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

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

• JAJAP — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
• TQM — Total Quality Management
• KATRIN — KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino
• GAMS4 — NIST High Resolution Spectrometer
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• LOD — Limit Of Detection
• R&D — Research & Development
• EEO — Equal Employment Opportunity
• MDMT — Minimum Design Metal Temperature
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• ESA — European Space Agency
• CMOS — Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
• SRAM — Static Random Access Memory (ess-ram)
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• SOG — Spin-on Glass
• µ — Micro
• QA/QC — Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• HACCP — Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
• EMT — effective medium theory
• FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• TKN — Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• FY — Fiscal Year
• PDL — Polarization Dependent Loss
• NM — Nanometer
• NOE — Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NMR)
• BP — Boiling Point
• MOCVD — Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
• FM — frequency modulation
• DB — Decibel
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• LTE — Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium
• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• RIU — Refractive Index Unit
• UPS — Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• MEG — Motionless Electromagnetic Generator
• SIMOPS — SIMultaneous OPerationS
• STD — Standard
• TPD — Temperature Programmed Desorption (for Gas Chromatography)
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• AIP — American Institute of Physics

• SPL — Sound Pressure Level
• ROYGBIV — Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet (Colors of the Rainbow)
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• KG — Kilogram
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• AES — Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• NQR — Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
• MIL — Military
• HOMESTAKE — A solar neutrino experiment in the Homestake Gold Mine in South Dakota
• CCT — Circuit
• DL — Deciliter
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• WFI — Water For Injection (pharmaceutical Term)
• SPR — Surface Plasmon Resonance
• VHS — Van Hove Singularity
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• SNOM — Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope
• LVL — Level
• PCS — Photon Correlation Spectroscopy
• MAD — Mean Absolute Deviation
• HD — High Density
• NCO — Numerically Controlled Oscillator
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• MFP — Mass Flow Parameter
• IC — Integrated Circuit
• KLY — Kilo Langley
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• DQE — Detective Quantum Efficiency
• CMM — Coordinate Measuring Machine
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• ACS — American Chemical Society
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• AF — Audio Frequency
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• NMR — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• 2PE — Two-Photon Excitation
• DN — Diameter Nominal
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• CT — Current Transformer
• AEC — Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• GND — Ground
• JXST — Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology
• PECVD — Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
• 3PE — Three-Photon Excitation

• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
• NSA — National Security Agency
• 2D WAXD — Two-Dimensional Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction
• LFP — Local Field Potential
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• CW — Continuous Wave
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• DPM — Disintegrations Per Minute
• H — Hot
• IID — independent and identically distributed random variables
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• LF — Low Frequency
• ISS — International Space Station
• ESD — Electrostatic Discharge
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• PWH — PetaWatt-Hour
• BAPS — Bulletin of the American Physical Society
• FMRI — Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• RAI — Resident Assessment Instrument
• HSI — Hue Saturation Intensity
• 4WM — Four Wave Mixing
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• BIT — Bulk Ion Temperature
• OASIS — Optically Adaptive System for Imaging Spectroscopy
• FTG — Field Testing Group
• KE — Kinetic Energy
• MOBY — Marine Optical Buoy
• LO — Local Oscillator
• CARS — Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy
• JB — Jacquet-Blondel method
• JND — Just Noticeable Difference
• THD — Total Harmonic Distortion
• TLC — Thin Layer Chromatography
• ESR — Electron Spin Resonance
• XQC — X-ray Quantum Calorimeter
• IR — Infrared
• FTF — Fundamental Train Frequency
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• P — Pressure
• AEDY — Aerospace Dynamics
• E=MC2 — Energy=Mass * (Velocity of light)**2
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• HPLC — High Performance Liquid Chromatography
• CW — Clockwise
• COIL — Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• MQSA — Mammography Quality Standards Act

• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• NTP — normal temperature and pressure
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• APS — American Physical Society
• PHCHE — Physics and Chemistry of Earth
• EVM — Error Vector Magnitude
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• FOS — Faint Object Spectrograph
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• FDR — False Discovery Rate
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• SC — South Carolina
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• TOMO-SAR — Synthetic Aperture Radar TOMOgraphy
• IHPRPTP — Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology Program
• NRC — National Response Center
• SIG — Signal
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• AAPM — American Association of Physicists in Medicine's
• IDCT — Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
• FWT — Fast Wavelet Transform
• DIBL — Drain-induced Barrier Lowering
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• SUPER-K — Super-Kamiokande
• CMC — Calibration Measurement Capabilities
• EBIS — Electron Beam Ion Source
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• CDM — Cold Dark Matter
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• CW — Carrier Wave
• ITL — Information Technology Laboratory
• WG — Working Group
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• DOHC — Dual Overhead Cam
• AES — Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
• HIC — Hydrogen Induced Cracking
• DSR — Dynamic Shear Rheometer
• UTD — Uniform Theory of Diffraction
• 3D — Three Dimensional
• ER — Energy Research
• LMS — Least Mean Square
• GR — General Relativity
• ACD — Autoregressive Conditional Duration
• PM — Particulate Matter

• DOAS — Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
• STP — Standard Temperature Pressure
• ID — Inside Diameter
• FTMW — Fourier Transform Microwave
• EPR — Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• ANS — American Nuclear Society
• AMA — Actual Mechanical Advantage
• EMR — Electromagnetic Radiation
• CAV — Constant Angular Velocity
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• SAXS — Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• MOD — Minimum Object Distance
• PET — positron emission tomography
• HQSC — Heisenberg Quantum Spin Chain
• ERDA — Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis
• OPCPA — Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• DOP — Dilution Of Precision
• FRET — Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
• ILSS — Interlaminar Shear Strength
• AT&T — Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
• C&E — Cause and Effect
• TDH — Total Dynamic Head
• JEWA — Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
• DN/DC — Specific refractive index increment
• MTBF — Mean Time Between Failures
• PO2 — Partial pressure of oxygen
• ACDC — Alternating Current/Direct Current
• FP — Freezing Point
• 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
• AFV — Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
• PEM — Proton Exchange Membrane
• PAGE — Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
• CV — Constant Velocity
• XMLD — X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism
• OSA — Optical Society of America
• PDSH — Pressure Differential Switch High
• EF — Energy Factor
• DNA — Defense Nuclear Agency
• TLE — Two Line Elements
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• BS — Beam Splitter
• P — Predicted
• RAP — Reliable Acoustic Path
• DPA — Differential Power Analysis
• LTL — Linear Temporal Logic

• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• NG6, NG-6 — Monochromatic Beam Line near the end of NG6
• EDS — Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• MURR — University of Missouri Research Reactor
• CLSM — Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
• MO — Molecular Orbital
• SCC — Standards Coordinating Committee
• MRA — Mutual Recognition Arrangement
• UA — University of Arizona
• APOMA — American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• NDT — Nondestructive Test
• LOCF — Last Observation Carried Forward
• PEL — Permissible Exposure Limit
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• NEDT — Noise Equivalent Delta Temperature
• EOM — Electro-Optic Modulator
• MV — Medium Voltage
• MIS — Magnetic Isolation System
• ACPD — Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions
• NCU — Nano Containment Unit
• DOT — Diffuse Optical Tomography
• CWT — Continuous Wavelet Transform
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscopy
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• PGNAA — Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis
• ATR — Attenuated Total Reflectance
• PL&I — Plasmas and Ions
• RFI — Relative Fluorescence Intensity
• A — Atomic
• OTA — Optical Tube Assembly (telescopes)
• ISP — INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.
• GUE — Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (of Random Matrixes In Quantum-transport Studies)
• PIV — Particle Image Velocimetry
• FEGT — Furnace Exit Gas Temperature
• LEP — Large Electron Positron
• HPS — High Pressure Sodium
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• ACIP — Aerodynamic Coefficient Instrumentation Package
• N — Normal
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• CDF — Collider Detector at Fermilab
• CHIPS — Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
• LIF — Laser Induced Fluorescence
• EV — Electron Volt
• SIM — Selected ion monitoring
• ZQ — Zero-Quantum

• SIA — Semiconductor Industry Association
• HAADF — high-angle annular dark field SEM
• AMPC — Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry
• AMS — Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
• AC — Aerodynamic Center
• AEDC — Arnold Engineering Development Center
• SHP — Shaft Horsepower
• MIRD — Medical Internal Radiation Dose
• BSDF — Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function
• MMC — Maximum Material Condition
• RIXS — Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• EDX — Energy-Dispersive X-ray Analysis
• DFT — Density Functional Theory
• IDCY — Idle Cycle
• LM — Lumen
• TOE — Theory of Everything
• MBQ — Megabecquerel
• WDXRF — Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
• AMPS — Atmospheric Magnetospheric Plasma System
• ACD — Air Constrained Dampening
• PE — Potential Energy
• LS — Liquid Scintillation
• OPD — Optical Path Difference
• CPS — Cycles Per Second (now Hertz)
• CVAAS — Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
• ECD — Electron Capture Dissociation
• BHN — Brinell Hardness Number
• EDM — Electric Dipole Moment
• DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung.
• DPF — Displacement Power Factor
• S — Short
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• OD — Optical Density
• HPS — Health Physics Society
• NG7 — Neutron Guide No. 7
• SNS — Spallation Neutron Source
• HPHT — high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
• 1D — One-Dimensional
• DPP — Division of Plasma Physics
• LE — Low Energy
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• ISE — Ion Selective Electrode
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• HE — High Energy
• ICARUS — Imaging Cosmic and Rare Underground Signal
• IFD — Indentation Force Deflection
• FE — Finite Element
• FCI — Full Configuration Interaction

• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• FFF — Field-Flow Fractionation
• PHRV — Physical Review
• FEL — Free Electron Laser
• FCC — Face-Centered Cubic
• GNO — Gallium Neutrino Observatory
• KELVIN — Scientific temperature scale
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• PTA — Pure Tone Average
• RAC — Research Advisory Committee
• RSP — Rapid Solidification Process
• BCC — Body-Centered Cubic
• EP — Extreme Pressure
• SCF — Self-Consistent Field
• PCM — Phase Contrast Microscopy
• LAF — Laminar Air Flow
• H — Hotel
• PHYN — Physics Notes
• EELS — Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
• HDR — High Dose Rate
• WDDL — Wave Dynamic Differential Logic
• LT — Low Temperature
• EPC — Electronic Pressure Control
• HID — high intensity discharge (electricity)
• QWIP — Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• LOA — Law of Attraction
• NV — Night Vision
• SWG — Standard Wire Gauge
• MPLB — Modern Physics Letters B
• POC — Physical Optics Corporation
• AO — Adaptive Optics
• PHR — Physics Reports
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• LMU — Location Measurement Unit
• AC — Attenuation Coefficient
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• SPM — Scanning Probe Microscope
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• CARI — combustion air requirement index
• PE — Performance Evaluation
• LDA — Local Density Approximation
• ENDL — Evaluated Nuclear Data Library
• PBC — Polarization-Beam Combiner
• FLIR — Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer
• ETC — Electron Transport Chain
• TXM — Transmission X-ray Microscope
• KAERI — Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

• ICR — Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• 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)
• VTZ — Valence Triple Zeta (basis Set)
• AOM — acoustic-optic modulator
• BCT — Body-Centered Tetragonal
• MOR — Modulus of Rupture
• LFAE — Ligand Field Activation Energy
• PM — Phase Modulation
• SD — Super Deformed
• RKR — Rydberg-Klein-Rees
• ESO — European Southern Observatory
• CCV — Continuing Calibration Verification
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• VIV — Vortex Induced Vibration
• RG — Radius of Gyration
• EOS — Equation Of State
• RTD — Resistance Temperature Detector
• OLED — Organic Light-Emitting Diode
• JPCS — Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
• AFT — Attractor Field Therapy
• VU — Volume Unit
• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• BIPM — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• DLA — Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
• PRL — Physical Review Letters
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• GFP — Green Fluorescent Protein
• ASPP — Atmospheric and Space Plasma Physics
• AFC — Aerodynamic Flight Control
• RPT — Refractory Period of Transmission
• CED — Cohesive Energy Density
• ZPE — Zero Point Energy
• MJPS — Moldavian Journal of the Physical Sciences
• MOA — Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
• RST — Rapid Suspension Technology
• CC — Closed Circuit
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• 2-D — Two Dimensional
• GAM — Generalized Additive Model
• IK — Inverse Kinematics
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• GP — General Physics Corporation
• OOCA — Object Oriented Computing in Astrophysics
• OPC — Optical Particle Counter
• DVM — Digital Voltmeter
• TOV — Threshold of Visibility
• AEM — Acoustical Emission Monitoring
• AO — Atomic Orbital
• OPA — Optical Parametric Amplifier

