFCP — Copecenter For Cosmological Physics
• SBLOCA — Small-Break Loss-Of-Coolant Accident
• MDAP — Momentum Density of Annihilation Pairs
• HTRA — High Time Resolution Astrophysics
• ARIE — Asynchronous Ratio Of Internal To External
• AI — Associative Ionization
• MGLT — Micro-Gravity Linear acceleration Tolerance
• NAAL — North American Aerodynamic Laboratory (Wind Tunnel)
• XRS — X-Ray Spectrometer
• RVGSP — Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
• EURATOM — European Nuclear Energy Organization
• HI RES FLY'SEYE — High-energy cosmic ray experiment in Dugway, Utah
• WIAS — Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics
• MIS — Mirror Image Stimulation
• BM — Bending Magnet
• RHR — Right Hand Rule
• CDCU — Correlated Dimension Correlated Uniqueness
• FNAL — Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
• OPSL — Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser
• WTCQ — Wavelet Trellis Coded Quantization
• IETS — Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy
• SFA — Sachs Freeman and Associates
• WFTE — Wigner Function Transport Equation
• AAA — Advanced Applications of Accelerators
• FIM — Functional Imaging Methods
• IESNA — Illumination Engineering Society of North America
• FMUP — Flawed Modern Ultramodern Physics
• QHF — Quantum Heisenberg Ferromagnet
• WFS — Wave Field Synthesis
• CFS — Constant-Final-State Spectroscopy
• MME — Methanol Maser Emission
• DOIM — Dense Optical Interface Module
• LITA — Laser-Induced Thermal Acoustics
• AP — Anti-Proton
• ICMP — Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
• QHO — Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
• ZDC — Zero-Degree Calorimeter
• INFN-LNF — The National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Italy
• SVJPP — Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics
• IN2P3 — Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules
• ATWE — Annual Time Weighted Exposure
• NMI — National Measurement Institute
• MES — Minimum Efficient Scale
• HEPA — High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting
• CLEAR — Controlled Liquid Electrophoresis Absorption Reflection
• AIM — Advanced Idea Mechanics
• ARXPS — Angle Resolved X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• GLM — Generalized Linear Model

• OPTPN — Optics & Photonics News
• AG — Anti-Gravity
• MPS — The Microdrop Particle Search at SLAC
• IMD — Interactive Molecular Dynamics
• WBCT — Wavelet Based Contourlet Transform
• SACR — Space-based Active Cavity Radiometer
• CPM — Collision Probability Methods
• FTIR — Fourier Transform Infra-Red
• TSD — Time Speed Distance
• INFN — Italy's Institute Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
• QMD — Quantum Metrology Division
• FPL — Fluroscent Pulse Light
• AIF — Assumed Internal Force
• MOTA — Man Of The Atom
• NGS — National Geological Society
• DTM — Dynamic Thermal Management
• GIBI- — 2 ^ 30
• FC — Flow Controller
• SIMS — Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
• LHM — Liquide Hydraulique Minerale
• PHP — Physics in Perspective
• ENEA — Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E L'Ambiente
• PPS — Proceedings of the Physical Society
• TLA — Temporal Logic of Actions
• SCOF — Static Coefficient of Friction
• REB — Relativistic Electron Beam
• P&S — Permanent and Stationary
• BKT — Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless crossover
• RBNP — Reverse Brazil Nut Problem
• GERDA — The GERmanium Detector Array
• QELS — Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
• ACP — American Center for Physics
• DM(S) — Digital material(s)
• MMFT — Many Mode Floquet Theory
• SSUV — Shuttle Solar Ultraviolet
• BNC — Boron Nitride Coating
• DR-SFG — Doubly Resonant Sum Frequency Generation
• VNIIOF — All-Union Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements
• AXAF-S — Spectroscopy Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• ALR — Active Lead Ring
• PRC — Pressure Regulator Control
• ELNES — Energy-loss near-edge structure
• RDQ — Rate Distortion Quantization
• CCM — complementary contact model
• FTS — Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
• NPDF — Nuclear Parton Distribution Function
• HEPL — High Energy Physics Laboratory
• APGR — Association for Pushing Gravity Research
• ACR — Advanced Candu Reactor
• PADE — Parallel Applications Development Environment

