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

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

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

• STD — Standard
• BAPS — Bulletin of the American Physical Society
• MOBY — Marine Optical Buoy
• DPM — Disintegrations Per Minute
• H — Hot
• BIT — Bulk Ion Temperature
• MIL — Military
• AEC — Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
• OASIS — Optically Adaptive System for Imaging Spectroscopy
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• FTG — Field Testing Group
• NM — Nanometer
• PWH — PetaWatt-Hour
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• TPD — Temperature Programmed Desorption (for Gas Chromatography)
• 2PE — Two-Photon Excitation
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• NCO — Numerically Controlled Oscillator
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• JB — Jacquet-Blondel method
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• MOCVD — Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
• AF — Audio Frequency
• FMRI — Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• HPLC — High Performance Liquid Chromatography
• AEDY — Aerospace Dynamics
• CT — Current Transformer
• IHPRPTP — Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology Program
• FY — Fiscal Year
• LO — Local Oscillator
• FOS — Faint Object Spectrograph
• DL — Deciliter
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• APS — American Physical Society
• SPR — Surface Plasmon Resonance
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• KE — Kinetic Energy
• WFI — Water For Injection (pharmaceutical Term)
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• HSI — Hue Saturation Intensity
• DQE — Detective Quantum Efficiency
• CMM — Coordinate Measuring Machine
• HOMESTAKE — A solar neutrino experiment in the Homestake Gold Mine in South Dakota
• FTF — Fundamental Train Frequency
• E=MC2 — Energy=Mass * (Velocity of light)**2

• NSA — National Security Agency
• KLY — Kilo Langley
• CW — Continuous Wave
• PECVD — Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
• GND — Ground
• ISS — International Space Station
• P — Pressure
• LF — Low Frequency
• ROYGBIV — Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet (Colors of the Rainbow)
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• MFP — Mass Flow Parameter
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• TOMO-SAR — Synthetic Aperture Radar TOMOgraphy
• 4WM — Four Wave Mixing
• CW — Clockwise
• 2D WAXD — Two-Dimensional Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• THD — Total Harmonic Distortion
• FWT — Fast Wavelet Transform
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• LFP — Local Field Potential
• GR — General Relativity
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• LVL — Level
• AES — Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• SC — South Carolina
• NMR — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• RAI — Resident Assessment Instrument
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• HQSC — Heisenberg Quantum Spin Chain
• SUPER-K — Super-Kamiokande
• ER — Energy Research
• ACD — Autoregressive Conditional Duration
• NOE — Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NMR)
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• MAD — Mean Absolute Deviation
• ESR — Electron Spin Resonance
• SIG — Signal
• OPCPA — Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• MQSA — Mammography Quality Standards Act
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• EBIS — Electron Beam Ion Source

• CDM — Cold Dark Matter
• ITL — Information Technology Laboratory
• COIL — Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser
• NQR — Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• ANS — American Nuclear Society
• CW — Carrier Wave
• TLC — Thin Layer Chromatography
• EPR — Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• ESD — Electrostatic Discharge
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• APOMA — American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
• CV — Constant Velocity
• LMS — Least Mean Square
• CARS — Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy
• IR — Infrared
• CMC — Calibration Measurement Capabilities
• DOP — Dilution Of Precision
• WG — Working Group
• FP — Freezing Point
• MRA — Mutual Recognition Arrangement
• AMPC — Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry
• DIBL — Drain-induced Barrier Lowering
• OSA — Optical Society of America
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• SCC — Standards Coordinating Committee
• UA — University of Arizona
• DN — Diameter Nominal
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• DOHC — Dual Overhead Cam
• 3PE — Three-Photon Excitation
• PAGE — Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• AMS — Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• MO — Molecular Orbital
• MOD — Minimum Object Distance
• DNA — Defense Nuclear Agency
• JEWA — Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
• CAV — Constant Angular Velocity
• ID — Inside Diameter
• P — Predicted
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• IDCT — Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
• NRC — National Response Center
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• SIA — Semiconductor Industry Association