• FTNIR — Fourier Near Infra Red
• HVLP — high volume, low pressure
• MPI — Multiphoton Ionization
• CCDC — Cyclic Channel Die Compression
• PIV — Peak Inverse Voltage
• 2LOT — 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
• R — Roentgen
• PMTS — Predetermined Motion Time System
• QD — Quantum Dot
• RTT — Round Trip Timer
• ICP-AES — Inductively Coupled Plasma-atomic Emission Spectrometry
• TC — Transmission Convergence (ATM)
• QWW — Quantum Well Wire
• CGU — Canadian Geophysical Union
• CEA — Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique
• EF — Electric Field
• AAPT — American Association of Physics Teachers
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• EM — Environmental Management
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• SI — International System of Units (Système international d'unités)
• DSM — Design Structure Matrix
• HEA — High Energy Astrophysics
• FCA — Formal Concept Analysis
• TM — Transverse Magnetic
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• GRI — Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
• MAG — Magnetic
• SRM — Standard Reference Material
• JETP — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
• LSDA — Local Spin Density Approximation
• MS/MS — Tandem Mass Spectrometry
• APS — Advanced Photon Source
• AMS — Acoustic Measurement System
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• CQGRA — Classical and Quantum Gravity
• JPCM — Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• ACB — Annular Confinement Beam
• XPS — X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• HI — High Intensity
• MCM — Mobil Composition of Matter
• MFCG — Magnetic Flux Compression Generator
• PHA — Physics And Astronomy
• ILD — Indentation Load Deflection
• AEQ — Aeronautical Quarterly
• NPC — Nuclear Pore Complex
• TEMP — Temperature
• LWR — Light Water Reactor
• RMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• CJLTP — Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics

• SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• QP — Quantization Parameter
• SSNMR — Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instrumental Coefficient Package
• ASAC — aerodynamic surfaces assembly and checkout
• C — Countess
• ADB — Aerodynamic Data Book
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• CBR — California Bearing Ratio
• RSE — Relative Standard Error
• E — Electra
• CQGRS — Classical and Quantum Gravity Supplement
• ST&A — Space Technology and Aeronautics
• CEI — Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano
• EMR — Electromagnetic Resonance
• BQ — Becquerel
• FDTD — Finite Difference Time Domain
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• FP — Focal Plane
• SRV — Safety Relief Valve
• CICP — Communications in Computational Physics
• WDM — Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
• AFT — Aerodynamic Flight Test
• LSP — Lightest Supersymmetric Particle
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• APH — Astroparticle Physics
• YP — Yield Point
• IOR — Index of Refraction
• CCPP — Combined Cycle Power Plant
• MSX — Midcourse Space Experiment
• PD — Propagation Delay
• RHF — Restricted Hartree-Fock
• ABEC — Annular Bearing Engineering Committee
• CLV — Constant Linear Velocity
• ETS — Energy Transfer System
• LSND — Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• ADCL — Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory
• PEPSI — Proton Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging
• EAA — Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• APRF — Army Pulse Radiation Facility
• CES — Constant Elasticity of Substitution
• NM — Newton Meter
• OPO — Optical Parametric Oscillator
• DDS — Direct Digital Synthesizer
• IIT — Indian Institute of Technology
• LC — Liquid Chromatography
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• JCHPH — Journal of Chemical Physics

• JJAPL — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Letters
• ACESJ — Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal
• IVR — Intramolecular Vibrational Relaxation
• PCF — Photonic Crystal Fiber
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• AMPS — Atmosphere, Magnetosphere & Plasmas in Space
• ULVZ — Ultra-Low Velocity Zone
• CCPCE — Current Contents Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
• 2B1Q — Two Binary One Quaternary
• NIDR — National Institute of Dental Research (National Institutes of Health)
• APAS — Aerodynamic Performance and Sizing Program
• ADM — Absolute Distance Meter
• OPS — Optical Physical Section
• TEPC — Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter
• CRPL — Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory
• SCF — Supercritical Fluid
• CVD — Chemical Vapor Deposition
• TMD — Tuned Mass Damper
• UTA — Unresolved Transition Array
• AMTF — Acoustic Model Test Facility
• PHYR — Physical Research
• LIPC — laser-induced plasma channel
• POGS — polar-orbiting geomagnetic survey
• AIAA — American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
• EGS — Electron Gamma Shower
• AECL — Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's
• VMD — Visual Molecular Dynamics
• ECSED — Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data
• TEM — Transverse Electromagnetic
• HTD — Heat Transfer Division
• AJP — American Journal of Physics
• FFR — Fractional Flow Reserve
• ED — Electron Diffraction
• SVD — Shock Vibration Digest
• CPK — Corey, Pauling, Koltun
• BPM — Beam Position Monitor
• PDE — Product Data Exchange
• ADPHY — Advances in Physics
• SPH — Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• FASCAL — Facility for Automatic Spectroradiometric Calibrations
• EGO — Eccentric Geophysical Observation
• CCD — Charged Coupled Device
• ANPHY — Annals of Physics
• REST — Representational State Transfer
• MOKE — Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
• COMPASS — COMPuter ASSurance Conference
• LDA — Laser Doppler Anemometry
• VRM — Vector Ruggedness Measure

• CMH — Cubic Meter per Hour
• CEC — California Energy Commission
• HTBB — High-Temperature Black Body
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• ADAP — Aerodynamic Data Analysis Program
• AMP — Amplitude
• DE — Differential Equation(s)
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• CTMP — Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulp
• FTL — Faster Than Light
• 1PI — One Particle Irreducible
• ASAS — Aerodynamic Stability Augmentation System
• AFTA — Acoustic Fatigue Test Article
• BMDO — (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do)
• ITELC — IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection
• CSI — Compton Scatter Imaging
• ATI — Above-Threshold Ionization
• ASD — Astrophysics Science Division
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• MOKE — Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect
• EER — Estimated Energy Requirement
• MOT — Magneto Optical Trap
• BNCT — Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
• KOPIO — AKlong decay experiment at Brookhaven.
• RBS — Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry
• ICE — Internal combustion engine (transportation)
• HDOP — Horizontal Dilution Of Position
• EIE — electron impact excitation
• UMIST — University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• RLD — Reciprocal Linear Dispersion
• NLC — Next Linear Collider
• RJMP — Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics
• CFSE — Crystal Field Stabilization Energy
• ALICE — A Large Ion Collider Experiment
• JATP — Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
• PMG — Permanent Magnet Generator
• ECRIS — Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source
• NEI — Nuclear Energy Institute
• PHEMT — Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor
• FIM — Field Intensity Meter
• PP2PP — proton-proton to proton-proton
• DAP — Donor Acceptor Pair
• HV — High Vacuum
• EDAX — energy dispersive analysis of X-rays
• STASA — Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer

• PLL — Phase Locked Loop
• DMI — Dynamic Momentum Index
• QM — Quantum Mechanics
• CARB — Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• HRC — Rockwell Hardness C
• HO — High Order
• IOT — Inductive Output Tube
• REL — Recommended Exposure Limit
• ASC — Aerodynamic Surface Control
• SWAP — Short-Wavelength Automated Perimetry
• WHHM — Werthamer Helfand Hohenberg and Maki
• RSM — Response Surface Method
• AIH — Acoustical Imaging and Holography
• PTCA — Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angiography
• HPPT — High Pressure Phase Transformation
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• CF — Cold Fusion
• FWHM — Full Width at Half Maximum
• QMS — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• PZT — Piezoelectric Translator
• BC — Boundary Condition
• HVT — High Velocity Thermocouple
• LIM — Limit
• SERS — Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering
• RC — Resistor-Capacitor
• ARL — Average Run Length
• TEF — Time-Energy-Frequency
• CBNM — Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements
• TJ — TeraJoule
• MPN — Most Probable Number
• AFI — Accordion Fringe Interferometry
• LBLRR — LBL Research Review
• NJPH — New Journal of Physics
• ADGEO — Advances in Geophysics
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• TIB — Tracker Inner Barrel
• DUV — Deep Ultraviolet
• AAAC — Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
• ENR — Enrichment and Reprocessing (technology)
• AMS — Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
• ITSU — IEEE Transactions on Sonics Ultrasonics
• IC — Internal Combustion
• YS — Yield Strength
• QO — Quasi-Optical
• SR — Special Relativity
• NVIS — Night Vision Imaging System
• LNP — Lecture Notes in Physics
• CHJCP — Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics
• APHY — Acoustical Physics

• UB — Upper Bound
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• LISS — Linear Imaging Self-Scanning
• SFG — Sum Frequency Generation
• CCM — Computational Continuum Mechanics
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• APAC — Applied Acoustics
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• AUJPA — Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement
• CCP6 — Collaborative Computational Project 6
• BWO — Backward Wave Oscillator
• BGM — Basis Generator Method
• M — Mass
• WAMW — Weight-Average Molecular Weight
• MPMS — Magnetic Property Measurement System
• NEMS — National Energy Modeling System
• FHMM — Factorial Hidden Markov Model
• BBO — Beta-Barium Borate
• BLB — Black Light Bulb
• TMA — Thermal Mechanical Analysis
• DE — Discrete Event (program specification)
• COMPH — Computers in Physics
• HS — Hot Spot
• DLP — Digital Light Processing
• SSCP — Springer Series on Chemical Physics
• EOM — Equation of Motion
• PMMA — Polymethylmethacrylate
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• ATDB — Aerothermodynamic Data Book
• BIB — Blocked Impurity Band
• TC — Temperature Control
• BBIR — Broad Band Infrared
• VLT — Visible Light Transmission
• NIR — Near Infrared
• JKPS — Journal of Korean Physical Society
• WTMM — Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima
• ICP — Inductively Coupled Plasma
• IV — Input Voltage
• NAA — Neutron Activation Analysis
• HFS — Hydrogen Forward Scattering
• ITUFF — IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• ARES — Advanced Rheometric Expansion System
• GEC — Gaseous Electronics Conference
• MUT — Material Under Test
• GS — Gauss
• CMS — Compact Muon Solenoid
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• SANS — Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
• PNP — Positive-Negative-Positive

• RHM — Roentgen Hour Meter
• EPJ — European Physical Journal
• CCFL — Countercurrent Flow Limitation
• ODC — Orthogonal Defect Classification
• HSS — Hollow Structural Section
• MFT — Mean Field Theory
• XPS — X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• LTA — Low temperature (oxygen plasma) ashing
• LVDT — Linear Variable Differential Transformer
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• AVCOR — algorithm vibration correlation
• FM — Ferromagnetic
• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• PID — Photoionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
• SW — Surface Wave
• MDR — Mass Distribution Ratio
• SEAQUEST — A series of fixed target Drell-Yan experiments at Fermilab
• ELT — Extremely Large Telescope
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• CLC — Capillary Liquid Chromatography
• LLG — Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation
• EBIT — Electron Beam Ion Trap
• STEM — Storable Tubular Extendible Member
• TLI — Tilted Laser Image
• COASP — Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics
• 3DSSPP — Three-Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program
• LBT — Large Binocular Telescope
• RXS — Resonant X-Ray Scattering
• EF — Extra Fine
• EIES — Electron Impact Emission Spectroscopy
• DMC — Dynamic Motion Control
• STS — Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
• PRC — Pressure Regulator Control
• AERTE — Aerojet Technology
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• SEE — Secondary Electron Emission
• PAC — Probably Approximately Correct
• AF — Acceleration Factor
• VAC — Vacuum Assisted Closure
• JEPT — Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics
• NERI — Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
• DU — Durability
• ESR — Electrical Substitution Radiometer
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• PCPP — Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
• SG — Specific Gravity
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• TBB — Triple Beam Balance

• NVLAP — National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
• QRHE — quantum anomalous Hall effect
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• MBH — Thousand BTU per Hour
• PPHTS — Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors
• CHPHY — Chinese Physics
• ARCP — Annual Reviews of Computational Physics
• MTXM — Magnetic Transmission X-Ray Microscopy
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• TJPH — Turkish Journal of Physics
• TQ — Time Quotient
• CH — Continuum Hypothesis
• MBE — Molecular Beam Epitaxy
• RHEED — Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• ALVIB — algorithm payload vibration
• FTIR — Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
• AUM — Arbitrary Unit of Mass
• 2PPE — Two-Photon Photoemission
• CLM — Compound Light Microscope
• TCS — Three-Dimensional Complex Space Theory
• VOX — Voice Operated EXchange
• ASVIB — algorithm scoreboard vibrations
• CFM — Creates Forward Motion
• SCV — Squared Coefficient of Variation
• CPS — Central Plasma Sheet
• MSLD — Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector
• GUT — Grand Unification Theory
• PSML — Physical Systems Modeling Laboratory
• TIMS — Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• COS — Change of State
• VCC — Voltage Collector-to-Collector (transistors)
• VEEL — Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels
• SI — Système International d'unités (International System of Units)
• 2DHG — Two-Dimensional Hole Gas
• ULTRA — Ultrasonics
• ARACO — Archives Acoustics
• DOP — Degree of Polarization
• MIST — Microgravity Science and Technology
• NVH — Noise Vibration Harshness
• KWP — Kilowatt-Peak
• NISTAR — NIST Advanced Radiometer
• TPP — Thermal Power Plant
• AEJ — Aeronautical Journal
• PMR — Proton Magnetic Resonance
• PSST — Plasma Sources Science Technology
• LFCC — Linear Frequency Cepstral Coefficient
• ST — Spherical Tokamak
• PFG — Pulsed Field Gradient
• GEC — General Electrodynamics Corporation