• TRIUMF — Tri-University Meson Facility
• TTZ — Teisseyre Tornquist Zone
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center
• RSS — Regression Sum of Squares
• VET — Vibration Energy Transfer
• LH — Left Handed
• IPT — Inductive Power Transfer
• SPEAR — The Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring
• CREB — Cern Reports Editorial Board
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
• FEAT — Fusion Energy Advanced Tokamak
• LWGR — Light-Water-cooled, Graphite-moderated Reactor
• EOTD — Enhanced Observed Time Difference
• ITRP — International Technology Recommendation Panel
• MACRO — Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory
• DRIP — Detector Response Intercomparison Program
• FED — Field-Emitter Display
• RRDCP — Recent Research Development in Chemical Physics
• HSE — Hard Sphere Expansion
• COLTRIMS — Cold Target Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• ASCA — Japan-NASA X-ray Satellite
• RS — Resonance Strength
• NAS/NRC — National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
• QHB — Quantum Nature of the Hydrogen Bond
• PS — polystyren
• WFSS — Weak Field Seeking State
• TESLA — TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator
• RKB — Restricted Kinetic Balance (method In Calcns. Of Wave Functions And Energies)
• E — Efficiency
• HECT — High-Energy Computed Tomography
• GMTI — Global Magnetization Transfer Imaging
• POF — Physics of Fluids
• HMT — Hybrid Metamorphose Theory
• ASWT — Arbitrary Shape Wavelet Transform
• RB — Rigid Body
• SSDL — Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• HTS — High Tear Strength
• AID — Also Includes Drugs
• ECPR — Electrically-Calibrated Pyroelectric Radiometer
• RFP — Radiation Flux Parameter
• HDMS — Heidelberg Dark Matter Search
• APPHY — Applied Physics
• IMRT — intensity-modulated radiation therapy
• MM — Molecular Mechanics
• ORELA — Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator
• ESS — European Spallation Source
• ERATO — Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology Office
• QPT — Quantum Phase Transition
• PAIS — Photo Acoustic Infrared Spectroscopy

• WNM — Warm Neutral Medium
• EIPP — Eastern Interconnect Phasor Project
• MR — Magneto Rheological
• RT — Ray Tracing
• LPC — LHC Physics Center
• MINIMAX/ T-864 — A search for disoriented chiral condensates at Fermilab.
• KN — Kilo Newton
• ICPS — International Conference of Physics Students
• LRA — Locked Rotor Ampere
• SCCM — standard cubic centimeters per minute
• PAR — Parabolic Aluminum Reflector
• AERD — Alpha Energy Range Discrimination
• WGFF — Working Group for Fluid Flow
• KSU — King Saud University
• RBE — Relative Biological Efficiency
• ISBR — Inter-SubBand Radiation
• APOP — Automatic Particle Orientation Procedure
• SWBXT — Synchrotron White Beam X-Ray Topography
• EHB — Electronic Handbook
• ARUPS — Angle-Resolved Ultra-violet Photoemission Spectroscopy
• FNR — Ford Nuclear Reactor
• HPI — Hybrid Polarization Interferometry
• CBS — Compton BackScattering
• DBP — Division of Biological Physics
• TCAOCC — Two-Center Atomic Orbital Close Coupling
• RT — Reference Time
• SIFC — Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator
• ISOLDE — Isotype On-Line separator at CERN
• CT — Computed tomographic scan
• CP — Coulomb potential
• UHMW — Ultra-High Molecular Weight
• HRTEM — high-resolution transition electron microscopy
• PMB — Physics in Medicine and Biology
• CTF — CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) Test Facility
• CV — Flow Coefficient
• NPSS — Nuclear Power Sources
• UV-B — Ultraviolet-Biological
• ROC — Receiver Operator Characteristic Curve
• UEB — Universal Energetic Balancing
• LGG — Least General Generalization
• SSPM — Solid State Photomultipliers
• RIMS — Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• PGS — Plane Grating Spectrometer
• SYM — Super Yang-Mills Theory
• BTEV — Proposed dedicated B physics experiment at Fermilab's Tevatron
• TGF — Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash
• PV — Product Volume
• CDU — Coolant Distribution Units
• SZB — Single Zone Boundary
• RIDIC — Radiation Internal Dose Information Center

• MPPCF — Million particles per cubic foot
• BSDM — Biased Site Disordered Model
• ASA — Aperture Setting Adjustment
• IUPAP — International Union for Pure and Applied Physics.