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

• MIRD — Medical Internal Radiation Dose
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• TLE — Two Line Elements
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• HDR — High Dose Rate
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• EF — Energy Factor
• AMPS — Atmospheric Magnetospheric Plasma System
• FCC — Face-Centered Cubic
• CVAAS — Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
• S — Short
• LIF — Laser Induced Fluorescence
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• FE — Finite Element
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• WDXRF — Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
• ACDC — Alternating Current/Direct Current
• HPS — High Pressure Sodium
• EOM — Electro-Optic Modulator
• DPP — Division of Plasma Physics
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• ISE — Ion Selective Electrode
• HE — High Energy
• ERDA — Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis
• 3D — Three Dimensional
• CWT — Continuous Wavelet Transform
• H — Hotel
• BCC — Body-Centered Cubic
• FEL — Free Electron Laser
• FRET — Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
• LE — Low Energy
• IID — independent and identically distributed random variables
• N — Normal
• FCI — Full Configuration Interaction
• AO — Adaptive Optics
• MMC — Maximum Material Condition
• SCF — Self-Consistent Field
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• PE — Performance Evaluation
• PL&I — Plasmas and Ions
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• PHYN — Physics Notes
• RAC — Research Advisory Committee
• OTA — Optical Tube Assembly (telescopes)
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscopy
• RFI — Relative Fluorescence Intensity
• ZPE — Zero Point Energy
• ZQ — Zero-Quantum

• PHR — Physics Reports
• 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
• FEGT — Furnace Exit Gas Temperature
• OPD — Optical Path Difference
• MTBF — Mean Time Between Failures
• PDSH — Pressure Differential Switch High
• SPM — Scanning Probe Microscope
• EP — Extreme Pressure
• AAPT — American Association of Physics Teachers
• PRL — Physical Review Letters
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• LT — Low Temperature
• HVLP — high volume, low pressure
• VU — Volume Unit
• EF — Electric Field
• SAXS — Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
• PE — Potential Energy
• TDH — Total Dynamic Head
• MJPS — Moldavian Journal of the Physical Sciences
• CHIPS — Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
• QD — Quantum Dot
• RAP — Reliable Acoustic Path
• PEL — Permissible Exposure Limit
• ENDL — Evaluated Nuclear Data Library
• GFP — Green Fluorescent Protein
• MPLB — Modern Physics Letters B
• 1D — One-Dimensional
• STP — Standard Temperature Pressure
• LOCF — Last Observation Carried Forward
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• XQC — X-ray Quantum Calorimeter
• CC — Closed Circuit
• DOT — Diffuse Optical Tomography
• PTA — Pure Tone Average
• RIXS — Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
• APS — Advanced Photon Source
• AO — Atomic Orbital
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• MPI — Multiphoton Ionization
• DLA — Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
• C&E — Cause and Effect
• EDS — Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
• FTNIR — Fourier Near Infra Red
• DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung.
• CGU — Canadian Geophysical Union
• CEA — Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique
• LAF — Laminar Air Flow

• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• HEA — High Energy Astrophysics
• AFV — Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
• MBQ — Megabecquerel
• JPCS — Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
• NV — Night Vision
• ETC — Electron Transport Chain
• AFC — Aerodynamic Flight Control
• AEM — Acoustical Emission Monitoring
• NDT — Nondestructive Test
• ICR — Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• LM — Lumen
• OD — Optical Density
• GP — General Physics Corporation
• C — Countess
• NG6, NG-6 — Monochromatic Beam Line near the end of NG6
• FFF — Field-Flow Fractionation
• BCT — Body-Centered Tetragonal
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• EM — Environmental Management
• PM — Phase Modulation
• QP — Quantization Parameter
• FP — Focal Plane
• EPC — Electronic Pressure Control
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• CJLTP — Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics
• OPC — Optical Particle Counter
• VIV — Vortex Induced Vibration
• KAERI — Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
• RG — Radius of Gyration
• SRM — Standard Reference Material
• VTZ — Valence Triple Zeta (basis Set)
• AJP — American Journal of Physics
• EDM — Electric Dipole Moment
• LSND — Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
• ED — Electron Diffraction
• AFT — Attractor Field Therapy
• IIT — Indian Institute of Technology
• BSDF — Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function
• NPC — Nuclear Pore Complex
• XMLD — X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism
• TM — Transverse Magnetic
• FLIR — Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer
• R — Roentgen
• SHP — Shaft Horsepower
• LMU — Location Measurement Unit
• AEQ — Aeronautical Quarterly
• MOA — Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
• AIAA — American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
• XPS — X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