• CXRO — Center for X-Ray Optics at Berkeley, CA
• DALR — Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
• PCSE — Physical Chemistry: Science and Engineering
• MEMS — Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
• EPI — Echo Planar Imaging
• FI — Field Intensity
• MICE — Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
• NRLM — National Research Laboratory of Metrology (Japan)
• IO — Interactive Optimum
• CAM — Computer-Aided Machining
• LC — Liquid Crystal
• FOC — Forward Only Conversion
• ABMP — American Board of Medical Physics
• BF-TEM — Bright-field transmission electron microscopy
• PASTI — Public Address Speech Transmission Index
• JPSJS — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Supplement
• LEACH — Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy
• BELLE — B detector at KEK in Japan
• LOQ — Limit of Quantitation
• BPAS — Bulletin of Pure and Applied Science
• STM — Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• RDP — Rubidium Di-Hydrogen Phosphate
• CIPM — International Committee of Weights and Measures, France
• WXRF — Wavelength-dispersive X- Ray Fluorescence
• VA — Volt Ampere
• SQM — Square Meter
• OGB — Original Grain Boundary
• FEC — Ferro-Electric liquid Crystal
• ACR — Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• DONUT — Direct Observation of the Nu Tau
• VT — Valid Time
• STAR — Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC
• JETPL — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters
• BTI — Bubble Technology Inc
• WAFAC — Wide-Angle Free-Air Chamber
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• IMS — Institute for Molecular Science
• IMA — Ideal Mechanical Advantage
• SEA — Statistical Energy Analysis
• LRSP — Living Reviews in Solar Physics
• JDS — Joint Density of States
• GGA — Generalized Gradient Approximation
• HHPN — Hydraulic High Pressure Nebulization
• MOSFET — Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
• JSMAJ — Japan Society of Microgravity Application Journal
• SCAMPY — Scanning Micro Pyrometer
• TC — Technical Committee (HL7)
• RT — Reverberation Time
• ND — Neutron Detector
• BET — Brunauer - Emmett - Teller

• TC — Thermal Control
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• CPL — Chemical Physics Letters
• AF — Anisotropic Filtering
• PHL — Physics Letters
• FT-IRAS — Fourier Transform-Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• LVR — Lever
• TST — Time-Space-Time
• EMILY — Extreme Monkey Indigestion Laryngitis Youngen
• CZJPH — Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
• JGE — Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
• JJAPS — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Supplement
• EJTP — Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics
• HTPPL — High Temperature Plasma Physics Lab
• MBS — Minimum Breaking Strength
• MEL — Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
• JMP — Journal of Mathematical Physics
• HWP — Half-Wave Plate
• CEJPH — Central European Journal of Physics
• TC — Thermal Conductivity
• EPA — Electron Positron Accumulator
• LI-ION — Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• JVST — Journal of Vacuum Science Technology
• SHWAV — Shock Waves
• CLR — Center of Lateral Resistance
• QMF — quadrature mirror filter banks
• CLFR — Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector
• CHPHL — Chinese Physics Letter
• ENSDF — Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• MRIR — medium-resolution infrared radiometer
• UCSUSA — Union of Concerned Scientists, United States of America
• FIR — Far Infrared
• DREAMS — Dynamic Range Enhancement Applied to Mass Spectrometry
• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• WIMP — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
• AD — Antimatter Decelerator
• JVC — Journal of Vibration and Control
• IBFM — Interacting Boson-Fermion Model
• MMCP — Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
• PEPI — Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
• HERO — High Energy Replicated Optics
• YKP — Yano- Koonin- Podgoretskii
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• PFC — Parallel Flange Channel
• TG — Temperature Gradient
• COTPH — Communications in Theoretical Physics
• TL — Time Line
• JGP — Journal of Geometry and Physics
• XSV — Expendable Sound Velocimeter

• ANIPS — Annals of the Israel Physical Society
• RPN — Remote Plasma Nitridation
• MMC — Moving Micro Cross
• MS — MilliSeconds
• HRTF — Head-Related Transfer Function
• UMRK — Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
• SBLC — S-Band Linear Collider
• SEM — Scanning Electron Microscopes
• ATU — Accumulated Thermal Unit
• NEMP — Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse
• HBT — Hanbury Brown-Twiss
• AFA — Average Fock Approximation
• FTICR — Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• CPIP — Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
• DCT — Discrete Cosine Transformer
• SCCM — standard cubic centimeters per minute
• LO — Laser Optics
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• SPE — solid phase extraction method
• ECT — Error Correction Term
• EMW — Electromagnetic Wave
• GML — General Measurement Loop
• EFW — Evanescent Floquet Wave
• SAJPH — South African Journal of Physics
• PSSC — Physical Science Study Committee
• PDE — Possible Duplicate Emission
• IDC — Insulation Displacement Contact (connector)
• NCF — Near Coherence of Filters
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• UCLA — Harbor-University of California Los Angeles
• FD — Finite Difference
• FDFD — Finite Difference Frequency Domain
• DSA — digital subtraction angiography
• PTF — Physics of Thin Films
• EXO — Enriched Xenon Observatory
• JPSJ — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
• WKB — Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (phase-shift Formula For Potential Scattering)
• AESIJ — Aeronautical Society India Journal
• AMB — As Measured By
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• ND — Neutron Density
• ABF — All but Finitely
• PFID — Perturbed Free Induction Decay
• PT — Peak Torque
• PO2 — Pressure of Oxygen
• GPIB — General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus
• ESR — Experimental Storage Ring
• CFT — Crystal Field Theory
• SQ — Scalar Quantization
• PTI — Proxima Therapeutics Inc.

• VIS — Visible
• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• JSP — Journal of Statistical Physics
• PRF — Petroleum Research Fund
• J — Torsional Constant for a structural Section
• CMR — Colossal Magnetoresistance
• BMD — Bending Moment Diagram
• LCTE — Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• NEANDC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Data Committee
• RECAN — Regional European and Central Asian ALARA Network
• PHAPP — Physics and its Applications
• PHT — Physics Today
• EPIC — Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
• HF — Hartree-Fock Method
• AMJPH — American Journal of Physics
• CSLPT — Cambridge Studies in Low Temperature Physics
• SSADM — Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology
• VHT — Very High Temperature
• JRLR — Journal of Russian Laser Research
• CRP — Coordinated Research Program
• SBR — Spectral Band Replication
• SCR — Space Charge Region
• PCM — Phase Change Materials
• TWA — time-weighted averaged
• MAP — Maximum A Posteriori estimate
• JAG — Journal of Applied Geophysics
• NSOM — Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• PMT — Photo Multiplier Tube
• LAND — Large Area Neutron Detector
• GFAAS — graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry
• MQA — measurement quality assurance
• IPL — Intense Pulsed Light
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• JMAPH — Journal of Mathematics and Physics
• EEEL — Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
• XSW — X-Ray Standing Wave
• PTCP — Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics
• 2PH TDF — Two-Particle-Hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation
• CERN — Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• CCFL — Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
• LCIF — Laser-Collision-Induced Fluorescence
• SCF — Stress Concentration Factor
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• DUS — Duplex Ultrasound
• EGR — Entropy Gradient Reversal
• GCA — Gradual Channel Approximation
• TW — Top of Wall
• ABHP — American Board of Health Physics
• MICGQ — Microgravity Quarterly

• WL — Weak Localization
• DEG — Dimensional Electron Gas
• 3DWBA — Three-Body Distorted-Wave Born Approximation
• VNIIFTRI — National Scientific and Russian Research Institute for Physical, Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements
• POPRV — Pilot Operated Pressure Relief Valve
• 3DFFM — Three-Dimensional Fourier Filtering Method
• CPR — Chemical Physics Reports
• OAM — Orbital Angular Momentum
• OPTLE — Optics and Lasers in Engineering
• CRT — Conformal Radiation Therapy
• APD — VERP)/action potential duration
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• ITD — Inlet Temperature Difference
• COMMP — Comments in Modern Physics
• LOMO — Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital
• SGORS — Studies in Geophysical Optics and Remote Sensing
• BJAP — British Journal of Applied Physics
• BIA — Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
• OSU — Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio, United States
• ADEXG — Advances in Exploration Geophysics
• PES — Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• JFLU — Journal of Fluorescence
• AMMAC — Mexican Metrology Association
• FCFC — Full-Coverage Film Cooling
• IPTS — International Practical Temperature Scale
• FOC — Forward of Center
• FCG — Fatigue Crack Growth
• URA — Universities Research Association, Inc.
• LPCVD — Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• TMP — Turbo Molecular Pump
• LAL — The Laboratoire de L'Accelerateur Lineaire at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France
• TCPH — Topics in Current Physics
• QFT — Quantitative Fluorescence Technique
• JMOA — Journal of Microwaves Optics and Acoustics
• MCU — Microcontroller Unit
• PPCF — Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
• TQW — Triangular Quantum Well
• LRR — Living Reviews in Relativity
• ITPS — IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• PSL — Polystyrene-latex
• KN — Kilo Newton
• NPIC — Nuclear Power Institute of China
• NOBCCHE — National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers
• ADMPS — Advances in Mechanics and Physics of Surfaces
• CEL — Correlated Emission Laser
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
• HUT — Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
• LTP — Low Temperature Physics

• MO — Magneto-optic
• JCA — Journal of Computational Acoustics
• MEA — Membrane Electrode Assembly
• BHLH — Basic Helix-Loop-Helix
• DDF — Distance Distortion Factor
• CPSSH — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces and Heterogeneous Catalysis
• IAPT — Indian Association of Physics Teachers
• PAPGE — Pure and Applied Geophysics
• CPCAR — Chemistry and Physics of Carbon
• BEB — Binary-Encounter-Bethe
• ACCW — Auxiliary Component Cooling Water
• CER — Controlled Energy Release
• HEI — Heat Exchange Institute Inc.
• BES — Beijing Spectrometer (China)
• ACOUL — Acoustics Letters
• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• EL — Europhysics Letters
• K2K — KEK to Kamioka
• GCK — Geiger Counter Kit
• LSC — Liquid Scintillation Counting
• PLA — Physics Letters A
• PAES — Positron-Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• ADGR — Advances in Geophysical Research
• AFVH — Anti- Ferromagnetic van Hove scenario
• CDW — Continuum Distorted Wave
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• DWP — Dispensing Well Plate
• FFE — Far Field Extension
• BSS.2 — Beta-Particle Secondary Standards System
• PCL — Physics and Chemistry of Liquids
• DSM — Dynamic Scattering Mode
• CR — Curvature Radiation
• JAE — Journal of Acoustic Emission
• JVE — Journal of Vibration Engineering
• TRFM — Time Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
• NA — Neutral Axis
• RVMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• XRF — X-Ray Fluorescence
• RVST — Resonance Vibrating Screening Technology
• JPCRD — Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
• QFS — Quantum Filtered Spectra
• IQEC — International Quantum Electronics Conference
• GR&R — Gauge Reproducibility And Repeatability
• JMPS — Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• C&EA — Cause and Effect Analysis
• ENZ — Epsilon-Near-Zero
• IGC — International Gravity Commission
• SLM(S) — spatial light modulator(s)
• UHT — Ultra High Temperature
• CEBAF — Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility

• TD — Time Differential
• QMF — Quadrature Mirror Filter
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• NELAC — National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference
• IRIS — Internal Rotary Inspection System
• ACTS — Automated Computer Time Service
• ODE — Ordinary Differential Equation
• BIM — Body In Motion
• IPM — Ionization Profile Monitor
• ARO — United States Army Research Office
• AGS — Alternating-gradient Synchrotron
• EOPAP — Earth and Ocean Physics Application Program
• FRET — fluorescence resonant energy transfer
• HVL — Half-Value Layer
• AOM(S) — acousto-optic modulator(s)
• CRYRING — Electron Accelerator and Storage Ring Facility (Stockholm, Sweden)
• VCM — Voice-Coil Motor
• STSSP — Selected Topics in Solid State Physics
• CPB — Center Point of Balance
• MGG — Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics
• HPM — High Power Microwave
• PPPL — Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• TCB — Temporal Coherence Boundary
• NEANSC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Science Committee
• JLUM — Journal of Luminescence
• MUNU — An experiment at the Bugey reactor in France studying electron - electron neutrino scattering.
• ITAS — IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
• ADCHP — Advances in Chemical Physics
• CAT — Computed Axial Tomography
• FTMS — Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry
• MML — Material Measurement Laboratory
• GUIDE — Generalized Unbiased Interaction Detection and Estimation
• ETI — Environmental Technology Initiative
• JSCI — Journal of Scientific Instruments
• APT — Analytic Perturbation Theory
• JPLPH — Journal of Plasma Physics
• PRVP — Proceedings of Vibration Problems
• TCD — Thermal Conductivity response Detector
• SSCOM — Solid State Communications
• CRI — Cambridge Research Instrumentation
• SCD — Single Crystal Diffraction
• LCLS — Linac Coherent Light Source
• LENR — Low Energy Nuclear Reactions
• TDCR — Triple-to-Double Coincidence Ratio
• LPB — Laser and Particle Beams
• PLPHR — Plasma Physics Reports
• DQS — Discrete Quantum State
• AICF — Acoustic Inertial Confinement Fusion
• MKSA — Meter, Kilogram, Second, Ampere
• MTF — Magnetized Target Fusion