• SPS — Super Proton Synchrotron
• HPD — Holistic Probabilistic Design
• CRDS — Cavity-Ring-Down Spectroscopy
• VQN — Vibrational Quantum Number
• INM — Institute National de Metrologie
• LLB — Laboratoire Leon Brillouin
• MUCOOL — MUon COOLing experiment
• VFH — Vector Field Histogram
• RAND — Radio Neutrino Detector array
• EPT — Exchange Perturbation Theory
• UVA — University of Virginia
• DC — Double Capture
• ALCSG — Asian Linear Collider Steering Committee.
• WETT — Water Energy Technology Team
• GINGA — Japanese X-ray Satellite
• FCCU — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Unit
• CCF — Carbonaceous Chondrite Fission
• DPS — Disintegrations Per Second
• LEAR — Low Energy Antiproton Ring
• HPPT — HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS AND TECHNICS
• QTN — Quasi-Thermal Noise
• AMO — Atomic, Molecular and Optical
• MIRF — Medical and Industrial Radiation Facility
• DDD — Dynamic Digital Depth
• REDA — Resonant-Excitation-Double-Autoionization
• EEPROM — Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• NEOS — Newport Electro-Optic Systems
• IVR — intramolecular vibrational redistribution
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• HERA — Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator at DESY
• MIPP — Main Injector Particle Production
• NIST-7 — Former NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• PMRS — Proton magnetic resonance Spectroscopy
• ASCA — Advanced Spacecraft for Cosmology and Astrophysics
• DMP — Division of Material Physics
• SSPG — Solid State Physics Group
• ANVIS — Aviator Night Vision Imaging System
• OFS — Österreichisches Forschungszentrum
• PVST — Pressure Vacuum Stability Test
• OTD — Optical Technology Division
• VQM — Visual Quantum Mechanics
• CSDA — Continuous-Slowing-Down Approximation
• DLT — Dynamic Laser Trimming
• AMS — Accelerator-Mass Spectrometry
• LMP — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• MINERVA — A neutrino-scattering experiment that uses the NuMI beamline at Fermilab to search for low-energy neutrino interactions

• Z — Depth axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• DEXA — dual energy Xray absorptiometry
• NSEP — National Standard Examination in Physics
• CIRF — Circular Flow
• EFP — Effective Fringing Property
• ADAM — Absolute Disintegration of Available Mass
• MWE — Meters of Water Equivalent
• CORM — Council for Optical Radiation Measurements
• MOA — Model of Attraction
• ISP — INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.