• DARD — Dynamic Axial Rotational Device
• OIML — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• RRDSP — Recent Research Development in Statistical Physics
• RTP — Research Trends in Physics
• P6 — physics
• RIBD — Reactive Ion Beam Deposition
• ACRU — Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit
• ADTPH — Advanced Texts in Physics
• SHC — Specific Heat Capacity
• GDOG — Generalized Double Optical Gating
• MOP — Maximum Operating Pressure
• CGS — Centimeter, Gram, Second
• TTSP — Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
• SCOT — Support Coated Open Tubular
• IMGC — Istituto di Metrologia "G. Colonnetti" (Italy)
• AAPP — Association of Applied Physicists Pakistan
• ISAC — Isotope Separator and Accelerator Facility
• GB — Grain Boundary
• MPAG — Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry
• EIEIO — Electron Impact Excitation of Ions from Organics
• HYPER-CP — A Search for Direct CP Violation in Hyperon Decays
• QCD — Quantum Chromodynamics
• CONPH — Contemporary Physics
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• ICBP — International Conference on Biological Physics
• ECP — Effective Core Potential Approxn.(in Electronic-structure Calcn.)
• ASA — Accessible Surface Area
• AOI — Angle Of Incidence
• FPS — foot-pound-second [cf. cgs and mks]
• CCSM — Cross Correlogram Spectral Matching
• RO — Read Only
• AECL — Atomic Energy Canada Limited
• FTG — Full Tensor Gradient
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• QGT — Quantum Graph Theory
• ISS — Input-to-State Stability
• AWA — The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator
• ITM — IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
• RVMPS — Reviews of Modern Physics Supplement
• FZK — Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
• NPSS — Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
• PCED — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Delta
• NP — Neper
• F&M — Force and moment
• ACFA — Asian Committee for Future Accelerators.
• JAERI — Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
• ACE — Acoustic Compliance Enhancement
• ASAJ — Acoustical Society of America Journal
• LORAN-C — A Radio Navigation System Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard
• BFRL — Building and Fire Research Laboratory

• GEOS — Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite
• PSD — Physical Sciences Data
• DOT — Degeneration Over Time
• JLWT — Journal of Lightwave Technology
• KCDB — Key Comparison and Calibration Database
• ETRAN — Monte Carlo computer code for Electrons and Photons through Extended Media
• CCPP — Collaborative Computational Plasma Physics
• BR — Branching Ratio
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• WLF — Williams-Landel-Ferry equation
• EEP — Einstein Equivalence Principle
• CMCV — Charge Motion Control Valve
• FIOP — Field Induced Ordered Phase
• DCMP — Directions in Condensed Matter Physics
• ASME — American Society for Mechanical Engineers
• TZFC — Triple Zeta Frozen Core
• PHRVL — Physical Review Letters
• CTP — Course of Theoretical Physics
• LHM — Liquide Hydraulique Minerale
• RTPC — Radial Time Projection Chamber
• EPJAP — European Physical Journal, Applied Physics
• GXR — Grazing X-ray Reflectometry
• HYAAS — Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotom etry.
• TUT — Time Under Tension
• PHPL — Physics of Plasmas
• CPSS — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces
• VP — Vapor Pressure
• TIMED — Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
• RDCMP — Recent Development in Condensed Matter Physics
• RUPHJ — Russian Physics Journal
• ENO — Essentially Non-Oscillatory
• COPP — Contributions to Plasma Physics
• ZPF — Zero Point Field
• LCAP — Laser Cooling and Atomic Physics
• PAW — Physics Analysis Workstation
• REI — Rad Elec Inc.
• OSRD — Office of Standard Reference Data
• SEI — Specific Energy Input
• JAP — Journal of Applied Physics
• LISA — Laser Inferometer Space Antenna
• MBB — Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
• JLVEN — Journal of Light & Visual Environment
• PAPPH — Pure and Applied Physics
• HFB — Hartree Fock Bogoliubov
• ILC — International Linear Collider
• CIRRPC — Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination
• GMC — Global Motion Compensation
• JSGEO — Journal of Series Geophysics
• CTPHY — Classical Theoretical Physics
• RG — renormalization group

• MIMIC — Microscopy and Microanalysis
• IAG — International Association of Gravity
• EHT — Extra High Tension
• MPLA — Modern Physics Letters A
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• DPPC — Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
• SSTEC — Solid State Technology
• NPA — Nuclear Physics Apparatus
• QZE — Quantum Zeno Effect
• CNIF — Californium Neutron Irradiation Facility
• HVL — Half Value Layer
• NR — Nuclear Reactor
• DSFD — Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
• SINH — hyperbolic sine function
• RVMAP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• MNX — Magnetic Nozzle Experiment
• FSBS — Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• FUSE — Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Explorer
• RHIC — Brookhaven'sRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider began operation in 2000
• SSION — Solid State Ionics
• GRS — Gamma Ray Spectrometer
• CAJPH — Canadian Journal of Physics
• JESRP — Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
• FCPM — Fundamental Constants and Precision Measurements
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• JGGS — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity Supplement
• FBM — Fractional Brownian Motion
• ARPES — Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• ZDR — Z-Differential Reflectivity
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• PHYNY — Physics New York
• RBF — radial basis function network
• FUV — Far Ultraviolet
• LRA — Locked Rotor Ampere
• ADTM — Alternate Density Transmission Medium
• INDC — International Nuclear Data Committee
• TNO — Trans-Neptunian Object
• IVBT — Intravascular brachytherapy
• SCMP — Studies in Condensed Matter Physics
• ERF — Energy Rejection Filter
• RMU — Ring Main Unit
• RRDAP — Recent Research Development in Applied Physics
• CM — Center of Mass
• NEBM — Nudged Elastic Band Method
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• FC — Flow Controller
• ICP — Injector Control Pressure
• PFD — Photon Flux Density
• SPDF — Space Physics Data Facility
• ICAMDATA — International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications

• BEFE — Bio-Electric Field Enhancement
• BUIPS — Bulletin of the Israel Physical Society
• GRASP — Graphical Representation and Analysis of Surface Properties
• VRV — Variable Radial Velocity
• CCPR — Consultative Committee on Photometry and Radiometry
• TRM — Time-Reversal Mirror
• FRAC — Fracture Research and Application Consortium
• PHB — Physics Bulletin
• ADSMP — Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics
• POF — Physics of Fluids
• FFAG — Fixed-Field Alternating Gradient
• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• HOQS — Highest Occupied Quantum State
• POF — Plane of Focus
• MTF — Modulation transfer function.
• EPAD — Environmental Physics and Design
• LITA — Laser-Induced Thermal Acoustics
• LWIR — Long-Wave Infrared
• QMD — Quantum Molecular Dynamics (for Calcns. On The Dynamics Of A Quantum Particle Coupled To A Classical Many-body System)
• ADBMP — Advances in Biological and Medical Physics
• QDT — Quantum-Defect Theory
• JPHCS — Journal of Physics - Conference Series
• VLA — Very Large Array
• RCU — Rapid Cooling Unit
• AUJPH — Australian Journal of Physics
• SOC — Second-Order Cone
• JMAGR — Journal of Magnetic Resonance
• TPM — Transport in Porous Media
• LPM — Light-Particle Monitor
• ACRR — Annular Core Research Reactor
• CPLIP — Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
• ITASS — IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing
• CHJS — Chinese Journal of Semiconductors
• SVGL — Silicon Valley Group Lithography
• XRR — X-ray Reflectivity
• CBA — Center for Backyard Astrophysics
• LIGO — Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
• DNAA — Delayed Neutron Activation Analysis
• HVLA — High-Velocity Low Amplitude
• TI — Thermal Inertia
• ELECM — Electromagnetics
• OFR — Optics for Research
• MMF — Magneto Motive Force
• RVGSP — Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
• BABAR — B-Bbar (anti-B) detector at SLAC'sB Factory
• CCTF — Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency
• DMF — Decayed, Missing, Filled
• PZM — Pressure Zone Microphone
• CLA — Condition Lever Angle
• AL — argon laser

• FMSF — Fissile Material Storage Facility
• EGAS — European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy
• PEP — Positron Electron Project
• CTF — CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) Test Facility
• ZL — Zyklon Loop
• LCL — Lamp Center Length
• LUNA — Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics at Gran Sasso.
• PVT — Position Velocity Time
• EBSD — Electron Back Scatter Diffraction
• HB — Hydrogen Bond
• GRNS — Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer
• JIMW — Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
• HEPAP — High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
• ARROW — Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide
• SEMPA — Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis
• PAW — Plasma Arc Weld
• PHSS — Physics of the Solid State
• ADPLP — Advances in Plasma Physics
• JGR — Journal of Geophysical Research
• ESU — Energy Storage Unit
• RTTR — Real Time Thermal Rating
• ES — Elementary Stream
• LEFM — Linear Elasticity Fracture Mechanics
• ASD — Active Surface Definition
• GRT — Germanium Resistance Thermometer
• JNLM — Journal of Non Linear Mechanics
• GHRS — Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
• RPV — Reactor Pressure Vessel
• STMP — Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
• DIW — De-Ionzied Water
• PPCPP — Progress in Photochemistry and Photophysics
• NPPSB — Nonequilibrium Problems in the Physical Sciences and Biology
• TT — Torsion Twist
• AP — Anti-Proton
• EXMPS — Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences
• LET — Linear Energy Transfer (in Spacecraft Power Systems)
• EPS — European Physical Society
• BARC — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• NOMAD — Neutrino Oscillation Magnetic Detector
• IN2P3 — Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
• CPHY — Communications on Physics
• PRPH — Progress of Physics
• DTM — Dynamic Thermal Management
• APAS — Astrophysical Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences
• WLLN — Weak Law of Large Numbers
• CTRZ — Central Torodial Recirculation Zone
• FT/MS — Fourier Transform / Mass Spectroscopy
• GLM — Generalized Linear Model
• DLV — Direct Linear Valve

• JSUP — Journal of Superconductivity
• ADPPR — Advances in Plasma Physics Research
• CRR — Center for Radiological Research
• JNMP — Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
• FDR — Failure Divergence Refinement
• LEAR — Low Energy Antiproton Ring
• MOI — moments of inertia
• SEM — Standard Error of Measurement
• OPTLT — Optics Laser Technology
• LLB — Laboratoire Leon Brillouin
• QMC — Quantum Monte Carlo
• CTI — Critical Technologies Institute
• RRDP — Recent Research Development in Physics
• DMC — Diffusion Monte Carlo
• PET — photosynthetic electron transport
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
• BM — Bending Magnet
• HALO — Hypersonic Aircraft Launch Option
• MPDS — Mechanics and Physics of Discrete Systems
• DARE — Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• QEG — Quantum Einstein Gravity
• JCOPH — Journal of Computational Physics
• JGG — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
• ARPES — Angle Resolved Photo Electron Spectroscopy
• NAPM — National Association of Photographic Manufacturers
• HC — Hard Condition
• TPHY — Techniques of Physics
• MW — Microwave
• BTE — Brake Thermal Efficiency
• IBIS — Ion Beam Information System
• CHJPH — Chinese Journal of Physics
• IACS — Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences
• WWV — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Colorado
• TME — Theory Model Elimination
• ALG — Advanced Lithography Group
• LMR — Laser Magnetic Resonance
• HFIR — High Flux Isotope Reactor
• ARDS — Analysis of Rotor Dynamic Systems
• GSP — Generalized Sequential Pattern
• ASSP — Advanced Solid-State Photonics
• MPPCF — Million particles per cubic foot
• QED — Quantum Electrodynamics
• NSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• CRCPD — Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
• RPT — Reference Point Tracking
• SQW — Single Quantum Well
• MACHO — Massive Compact Halo Object
• GCFC — Generalized Complementary Flux Condition
• HPGE — High Purity Germanium
• DAMA — Dark Matter

• E — Electric
• NPGEO — Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
• HELEN — High Energy Laser Embodying Neodymium
• MOTRIMS — Magneto-Optical Trap Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• WDXS — Wavelength Dispersive Xray Spectroscopy
• MIS — Mirror Image Stimulation
• WAXS — Wide Angle X-ray Scattering
• FOCUS — FOtoproduction of Charm: Upgraded Spectrometer
• HEPIC — High Energy Physics Information Center
• FOAM — Foam Optics and Mechanics
• RRDPC — Recent Research Development in Physical Chemistry
• ICRM — International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology
• HTOL — High Temperature Operating Lifetest
• SCC — Spectral Calibration Chamber
• TLP — Thread-Level Parallelism
• MCMS — Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures
• PACS — Physics and Astronomy Classification Schemex
• PHFL — Physics of Fluids
• ATCS — Active Thermal Convective System
• BCMPA — Billion Cubic Meters per Annum
• CLIC — Compact Linear Collider
• BB — Blackbody
• GLCP — Global Linear Collider Project
• EOS TPC — Equation of State Time Projection Chamber experiment
• SVPAC — Soviet Physics Acoustics
• MSA — Meridian Stress Assessment
• JGRS — Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement
• ESRF — The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.
• ER — Elastic Recoil
• RFP — Radiation Flux Parameter
• HACR — High Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometer
• DEPA — Dynamic Elastic Properties Analyzer
• STMAP — Studies in Mathematical Physics
• ARPA-E — Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
• JSLR — Journal of Soviet Laser Research
• PEAQ — Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality
• ENDF — Evaluated Nuclear Data File
• DNP — Division of Nuclear Physics
• GDT — Gas Discharge Tube
• JEMT — Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique
• ACDM — Automated Contour Detection Method
• DDFT — Dynamic Density Functional Theory
• DIA — Dynamic Input Area
• OSTP — One Step Transition Probability
• CONFP — Contemporary Fundamental Physics
• PWR — Pressurized-Water Reactor
• ISSI — International Space Science Institute (Bern, Switzerland)
• FLIR — Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
• XDB — X-Ray Data Booklet
• W/F — Wandel/ Fietstochten

• PLDS — Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures
• CESR — The Cornell Electron Storage Ring
• RSM — Regional Spectral Model
• WDFF — Weak Dipole Form Factor
• ECH — Eddy Current Heating
• OPTSP — Optics and Spectroscopy
• ODEND — Optical Detected Electron Nuclear Double Resonance
• IOP — Institute Of Physics
• SDFF — Spectroscopically Determined Force Field
• CIRMS — Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards
• NIKHEF — National Institute for Subatomic Physics
• APL — Advanced Physics Laboratory
• CPC — Charged Particle Cannon
• AGW — Acoustic Gravity Wave
• BINP — Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia.
• TLD — Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter systems
• SPP — Storage Photostimulable Phosphor
• CSIC — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Spanish
• PTHPH — Progress of Theoretical Physics
• GWCE — Generalized Wave Continuity Equation
• EZW — Embedded Zero-tree Wavelet
• PSL — Physics of Solids and Liquids
• DOT — Delivery Optimized Thermodynamics
• HHF — High Heat Flow
• RAP — Roentgen area product
• PHYES — Physics Essays
• HDT — Heat Distortion Temperature
• CCG — Calibration Coordination Group
• VAT — Vibro-Acoustic Test
• F — Flux
• PHP — Physics in Perspective
• FDM — fused deposition modeling
• MQDT — Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory
• IGRF — International Geomagnetic Reference Field
• QNH — Quasi Non-Hydrostatic
• BOMD — Born Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics
• ASET — Association of Super-advanced Electronics Technologies
• CQW — Coupled Quantum Wells
• FBS — Few-Body Systems
• TMP — Thermo Mechanical Pulping
• HWP — Half Wavelength Plate
• HFA — Hot Flow Anomaly
• ALCPG — American Linear Collider Physics Group
• ICPEAC — International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions
• MAPHS — Mathematical Physics Studies
• ADV — Automatic Drain Valve
• DLT — Dynamic Laser Trimming
• FST — Full Scale Tunnel
• SLAC — The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California
• EOP — Earth and Ocean Physics

• IBB — Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
• EAF — Electric Arc Furnace
• ETDS — Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
• XRL — X-Ray Lithography
• CAST — Council of Agricultural Science and Technology
• ICNIRP — International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
• AET — Active Edge Table
• JGEO — Journal of Geodynamics
• HSST — Heavy-Section Steel Technology
• ASTP — Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics
• PAR — Parabolic Aluminum Reflector
• NZJGG — New Zealand Journal Geology and Geophysics
• SDIF — Sony Digital Interface Format
• LGA — lattice gas automaton
• AXAF — Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• QOA — Quasi-Optical Amplifier
• CDM — Ceramic Discharge Metalhalide
• HADES — High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer
• LAMPF — Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility
• CHJG — Chinese Journal of Geophysics
• APPHL — Applied Physics Letters
• ARIE — Asynchronous Ratio Of Internal To External
• PDS — power density spectra
• ESSPH — Essays in Physics
• KKR — Korringa Kohn Rostoker approximation
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
• PPM — Peak Program Meter
• DTSS — Distributed Temperature and Strain Sensor
• COPHC — Computer Physics Communications
• DOG — Double Optical Gating
• PMB — Physics in Medicine and Biology
• SCLIR — Secondary Calibration Laboratories for Ionizing Radiation
• LHEP — Left Hand Elliptical Polarization
• MRSE — Manifest Refractive Spherical Equivalent
• QTI — Quantum Theory of Immortality
• TIRF — Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence
• XUV — Extreme Ultraviolet
• NAMT — National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed
• CSEWG — Cross Section Evaluation Working Group
• CIE — Commission Internationale De L'Éclairage
• SPECT — single-photon emission computed tomography
• NQA — Nuclear Quality Assurance
• PMMC — Permanent Magnet Moving Coil
• PCN — Physics and Contemporary Needs
• DSEG — Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics
• KIAA — Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
• LOCA — Loss of Coolant Accident
• ESB — Electrical Substitution Bolometer
• TTY — Torque to Yield
• SASER — Soud Amplification by Stimulated Emmision of Radiation

• UHV-SPM — Ultra High Vacuum Scanning Probe Microscopy
• PTHPS — Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
• WGCV — Working Group on Calibration and Validation
• PWS — Primary Working Standard
• LOPI — Loss of Piping Integrity
• AEC — Active Energy Control
• VR-SFG — Vibrationally Resonant Sum-frequency Generation
• CIPT — CNS Institute for Physics Teachers
• HFD — High Frequency Detection
• DMIP — Division of Medical Imaging Physics
• HEAD — High Energy Astrophysics Division
• ISCC — Inter-Society Color Council
• WMAP — Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
• HEP — DOE's Division of High Energy Physics, part of HENP.
• NML — National Measurement Laboratory (Japan)
• FCDC — Fundamental Constants Data Center
• XLS — Xenon Light Source
• FCI — Fast Causal Inference
• BBR — Back Bouncing Rod
• ENAPC — Environmental Analytical and Physical Chemistry Series
• YAG — Holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet
• BEC — Bose-Einstein Condensation
• EUROMET — A European collaboration in measurement standards
• HRE — Heterogeneity Recency Exit
• IPPP — Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology
• AFPL — Air Force Phillips Laboratory
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
• GTRD — Generalized Transverse Resonance-Diffraction
• RSPS — Rochester Symposium for Physics Students
• MQT — Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling
• RIDIC — Radiation Internal Dose Information Center
• PSTM — Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope
• RBMK — Reactor Bolshoi Moshchnosti Kanalni
• SSELE — Solid State Electronics
• LMRI — Laboratoire de Mesure des Rayonnements Ionisants (France)
• AGUFM — American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
• FTAM — Flow Through Alpha Monitor
• MUCOOL — MUon COOLing experiment
• FIMS — Fissionable Isotope Mass Standards
• FIM — Field Ion Microscope
• ZFF — Zero Forcing Function
• SM — Standard Model
• TWT — Transonic Wind Tunnel
• MFPL — MAP (Multiple Application Platform) Fabry-Perot Laser
• EJPH — European Journal of Physics
• RGM — Resonating Group Method
• UFM — Ultrasonic Force Microscopy
• PBG — Photonic Band Gap
• EFP — Effective Fringing Property
• ORELA — Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator

• MEVVA — Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc
• ROC — Receiver Operator Characteristic Curve
• MU2E — A Fermilab experiment that will search for the conversion of a muon into an electron
• LEED — Low Energy Electron Diffraction
• OBQ — Optimize Beam Quality
• QTG — Quantum Theory of Gravity
• QCL — Quantum Cascade Laser
• POT — Power Over Time
• UVA — University of Virginia
• FRIB — Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
• BCS — Bragg Crystal Spectrometer
• NBSR — National Bureau of Standards Reactor
• TASSII — Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Investigation
• OSPL — Output Sound Pressure Level
• IC — indirect calorimetry
• CBO — Corrected Born-Oppenheimer (in Calcns. For Mol. Complexes)
• ALR — Active Lead Ring
• TDIF — Teac Digital Interface Format
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• TME — Total Mechanical Energy
• CHTM — Center for High Technology Materials
• NPHS — Nature Physical Science
• PEM — polymer-electrolyte-membrane
• JAES — Journal of Audio Engineering Society
• BGSM — Bowman Gray School of Medicine
• LDMS — Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry
• ERCOFTAC — European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion
• MPAM — Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics
• HAARP — Hf Active Auroral Research Program (Hf being "high frequency")
• P-P — Peak-to-Peak (Value)
• BSDM — Biased Site Disordered Model
• PEP-II — The official name for the SLAC B Factory
• UVB — Ultraviolet B
• AF — Alternating Field
• QCC — Quadrupole Coupling Constant
• CCPP — Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
• MONO — MONOphonic
• DRI — Differential Refractive Index
• CFT — Central Fiber Tracker
• HCCD — Mono-deuterated Acetylene
• PGP — Physics of Geological Processes
• FT — Fourier transformation
• CEV — Constant Elasticity of Variance
• PVST — Pressure Vacuum Stability Test
• BTFM — Basic Two Fluid Model
• ZPD — Zeta Potential Distribution
• INSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
• IMECE — International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
• PISCO — Parallel Imager for Southern Cosmological Observations
• ACFM — Advanced Coal Flow Measurement

• TCH — Transmission Converter Hydraulic
• NUGEO — Nuclear Geophysics
• GAPP — Global Analysis of Particle Properties
• VWC — Vector Wavelet Coding
• SSGSR — Springer Verlag Springer Series on Group Geophysics Space Research
• ALEPH — Apparatus for LEP PHysics, at CERN
• ZI — Zone Industrielle
• QP — quasiparticle
• LLD — Lamp Lumen Depreciation
• OSL — Optical Stimulated Luminescence
• PBE — Pool Boiling Experiment
• HIPD — High-Intensity Powder Diffractometer
• FFAH — Filament-Filled Annular Helical
• NSTP — Non-Spatial Thinking Process Theory
• CSTN — Color Super Twist Nematic
• CASS — Calibration Accuracy Support System
• IESNA — Illumination Engineering Society of North America
• ECRIS — Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Ion Source
• QGD — Quantum-Geometry Dynamics
• GSI — Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
• QGM — Quantitative Gas Measurement
• CAMOS — Committee on Atomic Molecular and Optical Sciences
• TL — Temporal Logic
• MTD — Minimum Translation Distance
• ADVP — Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profiler
• GWR — Guided Wave Radar
• BRAN — Boulder Research and Administrative Network
• PER — Physics Education Research
• BTD — Basic Thermodynamics
• WICM — Waves in Complex Media
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Spectroscopy
• FZS — Far Zone Scattering
• EME — Electromagnetic Effects
• VLT — Very Large Telescope
• TAM — Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• ENEA — Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E L'Ambiente
• CRMMP — Classical Reviews in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• FTM — Fluid Transfer Management
• HTS — High Tear Strength
• EDF — Enhanced Depth of Field
• NMS — Natural Matrix Standard
• PFW — Propagating Floquet Wave
• CTD — Central Tracking Detector
• RMP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• CPS — Constant Pressure System (toys)
• LHC — The Large Hadron Collider
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council Science, Engineering and Technology
• GRAND — gamma ray and neutron detector
• PREP — Professional Research Experience Program
• CFL — Compact Fluorescent Lamp