• DR — Direct Reading
• STLR — Safety Thermal Limit Recorder
• IPSN — L'Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
• EC — electron-capture
• BBIR — Broad Band Infrared
• LASJ — Laser Journal
• ADTMP — Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
• HAI — Horizontal Advance Increment
• NNP — Non Neutral Plasma
• NML — National Measurement Laboratory (Japan)
• MRFM — magnetic resonance force microscopy
• DRIP — Diamagnetically Restored Inverted Pendulum
• ALB — Anti Lock Brake
• CXRS — Charge-Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy
• OMEGA — 24-Beam Laser Facility at Rochester
• LFO — literature-low frequency oscillations
• SSPL — Solid State Physics Laboratory
• SIAP — System for Improved Acoustic Performance
• E — Epsilon
• HSD — Hadron String Dynamics
• BW — Bottom of Wall
• PHYED — Physics Education
• SND — Spherical Neutral Detector
• JULIE — Joint Utilization of Laser Integrated Experiments
• LEIR — Low Energy Ion Ring
• CTMC — Classical Trajectory Monte Carlo
• CNDD — conspecific negative density dependence
• UATD — Uniform Asymptotic Theory of Diffraction
• NCNR — NIST Center for Neutron Research
• JILA — formerly Joint Institute Laboratory for Astrophysics
• SF — Static force
• SLM — Single Longitudinal Mode
• ICS — Incredible Cross-Section
• CFSE — Crystal Field Stabilization Energy
• BCS — Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory of superconductivity
• MAC — Magnitude Amplification Cavity
• GLAST — Gammaray Large Area Space Telescope
• GSL — Generalized Second Law
• WI — Wavelet Image
• RH — Reference Height

• B — Baryon
• TMP — Thermo Mechanical Pulping
• ASSI — Airglow Solar Spectrometer Instrument
• DFS — Displaced Fermi Surface
• OCLI — Optical Cooling Laboratory Incorporated
• PAR — Partially Absorbed or Reflected
• NPS — nanoparticle(s)
• GGCP — Generalized Grand Canonical Potential
• UCN — Ultra Cold Neutron
• LHCB — Large Hadron Collider beauty Experiment
• CTE — Correlated Transfer And Excitation
• SSTR — Solid State Track Recorder
• SVPSS — Soviet Physics Solid State
• NRCC — National Research Council Canada
• KISS — Keep It Simple Solutions
• LMAPH — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• AIC — Analytical Instrument Control
• EAPL — Electronic AstroPhysical Journal Letters
• GDT — Gas Discharge Tube
• KTG — Kinetic Theory of Gases
• QSW — Q-switched laser
• SET — Single-Electron Transistor
• UCLC — University Consortium for Linear Collider Research & Development
• TD — Time Definite
• PEM — polymer-electrolyte-membrane
• JTURB — Journal of Turbulence
• USM — Unifying Semantic Model
• DRM — Digital Radio Mondial
• CJP — Canadian Journal of Physics
• BXR — BMDO Transfer Radiometer
• ZF — Zero Field
• MFPG — Mixed Fission Products Generator
• TCD — Thermal Conductivity response Detector
• GIM — Grazing-Incidence Monochromator
• UHSDS — Ulta High Speed Deluge System
• MINOS — Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search
• JPG — Journal of Physics G
• CRNP — Cooperative Research Network Physics
• CAL — Controlled Axial Lifetime
• RVGES — Reviews of Geophysics Supplement
• EIC — Electron Ion Collider (nuclear physics)
• FLAP — Flexible Learning Approach to Physics
• FSW — Fast Spherical Wavelet
• DNC — Does Not Change
• ILCSG — International Linear Collider Steering Group
• DP — Dynamically Positioned
• SAM — Super Accelerator Machine
• TME — Theory Model Elimination
• QM — Quark Model
• ATLAS — Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System

• CKM — Charged Kaons at the Main Injector
• QVE — Quasi-Vibrational Energy
• MAT — Manifold Air Temperature
• THERMAL AND EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS — thermal and epithermal neutrons
• NRG — Neutron Radiated Glodents
• UHF — Ultra High Fidelity
• RC — Reaction Co-efficient
• INMM — Institute for Nuclear Materials Management
• D — Dense
• LHC-B — Large Hadron Collider B Experiment
• WSQ — Wavelet Scalar Quantization
• GVHD — Graft-Versus Host Disease
• NSRP — Neutron Science Research Program
• URIA — Undergraduate Research Institute in Astrophysics
• CSE — Compton Scattering Enhancement
• WGCM — Working Group on Coupled Modelling
• LWC — Large Water Cherenkov
• ES — Event Set
• AKD — Altered Kinetic Distance
• RIMS — Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• CMPA — Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics
• AQ — Anomalous Quadrupole
• GRAIL — Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Student Chapter
• CAMP — Computational and Applied Mathematical Physics
• TAI — International Atomic Time