• FRSE — Freundeskreis Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn
• DCOF — Dynamic Coefficient of Friction
• AGP — Annals of Geophysics
• MOP — Minds on Physics
• IPSN — L'Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
• CPA — Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• CISR — Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation
• CHPH — Chemical Physics
• HFM — Highly Friction Modified
• SFD — Shear Force Diagram
• WTCQ — Wavelet Trellis Coded Quantization
• MARGR — Marine Geophysical Researches
• BZ — Band Zero
• DBG — Disease Biophysics Group
• OPERA — Oscillation Project with EmulsiontRacking Apparatus
• ICFA — International Committee for Future Accelerators
• QHO — Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
• ECT — Edge Crush Testing
• ARAC — Arithmetic Robot Application Control
• GLC — Global Linear Collider
• MOEMS — Micro-Optical Electro-Mechanical System
• ADS — Automated Dynamic Shear
• ITER — International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
• SMKW — Secondary Magneto- Kinetic Wave
• PETT — Positron Emission Transverse of Transaxial
• BHS — Bachelet Hamann Schluter pseudopotentials
• TDM — Two Dimensional Material
• Q — Quantizer
• ANSOM — Apertureless Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• LO — Local Orbitals
• TGF — Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash
• FACSS — Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
• APT — Annular Proton Telescope
• RKB — Restricted Kinetic Balance (method In Calcns. Of Wave Functions And Energies)
• JDEM — The Joint Dark Energy Mission
• PV — plasma volume
• AXAF-I — Imaging Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• LVE — Light Vibrational Energy
• FTMS — Fluid Transfer Management System
• MBIR — Medium Background Infrared Facility
• DD — Differential Detection
• NACT — Nonlinear Asymptotic Coupling Theory
• COBR — Continuous Oscillatory Baffle Reactor
• MAG — Modern Approaches in Geophysics
• FISCO — Fieldbus Instrinsic Safety Concept
• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• EOTD — Enhanced Observed Time Difference
• ACCI — Atlantic Canada Coral Initiative
• CMMPH — Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics

• BB — Broad-bandwidth
• COSMOS — Cosmologically Significant Mass Oscillation Search at Fermilab to detect muon neutrino to tau neutrino oscillations.
• SGL — Sander Geophysics Ltd
• IEN — Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale (Italy)
• HELP — High Energy Laser Propagation
• BQP — Bounded-error Quantum Polynomial time
• APM — Absolute Proper Motion
• JULIA — Jena University Laboratory of Ion Acceleration
• JULIE — Joint Utilization of Laser Integrated Experiments
• NS — Navier-Stokes
• QCI — Quadratic Configuration Interaction
• QPT — Quantum Phase Transition
• CTMC — Classical Trajectory Monte Carlo
• DHV — Demonstrate Higher Value
• KTG — Kinetic Theory of Gases
• QFEP — Quantum Free Energy Perturbation (calcn. Method)
• MCT — Mercury-cadmium-telluride
• RRP — Research Reports in Physics
• CPI — Computational Physics Inc
• APS — Advanced Propagation Systems
• H — Hotness
• GWC — Generalized Wave Continuity
• EHB — Electronic Handbook
• NIM — National Instrumentation Methods
• KEK — Koo Energy Ken
• IMRT — intensity-modulated radiation therapy
• VUV — Vacuum Ultraviolet
• MAFF — Munich Accelerator for Fission Fragments
• EOM — Electron-Optical Modulator
• LCT — Lattice Compatibility Theory
• RVPP — Reviews of Plasma Physics
• CONCP — Contemporary Concepts in Physics
• TCAOCC — Two-Center Atomic Orbital Close Coupling
• CFCD — Computational Fuel Cell Dynamics
• BEPC — Beijing Electron Positron Colider
• KP — Knowles and Physics
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Standards Committee
• FR — Filtered Radiometer
• CHORUS — CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research Apparatus
• PE — Plasma Effects
• ATD — Above-Threshold Dissociation
• MPS — The Microdrop Particle Search at SLAC
• CAP — Current Applied Physics
• BEAM — Bosiger Energy Alignment Method
• SFC — Sideway Force Coefficient
• CCMP — Computational Condensed Matter Physics
• ATW — Accelerator Transmutation Of Waste (for Radioactive Waste)
• PV — Pressure Vessel
• IRIS — Integrated Radiation Information System
• VSV — Vacuum Switching Valve

• DM — Distance Measured
• BEV — Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Vienna, Austria
• WNO — Weakly Non- Oscillatory
• REM — Roentgen Equivalent Man (Unit of Dose Equivalent)
• PS — polystyren
• HVC — High-Velocity Core
• PB — Primary Beam
• LFO — literature-low frequency oscillations
• BPS — Bogomolnyi-Prasad-Sommerfield
• INS — Inelastic Neutron Scattering
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instituteumental Coefficient Package
• NLCTA — Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator
• MP — magnetic particle
• ISI — In-Situ Interferometer
• BSM — Bell State Measurement
• BETA NMR — Beta-radiation Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• ZDC — Zero-Degree Calorimeter
• ASCA — Japan-NASA X-ray Satellite
• QCA — Quasi- Crystalline Approximation
• NAS — Net Analyte Signal
• OPAL — Omni Purpose Apparatus for LEP, at CERN
• QHB — Quantum Nature of the Hydrogen Bond
• AVN — Accuracy Vanishing Now
• HPLC — High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic
• FF — Fission Fragments
• IRDCF — Infrared Detector Calibration Facility
• SNO — Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
• QSA — Quantitative Surface Analysis
• OCQ — Old Covariant Quantization
• CCFP — Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
• IWEPNM — International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials
• HEAT — High-Energy Antimatter Telescope
• VATF — Vibration and Acoustic Test Facility
• NORAMET — A North American regional collaboration in national measurement standards and services
• CRESST — Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers
• DEA — Downstream Endcap Array
• NMI — National Measurement Institute
• IPNS — Intense Pulsed Neutron Source
• DFS — Displaced Fermi Surface
• IVR — intramolecular vibrational redistribution
• ELNES — Energy-loss near-edge structure
• TD-FW — Time Domain Floquet Wave
• EDN — Event Detection and Notification
• CTP — Center for Theoretical Physics
• TTZ — Teisseyre Tornquist Zone
• IHEP — Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing, China.
• TRU — Transuranic
• RPPH — Reports of Progress in Physics
• BSS — Beta Secondary System
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatory

• MCHF — Multi-Configuration Hartree-Fock
• GINGA — Japanese X-ray Satellite
• FF — Forward Facing
• AED — g.l.c.-atomic emission detection
• FC — Footcandle
• CFR — Continuous Flow Recycling
• PPSL — Proceedings of the Physical Society of London
• NRRT — Normal Reference Range Table
• TPF — Two Photon Fluorescence
• NPDF — Nuclear Parton Distribution Function
• RLP — Right Lifting Property
• CMMPE — Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics
• DR-SFG — Doubly Resonant Sum Frequency Generation
• PDI — percent depth ionization
• COP — Coefficient Of Power
• MAPLE — Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment
• IPAP — Institute of Pure and Applied Physics
• IC — Initial Condition
• OFS — Österreichisches Forschungszentrum
• CSD — Computational Structural Dynamics
• RESL — Radiological and Environmental Science Laboratory
• HPLA — High Power Large Aperture
• FEDEM — Finite Element Dynamics in Elastic Mechanisms
• AGS — The Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven
• IOPD — Integrated Optical Path Difference
• RFZ — Reflection Free Zone
• CQM — constituent-quark model
• ESS — European Spallation Source
• AESR — Array-Enhanced Stochastic Resonance
• JCCRER — U.S.-Russia Joint Coordinating Committee on Radiation Effects Research
• EU — Entropy Unit
• NG6M — Neutron Guide No. 6
• BW — Bottom of Wall
• HI RES FLY'SEYE — High-energy cosmic ray experiment in Dugway, Utah
• MEXP — Methods of Experimental Physics
• SPE — solid phase extraction column
• EIPP — Eastern Interconnect Phasor Project
• ORT — Oak Ridge Tennessee
• ULTIM — Ultrasonic Imaging
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
• ATLAS — Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System
• SQM — Super Quantum Mechanics
• PLTP — Progress in Low Temperature Physics
• ISPP — Illinois State Physics Project
• SCF — Spectral Comparator Facility
• PTR — Proton Transfer Reaction
• FOE — Force of Energy
• VDG — Van de Graaff
• FID — Free Induction Decay (Fourier Transform Spectroscopy)
• PIGP — Proceedings of the Institute of General Physics

• DOIM — Dense Optical Interface Module
• HW — Hard Wall
• DFL — Distributed Feedback Laser
• WSQ — Wavelet Scalar Quantization
• LBRS — Low Background Reference System
• NSEP — National Standard Examination in Physics
• OPALS — Optronic, Photonic, and Advanced Laser Simulator
• JTURB — Journal of Turbulence
• DRM — Digital Radio Mondial
• CR — CRystalline solid
• MC — magnetic coil
• FORATOM — FORum ATOMique Européen
• RRDCP — Recent Research Development in Chemical Physics
• FRAM — Functional Resonance Accident Model
• CM — Convenient Measure
• STF — Space-Time-Frequency
• JINR — The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.
• EMMA — Euclidean Model MAtching
• NEMS — Nanoelectromechanical Systems
• AFCP — Atomic Flux Coating Process
• PADE — Parallel Applications Development Environment
• DMF — Dual Mass Flywheel
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• EP — Electrostatic Potential
• VRS — Vortex Ring State
• EQE — External Quantum Efficiency
• CT — Conductivity Temperature
• ECFA STUDY — Study group Physics and Detectors of a Linear Collider.
• TAGU — Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
• HPL — High Pressure Lanes
• SFCP — Special Foreign Currency Program
• TPB — Tetraphenyl Butadiene
• SLM — Single Longitudinal Mode
• WFS — Wave Field Synthesis
• VLHC — Very Large Hadron Collider
• BSSI — British Superultramodern Scientific Institution
• AOI — Areas of Interaction
• TTP — Trends in Theoretical Physics
• CEM — Cascade Exciton Model
• VXR — Visible Transfer Radiometer
• EGR — Energy Generation Region
• CTE — Correlated Transfer And Excitation
• FANS — Filter Analyzer Neutron Spectrometer
• CT — Computed tomographic scan
• DOELAP — Department Of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program
• DWNT(S) — double-wall nanotube(s)
• MOPITT — Measurement of Pollution In The Troposphere
• PHYED — Physics Education
• MLDA — Modified Local Density Approximation
• ESCR — Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance

• SIMS — Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
• NEAR-INFRARED — NIR
• VLG — Varying Localized Geminal
• C — Counter
• SIG — Signaling Channel
• CPPM — Center for Particle Physics of Marseilles
• BEC — Bose Einstein Condensate
• DC — Double Capture
• LMAPH — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• LCG — light curve generator
• FSI — Fluid Solid Interaction
• JPTEO — Journal of Physics - Teacher Education Online
• ING — Intense Neutron Generator
• WWVB — Call letters for NIST lf radio station in Colorado
• SI — selectivity index
• WHC — Washington Hospital Center
• MCU — Mobile Calibration Unit
• INFN — Italy's Institute Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
• CAMP — Computational and Applied Mathematical Physics
• ULE — Ultra Light Engineering
• DGT — Denier Gradient Technology
• ARXPS — Angle Resolved X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• ACFF — Alternating Current Field Measurement
• FPC — Fullerene Production Chamber
• LTEC — Lamp Testing Engineers Conference
• AGUSM — American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting
• LASJ — Laser Journal
• ULP — Ultra-short Light Pulse
• GIBI- — 2 ^ 30
• ERI — Extended Range Imaging
• RFS — Receptive Field Size
• SSDL — Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories
• QTN — Quasi-Thermal Noise
• MSDB — Magnetically Stabilized Fluidized Bed
• REDA — Resonant-Excitation-Double-Autoionization
• ACP — American Center for Physics
• HERA — Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator at DESY
• BAVL — Barium Vapor Laser
• SKACR — Superconducting Kinetic-inductance Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• NPB — Nuclear Physics B
• MACRO — Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory
• NUMI — Neutrinos at the Main Injector
• FIM — Functional Imaging Methods
• CSDA — Continuous-Slowing-Down Approximation
• MINERVA — A neutrino-scattering experiment that uses the NuMI beamline at Fermilab to search for low-energy neutrino interactions
• 4THD — Fourth Dimension
• TLA — Two Level Analysis
• BBN — Brains And Backbone Network
• LP — Linear Polarization
• DQD — Dissipative Quasigeostrophic Dynamics

• FIR — far-infrared radiation
• WD — Weak Dipole
• NAS/NRC — National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
• VTD — Variable Torque Differential
• H — Hotline
• RHR — Right Hand Rule
• LEIR — Low Energy Ion Ring
• NORA — Non-Overlapping Redundant Array
• HIRDLS — High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder
• LCL — lifting condensation level
• R — Radiation
• WLM — Weak Localization Model
• BM — Behavioral Model
• APPHY — Applied Physics
• CTP — Classical Turning Point
• APEX — AntiProton Experiment
• MDRF — Materials Dosimetry Reference Facility
• TLA — Temporal Logic of Actions
• JILA — formerly Joint Institute Laboratory for Astrophysics
• CCDM — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Meter
• FVL — Future of Vertical Lift
• MEAS — Measurements
• FFAI — Field-Free Associative Ionization
• NPL — Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
• FIMS — Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer
• CDCU — Correlated Dimension Correlated Uniqueness
• QM — Quark Model
• PD — Prismatic Diffuser
• CBH — Correlated Barrier Hopping
• FCCU — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Unit
• CPEP — Contemporary Physics Education Project
• UV-B — Ultraviolet-Biological
• MACH — Modelo Acoplado de Coordinacion Hidrotermica
• CNO — Carbon Nitrogen And Oxygen
• LST — Light Stabilizer Technology
• PHYW — Physics World
• RFP — Random Free Process
• QIO — Quantum Infinite-Order
• PMRS — Proton magnetic resonance Spectroscopy
• HT — High Tension
• JCMT — James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
• MINOS — Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search
• IMB — Irvine, Michigan and Brookhaven
• ANVIS — Aviator Night Vision Imaging System
• OTD — Optical Technology Division
• UVB — Ultraviolet Beta
• RIMS — Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• CNT(S) — carbon nanotube(s)
• FFP — Field-Free Point
• IPT — Inductive Power Transfer