• PSI — Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland, Joint Institute of ETH)
• CARS — coherent antistokes raman scattering
• RVST — Resonance Vibrating Screening Technology
• SCET — Soft Collinear Effective Theory
• AMSB — Anomaly Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking
• PHAPP — Physics and its Applications
• QP — quasi periodic
• NDE — Nucleon Decay Experiment
• UFP — Ultra-Fine Particle
• DFIR — Diffused Infrared
• NMI — National Metrology Institute
• RIBM — Resistive-Inertia Ballooning Mode
• CSI — Contact Surface Imaging
• URNC — Ultra- Relativisitic Nuclear Collision
• IPAP — Institute of Pure and Applied Physics
• MRPI — Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Imaging
• ALARA — As Long As Radiation Allows
• TCH — Transmission Converter Hydraulic
• MPSD — Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
• APIF — Astroparticle Physics International Forum
• MDRE — Minimum Dynamic Residual Expansion
• QRB — Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics
• IET — Integrated Energy Technique
• CWP — Century Women to Physics

• SPY — Secondary Particle Yield
• CAPE — Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics
• LDP — Low Density Plasma
• IEN — Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale (Italy)
• ECC — Engineered Cementitious Composite
• CASP — Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics
• QCA — Quasi- Crystalline Approximation
• ATW — Accelerator Transmutation Of Waste (for Radioactive Waste)
• CCE — Consultative Committee on Electricity
• SCF — Standard Chromatogram File
• QTM — Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization
• JANNAF — Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force
• SRO — Short Range Order
• NEC — Nippon Electric Corporation
• CDCC — Continuum Discretized Coupled Channels
• FMSS — Fermi Mass Storage System
• FAD — FASCAL Absolute Detector
• FSC — Free Space Coil
• NDSM — Non-Dimensional Schmidt Model
• QHE — Quantum Hall Effect
• LVIS — Low Velocity Intense Source
• TEV — Tera (Billion) Electron Volts
• GD — Good Deformation
• FTSI — Fourier Transform Spectral Interferometry
• PH — Percentage Hydrogen
• QZP — Quantum Zeno Paradox
• MCT — Mercury-cadmium-telluride
• MPE — Multi Photo Electron
• R — Radiation
• CDC — Correlated-Double-Capture
• NBS-4 — Older Primary Frequency Standard
• JCCRER — U.S.-Russia Joint Coordinating Committee on Radiation Effects Research
• TKF — Trifari Krussman and Fishel
• BOMAB — Bottle Manikin Absorber
• PAPPH — Pure and Applied Physics
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
• WSPM — Wavelet-based Statistical Parametric Mapping
• CEMRC — Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring Research Center
• SWIP — Society of Women in Physics
• ESCR — Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance
• DCIC — Drift-Corrected Image Composition
• NAMP — National Analytical Management Program
• ITOP — Improving the Teaching of Physics
• APM — Associated Particle Method
• IBFW — Incidence of the reflected Beam from the Front Wall
• DFL — density functional theory
• IPP — Institute of Particle Physics
• CPPM — Center for Particle Physics of Marseilles
• QOA — Quasi-Optical Amplifier
• SOT — Space Or Time

• BESS — Breaking Electroweak Symmetry Strongly
• DE — Dynamic Effort
• VCSEL — Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser
• ASTER — Advance Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer
• STPD — Solar Terrestrial Physics Division
• ORLAND — Oak Ridge Large Neutrino Detector
• ISR — Initial State Radiation
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Press
• TOTEM — TOTal Elastic and diffractive cross section Measurement
• NLDFT — Nonlocal Density Functional Theory
• ILC-TRC — International Linear Collider-Technical Reviewing Committee
• KEK — Koo Energy Ken
• NCOGH — Nuclear Coal Oil Gas Hydroelectric
• NED — Nuclear Effects Directorate
• LEP — Large Electron-Positron collider
• RFZ — Reverse Flow Zone
• PTR — Proton Transfer Reaction
• RVPP — Reviews of Plasma Physics
• TE — Total energy
• VDG — Van de Graaff
• BED — Binary-encounter-dipole
• RTP — Rapid Thermal Processing
• PHYW — Physics World
• COMPASS — Common Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy
• EUVL-LLC — EUV Lithography - Limited Liability Corporation
• GDRIMS — Glow-Discharge Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• TSFU — Two Scale Factor Universality
• SURF-III — The NIST Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility Electron Storage Ring
• IGEX — International Germanium Experiment in Spain.