• TOBSY — Total ThroughBond Correlation Spectroscopy
• OHEP — Office of High Energy Physics
• DMM — Deep Mixing Method
• REB — Relativistic Electron Beam
• FED — Field-Emitter Display
• RVGES — Reviews of Geophysics Supplement
• ECC — Engineered Cementitious Composite
• STLR — Safety Thermal Limit Recorder
• DNC — Does Not Change
• EDR — Equivalant Direct Radiation
• PEEI — Physics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior
• SPU — Single Particle Unit
• XROI — X-Ray Optical Interferometer
• ACM — Adiabatic Connection Model
• RAND — Radio Neutrino Detector array
• MDS — Measurement Data Set
• TID — Total Ionizing Dose
• FMI — The Fermilab Main Injector
• BAS — Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• TESLA — TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator
• SMZ — Strong Measure Zero
• RHIP — Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
• CIAQ — Committee on Indoor Air Quality
• FIRI — Fourth International Radiocarbon Intercomparison
• FZ — Far Zone
• GVHD — Graft-Versus Host Disease
• WSPM — Wavelet-based Statistical Parametric Mapping
• SSPL — Solid State Physics Laboratory
• SV — Shock and Vibration
• EDT — Equivalent Difference Transmission
• FHM — Fast Harmonic Method
• SCIBOONE — The SciBar Booster Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab
• ZDR — Zeroth-order Design Report
• CDMS — Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
• PL — Physics Laboratory
• QOG — Quasi-Optical Grill
• KET — Komitee für ElementarTeilchenphysik
• DBC — Delicate Balance Collective
• TL — Total Length
• ASCA — Advanced Spacecraft for Cosmology and Astrophysics
• BP — Before Polarization
• IQI — Image Quality Indicator
• HERA-B — Fixed-target experiment at DESY, to investigate CP violation in the B meson
• PINS — Portable Isotopic Neutron Spectroscopy
• NANO — Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation
• CIRF — Circular Flow
• LEPP — Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
• JANNAF — Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force
• ASL — Ambient Stress Level
• FEA — Field-Emitter Array

• CCRI — Comité Consultatif des Rayonnements Ionisants
• UATD — Uniform Asymptotic Theory of Diffraction
• NCNR — NIST Center for Neutron Research
• OPSL — Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser
• SFA — Sachs Freeman and Associates
• ITS — International Temperature Scale
• HVLS — High volume low speed
• LGG — Least General Generalization
• SSPM — Solid State Photomultipliers
• TSLO — Tracking Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope
• C — Country
• NIMP — National Institute of Materials Physics
• BD — Below Detection
• ART — Adaptive Resonance Theory
• NRRS — Near Resonance Rayleigh Scattering
• PMPO — Peak Momentary Performance Output
• BAW — Bulk Acoustic Wave
• EIC — Electron Ion Collider (nuclear physics)
• MOS — Marine Optical System
• FSW — Fast Spherical Wavelet
• TNA — Thermal Neutron Analysis
• PPS — Proceedings of the Physical Society
• MICE — Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
• SKA — Square Kilometre Array
• SDIU — Scanivalve Digital Interface Unit
• MMFT — Many Mode Floquet Theory
• PSJ — Pivoted Shoe Journal
• ILL — L'Institut Laue Langevin
• HIRES — High Resolution Echellle Spectrometer
• PAR — Partially Absorbed or Reflected
• RTP — Rapid Thermal Processing
• SVJPP — Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics
• PHENIX — Pioneering High-Energy Nuclear Interaction eXperiment, at Brookhaven.
• RDQ — Rate Distortion Quantization
• OQS — Occupied Quantum State
• UXT — Uniaxial Strain Test
• TAI — International Atomic Time
• PHLRV — Physics of Life Reviews
• HPP — Hydropower Plant P
• PSI — Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland, Joint Institute of ETH)
• OPTPN — Optics & Photonics News
• EBM — Energy by Motion
• NL — Net Light
• IPHO — International Physics Olympiad
• P&S — Permanent and Stationary
• CAA — Computational Aeroacoustics
• SEBA — Standards Employees Benefit Association
• AIF — Assumed Internal Force
• BLJPH — Bulgarian Journal of Physics
• APPMT — Advanced Photon Processing and Measurement Technology

• DGT — Discrete Group Transform
• SLC — SLAC Linear Electron-Positron Collider
• ZGS — Zero Gradient Synchrotron
• EIEO — Energy In, Energy Out
• SGR — Soft Gamma Repeater
• QGD — Gate - Drain Charge
• UHE — Ultra High Energy
• CAO — Carlsbad Area Office
• HEPL — High Energy Physics Laboratory
• CS — Chern-Simons
• PMG — Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics
• BKT — Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless crossover
• LFAM — Line Focus Acoustic Microscopy
• INS — Ion-Neutralization Spectroscopy
• QNP — Quattro Nuclear Probe
• KTEV — Kaons at the Tevatron
• QCT — Quasi-Classical Trajectory
• CHAOS — Canadian High Acceptance Orbit Spectrometer
• HIPA — High Intensity Proton Accelerator
• LOT — Laser-Optic Technology
• WNM — Warm Neutral Medium
• STPD — Solar Terrestrial Physics Division
• ECS — Eddy Covariance System
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Student Chapter
• SNAP — SuperNova Acceleration Probe, proposed space telescope
• TPAG — Theory and Practice of Applied Geophysics
• BPC — Boost Pressure Control
• BZ — Brillouin Zone
• MEST — Matter Energy Space Time
• CXRS — Charge-Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy
• MCQDT — Multi Channel Quantum Defect Theory
• LWGR — Light-Water-cooled, Graphite-moderated Reactor
• SFF — Scientific Fudge Factor
• EPV — Exclusion Principle Violating
• LHCB — Large Hadron Collider beauty Experiment
• EOA — Effective Orifice Opening
• NIPDE — National Initiative for Product Data Exchange
• QFT — Quantum Field Theory
• ERATO — Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology Office
• MPD — Multiphoton Detector
• NCRA — National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
• VPM — Virtual Phase Microscope
• EFS — Enhanced Fujita [EF] scale (weather)
• DFTS — Dispersive Fourier Transform Spectrometry
• SPIRES — Stanford Public Information Retrieval System
• PGS — Plane Grating Spectrometer
• SYM — Super Yang-Mills Theory
• CCFR — Chicago Columbia Fermilab Rochester
• NED — Nuclear Effects Directorate
• LF — Low Friction

• BGO — bismuth-germanate (scintillator)
• OSP — Of Open Source Physics
• WFTE — Wigner Function Transport Equation
• LENS — Low Energy Neutrino Spectroscopy, at Heidelberg.
• FMUP — Flawed Modern Ultramodern Physics
• IBFW — Incidence of the reflected Beam from the Front Wall
• SUBI — Southern Urals Biophysics Institute
• PAIS — Photo Acoustic Infrared Spectroscopy
• RD — relative dispersion
• QHF — Quantum Heisenberg Ferromagnet
• WIPM — Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
• CFS — Constant-Final-State Spectroscopy
• RRV — Record Relocation Vector
• RT — Reference Time
• PEMF — Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field
• INFN-LNF — The National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Italy
• DESY — Deutches Elektronen SYnchrotron laboratory in Hamburg, Germany
• NPS — nanoparticle(s)
• FIMS — Field Intensity Measuring Sustem
• NPGS — Nanometer Pattern Generation System
• ATFT — Affine Toda Field Theory
• SNGR — Stochastic Noise Generation and Radiation
• NGS — National Geological Society
• TPR — Tangential Pond Return
• FEAT — Fusion Energy Advanced Tokamak
• CFE — Coplaner Fluid Ejector
• QVB — Quasiempirical Valence Bond (method)
• I — Amperage
• AM1 — First Launch in the morning series of EOS platforms
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center
• FCF — Fusion Component Failure
• TAD — time-averaged difference
• HPL — Hot-electron Photo-Luminescence
• MOT — Magnetooptical Trap
• SNR — SuperNova Remnant
• AFC — Amplitude to Frequency Conversion
• WERB — Washington Editorial Review Board
• ERI — Electron Repulsion Integral
• CREB — Cern Reports Editorial Board
• BTEV — Proposed dedicated B physics experiment at Fermilab's Tevatron
• RMC — Radiative Muon Capture
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Process
• QELS — Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
• PMBC — Process-Model Based Control
• MOTA — Man Of The Atom
• IUPAP — International Union for Pure and Applied Physics.
• CAPE — Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics
• DOE — Dynamic Operating Environment
• DR — Direct Reading
• GN — Gaussian Noise

• FPL — Fluroscent Pulse Light
• WGCM — Working Group on Coupled Modelling
• MME — Magnetic Molecular Energizer
• DACU — Data Acquisition and Control Unit
• PAMA — Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance
• NAAL — North American Aerodynamic Laboratory (Wind Tunnel)
• PHACO — Physical Acoustics
• REBAT — Restricted Bandwidth Technique
• EEPROM — Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• ESDIAD — Electron-Stimulated Desorption Ion Angular Distributions
• DM(S) — Digital material(s)
• HPPT — HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS AND TECHNICS
• LASP — Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado
• LNV — Lepton-Number Violating
• DAFNE — Double Annular Factory for Nice Experiments
• IPVD — Interior Physical Vapor Deposition
• TLS — Two-Level tunneling System
• ECFA — European Committee for Future Accelerators
• LVIS — Low Velocity Intense Source
• MCNP — Monte Carlo Neutron Photon (computer code)
• MT — Mechanical Transfer
• EBR — Enormous Black Rhombus
• MOEMS — Micro Optp Electro Mechanical Systems
• LPA — Long Path Absorption
• PD — Poincare duality
• TWTA — traveling-wave tube amplifier
• SRO — Short Range Order
• ADTMP — Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
• SIFC — Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator
• OW — One Wave
• CTS — Convert Texture Sequence
• ESC — Environmental Stress Cracking
• FTSI — Fourier Transform Spectral Interferometry
• AIGER — American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium
• EURATOM — European Nuclear Energy Organization
• BCR — Boron Control Rod
• GMRI — Gated Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• KSU — King Saud University
• RBE — Relative Biological Efficiency
• ASSI — Airglow Solar Spectrometer Instrument
• ADI — Advanced Distance Integration
• ILC-TRC — International Linear Collider-Technical Reviewing Committee
• CAL — Controlled Axial Lifetime
• NESTOR — Neutrino Extended Submarine Telescope with Oceanographic Research
• ZETA — Zero Energy Thermonuclear Apparatus
• PEEP — Physics Ethics Education Project
• VPI — Virtual Plane Imaging
• PIB — Particle In a Box
• MM — Molecular Mechanics
• TBL — Turbulent Boundary Layer

• MES — Minimum Efficient Scale
• MET — Medium Energy Telescope
• SOUDAN II — Soudan II underground detector
• PQS — Parallel Quantum Solutions
• AFS — Abstract Force Simulator
• QF — The Quasiconvexification of F
• MPI — Magnetic Particle Inspection
• OMNIS — Observatory For Multiflavor Neutrinos From Supernovae
• QMD — Quantum Metrology Division
• HEPA — High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting
• MDL — Method Detection Levels
• APPL — APplied Physics Letters
• JPARC — Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
• ZPV — Zero Pressure Volume
• WBCT — Wavelet Based Contourlet Transform
• NDE — Nucleon Decay Experiment
• CMT — Chaos Magic Theory
• ATWE — Annual Time Weighted Exposure
• HQM — Hemi-Quantal Mechanics
• QVE — Quasi-Vibrational Energy
• SEY — Secondary Electron Yield
• MOA — Model of Attraction
• GRASP — General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception
• EPB — Extracted Proton Beam
• NEC — Nippon Electric Corporation
• LHC-B — Large Hadron Collider B Experiment
• ODEPR — Optical Detected Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• PML — Perfect Matched Layer
• EBAS — Electron Bombardment Anneal System
• GERDA — The GERmanium Detector Array
• CDC — Correlated-Double-Capture
• ELL — Equivalent Loudness Level
• HDMS — Heidelberg Dark Matter Search
• GSQM — General Superfield Quantization Method
• ITRP — International Technology Recommendation Panel
• ATLAS — A Toroidal LHC Apparatus
• LPRI — Laboratoire Primaire des Rayonnements Ionisants, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• FTMD — Field procedure for determining Test Maximum Density
• INMRI-ENEA — Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti - Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie
• NOVA — The NuMI Off-axis ve Appearance experiment
• IMB — Irvine / Michigan / Brookhaven experiment
• CCM — complementary contact model
• PHT — Pseudo Hadamard Transformation
• MME — Methanol Maser Emission
• WONP — Workshop on Nuclear Physics
• NASSP — National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme
• PTET — Physics And Technology Energy Team
• UDM — Unified Dimensional Model
• PFX-I — Penning Fusion eXperiment - Ions
• BLP — boron-loaded plastic (scintillator)