• KF — Kinematical Factor
• NUS — Nuclear Safety Standard
• LMR — Laser Magnetic Resonance
• WCFF — Worst Case Fractionated Formulation
• DSM — Differential Stress Model
• IPNS — Intense Pulsed Neutron Source
• CNT(S) — carbon nanotube(s)
• IGRA — interferon-gamma release assay
• TEXT — Texas Experimental Tokamak
• QWI — Quantum Well Intermixing
• PBO — Particle Beam Optics
• DSB — Diagonal Spin Basis
• BEPM — Bielefeld Encounters in Physics and Mathematics
• UVB — Ultraviolet Beta
• SL — Super Linear
• QSA — Quantitative Surface Analysis
• SLAC — The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California
• MBS — Many Body Systems
• DELPHI — Detector with Lepton Photon and Hadron Identification at CERN'sLEP accelerator
• EXAFS — Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
• LH — Light Hadrons

• SIR — Selective Internal Radiation
• IE — Independent Event
• CC — Conservation of Charge
• TOFMS — Time-of-flight mass spectrometry
• MMKT — Methods and Models of Kinetic Theory
• WCFG — Weighted Control Flow Graph
• BEFD — Backward Euler centered Finite Difference
• DCPT — Dual-Continuum Paticle Tracker
• HET — High Energy Transformation
• GAC — Generic Application Concept
• J — Torsional Constant for a structural Section
• NMS — Nihilistic Motion Set
• MEW — Mary Elizabeth Wallace
• MTS — Muffin Tin Surface
• JCMT — James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
• SAGENAP — Scientific Assessment Group for Experiments in Non-Accelerator Physics
• NM — Non-Magnetic
• LNS — Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, in southern Italy.
• DORT — Discrete Ordinates Code
• VNIIM — Mendeleyev Institute of Metrology
• VR — Vibrationally resonant
• QFEX — Quantim Field Theory under the influence of EXternal conditions
• GMR — Giant Magnetoresistance Recording
• RD — relative dispersion
• CAST — Council of Agricultural Science and Technology
• SCFL — Self-Consistent Field Lattice
• QMIS — Quantum Mechanics of Individual Systems
• WCFG — Weakly Complete Finitely Generated
• LSOP — Little Shop Of Physics
• CAA — Computational Aeroacoustics
• NGB — New Grain Boundary
• EROS — Electric Resonance Optothermal Spectrometer
• GARD — Graviton Atom Relocation Disruptor
• EDT — Equivalent Difference Transmission
• LNLS — National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (Brazil)
• MPMS — Magnetic Property Measurement System
• DMM — Deep Mixing Method
• PMG — Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics
• PQS — Parallel Quantum Solutions
• SV — Shock and Vibration
• NIKHEF — National Institute for Subatomic Physics
• ZL — Zyklon Loop
• FSI — Fluid Solid Interaction
• ESPD — European Solar Physics Division
• LASP — Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado
• PIGP — Proceedings of the Institute of General Physics
• C — Count
• MSC — Multiple Scatter Correction
• TOR — Total Outflow Resistance
• XPOP — X is Perpendicular to Orbit Plane

• ODS — Optimized Deformation System
• TQF — Triple- Quantum- Filtered
• LZT — Lead Zirconate Titanate
• NRIP — NIST Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program
• HFS — High Friction Solid
• MURMEMWC — 'MURMURING MEMORIAL WATER CLOSET' PRE-DATED BY 1913 MODEL YEAR AND PATENT; aka; Ed Loud Memorial Toilet