• CSTL — Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
• MRSM — Multiple Response Surface Modeling
• BNM — National Bureau of Metrology, France
• SAXES — Super Advanced Xray Emission Spectrometer
• MFP — Maximal Fixed Point
• TSFU — Two Scale Factor Universality
• SPPS — surface plasmon polaritons
• FIT — Frequency Intensity Time
• UEB — Universal Energetic Balancing
• DP — Data Point
• APL — Applied Physics Letters
• SIAP — System for Improved Acoustic Performance
• LJP — Lennard-Jones Potential
• GMTI — Global Magnetization Transfer Imaging
• ARGONEUT — The Argon Neutrino Teststand
• POP — Plasma Oscillation Probe
• OCLI — Optical Cooling Laboratory Incorporated
• RIBF — Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory
• SPS — Super Proton Synchrotron
• ROCK — Rigidity Optimized Conformational Kinetics
• HR3DCT — High Resolution 3-D Computed Tomography
• HELEN — High Energy physics Latin-American-European Network
• ASTER — Advance Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer
• AAA — Advanced Applications of Accelerators
• FBG — Fiber Bragg Grating
• EPT — Exchange Perturbation Theory
• NJCH — New Journal of Chemistry
• RFP — Relativistic Fokker Planck
• RBUU — Relativistic Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck
• PMG — Precision Measurement Grant
• FBAP — Function Block Application Process
• HRTS — High Resolution Telescope Spectrograph
• UHF — Ultra High Fidelity
• BNC — Boron Nitride Coating
• SPT — Supporting Physics Teaching
• HPI — Hybrid Polarization Interferometry
• NICE-OHMS — Noise-Immune Cavity Enhanced Optical Heterodyne Molecular Spectroscopy
• MIPP — Main Injector Particle Production
• SVPSS — Soviet Physics Solid State
• FND — Folded Normal Density
• HIR — Halogen Infra Red
• WDW — Wheeler De- Witt equation
• RSS — Regression Sum of Squares
• QWI — Quantum Well Intermixing
• WWVH — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Hawaii
• FIOA — Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics
• NI&D — Nuclear Interactions and Dosimetry
• MIP — Minimum Ionizing Particle
• MAT — Manifold Air Temperature
• X — Horizontal axis in Cartesian coordinate system

• SZB — Single Zone Boundary
• VR — Vibrationally resonant
• ITAMP — International Meeting of Theory of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• JPG — Journal of Physics G
• SAM — Super Accelerator Machine
• NR — Non-Relativistic
• INPE — National Space Research Institute (Brazil)
• ALCSG — Asian Linear Collider Steering Committee.
• KLOE — K LOng Experiment
• RKE — Rotational Kinetic Energy
• HARPS — High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (spectrography)
• BF — Back and Forth
• ISSP — Institute Of Solid State Physics
• E — Epsilon
• PVA — Powerful Vacuum Action
• THERMAL AND EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS — thermal and epithermal neutrons
• ULV — Ultra Low Volume
• NEOS — Newport Electro-Optic Systems
• C — Count
• EDXRF — energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• UTE — Universal Theory of Existence
• CBO — Coherent Betatron Oscillations
• ITAP — Isentropic Trajectory Analysis Project
• HFS — High Friction Solid
• DTI — Diesel Turbo Intercooled
• HL — Heat Loss
• CDP — Center for Defect Physics
• MSIS — Mass Spectrometer and Incoherent Scatter
• DIGM — Diffusion Induced Grain Motion
• HLM — Hierarchical Linear Modeling
• NAD — Nihilistic Animation Data
• UDD — Neutron, one up quark (u) and two down quarks (d)
• SPEAR — The Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring
• QTE — Quantum Transport Equation
• GSL — Generalized Second Law
• PFX — Penning Fusion EXperiment
• VRML — Virtual Reality Markup Language
• MURMEMWC — 'MURMURING MEMORIAL WATER CLOSET' PRE-DATED BY 1913 MODEL YEAR AND PATENT; aka; Ed Loud Memorial Toilet
• VPT — Vizag Port Trust
• DFIR — Diffused Infrared
• NIST-F1 — Current NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• HTRA — High Time Resolution Astrophysics
• CNRF — Cold Neutron Research Facility
• E — Efficiency
• MPSD — Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
• CCDS — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Second
• COLTRIMS — Cold Target Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• MAF — Mass Air Filter
• FMSS — Fast Mode Stationary Shock
• RHED — Regions of High Electron Density

• AFPS — Analyzing Fluid Power Systems
• PIXE — Particle Induced Xray Emission
• NRCC — National Research Council Canada
• MLIA — Molecular Libraries of Imaging Agents
• NAMP — National Analytical Management Program
• CFCP — Copecenter For Cosmological Physics
• CAD — Charged Area Development
• WSTC — Westinghouse Science and Technology Center
• MDAP — Momentum Density of Annihilation Pairs
• CET — Constant Elasticity of Transformation
• BEPM — Bielefeld Encounters in Physics and Mathematics
• JDP — Joint Displacement Principle
• QT — Quantum Theory
• REIXS — Resonant Elastic and Inelastic Xray Scattering
• NBS-4 — Older Primary Frequency Standard
• NICE — Nuclear Information Compendium Europe
• AFTA — Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets
• WEDG — Wire Electro-Discharge Grinding
• DRIP — Diamagnetically Restored Inverted Pendulum
• ANTARES — Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research
• WGFF — Working Group for Fluid Flow
• IFEL — Inverse Free Electron Laser
• PMATP — Progress in Mathematical Physics
• FT — Fermion Term
• FLAP — Flexible Learning Approach to Physics
• OMH — National Office of Measures (Hungary)
• SSPP — Static Strength Prediction Program
• BESS — Breaking Electroweak Symmetry Strongly
• PCAP — Physics and Computing Advisory Panel
• WBGT — Wet-Bulb Globe Thermometer
• MSV — Molecular Surface Viewer
• CNDD — conspecific negative density dependence
• VQW — Voronoi Quantized Crossover
• FNAL — The Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois
• N — Neutrino
• MEA — Materials Engineering Associates
• DDDI — Density Dependent Delta Interaction
• AIM — Advanced Idea Mechanics
• URIA — Undergraduate Research Institute in Astrophysics
• TE — Total energy
• YPP — Young Particle Physicists
• TTD — transit-time distribution
• ICMP — Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
• SIG — Signaling equipment
• ESPD — European Solar Physics Division
• SERS — Surfaced Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• HRG — High Radius of Gyration
• GPH — Gas Permeable Hollow
• ISOLDE — Isotype On-Line separator at CERN
• ZPF — Zero-Point-Fluctuation

• GDRIMS — Glow-Discharge Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• SAGE — Soviet-American Gallium Experiment
• BEAR — Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation
• LBIR — Low Background Infrared Radiometry
• HENP — Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics
• AMD — Area Mass Density
• EAPL — Electronic AstroPhysical Journal Letters
• SOS — Spin Orbital Splitting
• SWIR — Short Wave Infrared
• SPARS — Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
• SCET — Soft Collinear Effective Theory
• IGRA — interferon-gamma release assay
• SACR — Space-based Active Cavity Radiometer
• RCS — Real Compton Scattering
• NUS — Nuclear Safety Standard
• GPT — Gabidulin Paramonov and Trietakov
• PCE — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
• AIC — Analytical Instrument Control
• OPAL — Open Physics Abstraction Layer
• RBNP — Reverse Brazil Nut Problem
• HSE — Hard Sphere Expansion
• BPPI — Biophysics of Proteins and Protein Interactions
• NMS — Nihilistic Motion Set
• MTS — Muffin Tin Surface
• SCFL — Self-Consistent Field Lattice
• NIM — Normal-Incidence Monochromator
• CKM — Charged Kaons at the Main Injector
• DPR — Differential Phase Residual
• MTG — Methanol To Gasoline
• RB — Rigid Body
• FCFR — Fusion Component Failure Rate
• SMSI — Strong Metal-support Interaction
• PPEP — Plasma Physics and Environmental Perturbation
• TUFIR — Tunable Far Infrared (Radiation)
• XRS — X-Ray Spectrometer
• BSM — Beam Simulation Method
• SDF — Spectral Density Function
• QFM — Quench Flow Monitor
• ITEP — Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
• AFFT — Asymptotically Free Field Theories
• STV — Space-Time Velocity
• TCV — Tokamak à Configuration Variable
• PEL — Particle Emission Level
• MRPI — Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Imaging
• MDR — Maximum Detectable Rigidity
• LIPS — Lorentz Invariant Phase Space
• TQF — Triple- Quantum- Filtered
• AKD — Altered Kinetic Distance
• PFU — Proton Flux Unit

• LE — Light Entry
• DAFS — Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure
• MR — Magneto Rheological
• ICPS — International Conference of Physics Students
• LH — Left Handed
• MAC — Magnitude Amplification Cavity
• CSE — Compton Scattering Enhancement
• NEWRAD — New Radiometry
• PM — particulate material
• NPB — Nuclear Physics Board
• ELCSG — European Linear Collider Steering Group
• FAD — FASCAL Absolute Detector
• ALARA — As Long As Radiation Allows
• TOT — Test of Time
• EC — electron-capture
• PBQ — PhotoBeam Quantum
• MWE — Meters of Water Equivalent
• CSI — Contact Surface Imaging
• MND — Mahan-Nozieres-DeDominicis
• MRFM — magnetic resonance force microscopy
• ILS — International Laser Spectroscopy
• NUTEV — Neutrinos At the Tevatron
• SSSYN — Springer Series on Synergetics
• PEMI II — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer, Second generation
• SET — Single-Electron Transistor
• DC — Dynamic Conversion
• WFSM — Weak Field And Slow Motion
• TEXT — Texas Experimental Tokamak
• IES — Illumination Engineering Society
• PBO — Particle Beam Optics
• CJP — Canadian Journal of Physics
• EMG — Electro Magnetic Grouping
• FNR — Ford Nuclear Reactor
• RFZ — Reverse Flow Zone
• ALPS — Applications And Libraries For Physics Simulations
• LENA — Laboratory For Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (Duke University)
• ITU — Institut für Transurane
• MINIMAX/ T-864 — A search for disoriented chiral condensates at Fermilab.
• IFD — Internal Force Deflection
• WFST — Weighted Finite State Transducers
• FNAL — Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
• RH — Reference Height
• CP — Coulomb potential
• FCC — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker
• NPL — National Physical Laboratory (U.K.)
• HEPA — high efficiency particulate air (filter)
• ARUPS — Angle-Resolved Ultra-violet Photoemission Spectroscopy
• GGCP — Generalized Grand Canonical Potential
• NCSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• EMIS — Electro Magnetic Interpretation System

• P — Propagation
• MME — Minimizing Maximum Entropy
• IPC — Integrated Proton Current
• LCRD — Linear Collider Research and Development
• TRIGA — Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics
• DE — Dynamic Equivalence
• SSWP — Springer Series on Wave Phenomena
• CLEAR — Controlled Liquid Electrophoresis Absorption Reflection
• ICBM — Iogen Configuration Building Module
• VET — Vibration Energy Transfer
• QFED — Quantum Field-Effect Directional coupler
• QP — quasi periodic
• PEP — Pauli Exclusion Principle
• MIC — Microbial Influenced Corrosion
• CTM — Core Transport Model
• BEDO — Beitr. elektronenmikroskop. Direktabb. Oberfl.
• GIM — Grazing-Incidence Monochromator
• LSOP — Little Shop Of Physics
• EROS — Electric Resonance Optothermal Spectrometer
• LDP — Low Density Plasma
• CRDS — Cavity-Ring-Down Spectroscopy
• PAB — Physics Astronomy Building
• UNI — Ultrafast Nonlinear Interferometer
• MPB — Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
• LVD — Gran Sasso's Large Volume Detector
• CASP — Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics
• DORT — Discrete Ordinates Code
• QFEX — Quantim Field Theory under the influence of EXternal conditions
• ASA — Aperture Setting Adjustment
• CC — Conservation of Charge
• NNP — Non Neutral Plasma
• MMKT — Methods and Models of Kinetic Theory
• FTS — Fourier Tran