• HLBC — Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber
• KET — Komitee für ElementarTeilchenphysik
• TXR — Thermal-infrared Transfer Radiometer
• TTF — TESLA Test Facility
• PCL — Physics and Chemistry of Liquids
• TAD — time-averaged difference
• HAM — Hoshino Anniversary Model
• IQI — Image Quality Indicator
• LO — Local Orbitals
• SCRAM — Safety Control Rod Activator Mechanism
• ELCSG — European Linear Collider Steering Group
• LPRI — Laboratoire Primaire des Rayonnements Ionisants, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• XQ — X-ray Quantum
• MND — Mahan-Nozieres-DeDominicis
• FRAP — FRibourg Atomic Physics
• FAST — Force, Angle, Speed, Torque
• EBR — Enormous Black Rhombus
• LIPS — Lorentz Invariant Phase Space
• MRSM — Multiple Response Surface Modeling
• RXF — Refracted X-ray Fluorescence
• VTD — Variable Torque Differential
• ELMD — Extended-LaGrangian Molecular Dynamics
• PARCS — Primary Atomic Reference Clock in Space
• TOT — Test of Time
• UFM — Ultrasonic Force Microscopy
• CSTL — Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
• CI — Constant Intensity
• TAPS — Three Arm Photon Spectrometer
• MD — Magnetic Dipole
• ULP — Ultra-short Light Pulse
• BNM — National Bureau of Metrology, France
• NEMS — Nanoelectromechanical Systems
• ST&A — Space Technology and Aeronautics
• ERI — Extended Range Imaging
• RFS — Receptive Field Size
• HCL — Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
• NANO — Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation
• DOC — Distribution Of Chaos
• HRDE — High Resolution Digital Extensometer
• OMPI — Ottawa Medical Physics Institute
• APL — Applied Physics Letters
• EBSDA — Electron BackScattered Diffraction Analysis
• LJP — Lennard-Jones Potential
• CFL — Compact Fluorescent Lamp

• LCL — lifting condensation level
• USAIDR — US Army Institute of Dental Research
• CAT — Cherenkov Array at Themis
• PVA — Powerful Vacuum Action
• HS — Hard Sphere
• IRIS — International Reactor Innovative and Secure
• EU — Entropy Unit
• NORA — Non-Overlapping Redundant Array
• SSSYN — Springer Series on Synergetics
• COUPP — The Chicagoland Observatory for Underground Particle Physics
• CFCT — Combined Field Collisional Transitions
• HELEN — High Energy physics Latin-American-European Network
• LENA — Laboratory For Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (Duke University)
• EGG — Energy Gradient Growth
• PTPT — Pure Time Preference Theory
• ADMIT — Analytical Detection Methods for the Irradiation Treatment of foods
• QEQ — Charge Equilibration
• CDS — Continuous Deflection Separation
• SEI — Specific Energy Input
• TLA — Two Level Analysis
• SEMATECH — Consortium of 14 U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturers
• CBH — Correlated Barrier Hopping
• PMATP — Progress in Mathematical Physics
• NRRS — Near Resonance Rayleigh Scattering
• GPH — Gas Permeable Hollow
• ADM — Arnowitt-Deser-Misner
• CFE — Classical Free Electron Model
• PMPO — Peak Momentary Performance Output
• DCOI — Directional Cone Of Influence
• HEPA — high efficiency particulate air (filter)
• ED — Element Distinctness
• POP — Plasma Oscillation Probe