• PBC — Polarization-Beam Combiner
• WDDL — Wave Dynamic Differential Logic
• ASPP — Atmospheric and Space Plasma Physics
• JCHPH — Journal of Chemical Physics
• E — Electra
• FCA — Formal Concept Analysis
• TMD — Tuned Mass Damper
• PIV — Peak Inverse Voltage
• ACESJ — Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal
• CQGRS — Classical and Quantum Gravity Supplement
• DDS — Direct Digital Synthesizer
• PCM — Phase Contrast Microscopy
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• JETP — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
• MAG — Magnetic
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• DSM — Design Structure Matrix
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• 2-D — Two Dimensional
• RMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• DSR — Dynamic Shear Rheometer
• LOA — Law of Attraction
• YP — Yield Point
• IK — Inverse Kinematics
• OPS — Optical Physical Section
• RST — Rapid Suspension Technology
• DPF — Displacement Power Factor
• BHN — Brinell Hardness Number
• MSX — Midcourse Space Experiment
• PD — Propagation Delay
• ASD — Astrophysics Science Division
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
• LSP — Lightest Supersymmetric Particle
• ASAC — aerodynamic surfaces assembly and checkout
• OPA — Optical Parametric Amplifier
• IOR — Index of Refraction
• CEI — Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instrumental Coefficient Package
• FDTD — Finite Difference Time Domain
• EGS — Electron Gamma Shower
• GAM — Generalized Additive Model
• AOM — acoustic-optic modulator
• ETS — Energy Transfer System
• PHCHE — Physics and Chemistry of Earth
• RKR — Rydberg-Klein-Rees
• LC — Liquid Chromatography
• VMD — Visual Molecular Dynamics
• ILD — Indentation Load Deflection
• AMS — Acoustic Measurement System

• POGS — polar-orbiting geomagnetic survey
• RBS — Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry
• ADPHY — Advances in Physics
• POC — Physical Optics Corporation
• DE — Differential Equation(s)
• CICP — Communications in Computational Physics
• CPK — Corey, Pauling, Koltun
• JXST — Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology
• TOV — Threshold of Visibility
• HPHT — high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• APH — Astroparticle Physics
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• IOT — Inductive Output Tube
• AMTF — Acoustic Model Test Facility
• AFT — Aerodynamic Flight Test
• NLC — Next Linear Collider
• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• 1PI — One Particle Irreducible
• ADAP — Aerodynamic Data Analysis Program
• APRF — Army Pulse Radiation Facility
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• ABEC — Annular Bearing Engineering Committee
• PET — positron emission tomography
• STASA — Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
• DVM — Digital Voltmeter
• SPH — Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics
• ECD — Electron Capture Dissociation
• HO — High Order
• ALICE — A Large Ion Collider Experiment
• EAA — Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• QWW — Quantum Well Wire
• PCF — Photonic Crystal Fiber
• BQ — Becquerel
• NEI — Nuclear Energy Institute
• HI — High Intensity
• NCU — Nano Containment Unit
• FIM — Field Intensity Meter
• CARI — combustion air requirement index
• ASAS — Aerodynamic Stability Augmentation System
• TEM — Transverse Electromagnetic
• MOKE — Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect
• IC — Internal Combustion
• CQGRA — Classical and Quantum Gravity
• BPM — Beam Position Monitor
• CF — Cold Fusion
• EOS — Equation Of State
• COMPASS — COMPuter ASSurance Conference
• DFT — Density Functional Theory

• TEPC — Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter
• TC — Transmission Convergence (ATM)
• AMS — Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
• SCF — Supercritical Fluid
• AMP — Amplitude
• SVD — Shock Vibration Digest
• CED — Cohesive Energy Density
• TEF — Time-Energy-Frequency
• ANPHY — Annals of Physics
• ILSS — Interlaminar Shear Strength
• PHRV — Physical Review
• AECL — Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's
• AFTA — Acoustic Fatigue Test Article
• LFAE — Ligand Field Activation Energy
• CARB — Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• AMPS — Atmosphere, Magnetosphere & Plasmas in Space
• JATP — Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
• LSDA — Local Spin Density Approximation
• WHHM — Werthamer Helfand Hohenberg and Maki
• OPO — Optical Parametric Oscillator
• RHF — Restricted Hartree-Fock
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection
• ADM — Absolute Distance Meter
• ULVZ — Ultra-Low Velocity Zone
• APHY — Acoustical Physics
• EIE — electron impact excitation
• EMR — Electromagnetic Resonance
• RC — Resistor-Capacitor
• LS — Liquid Scintillation
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• CLV — Constant Linear Velocity
• HID — high intensity discharge (electricity)
• AAAC — Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
• RTT — Round Trip Timer
• BC — Boundary Condition
• UTA — Unresolved Transition Array
• UMIST — University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
• IV — Input Voltage
• ADB — Aerodynamic Data Book
• HFS — Hydrogen Forward Scattering
• TXM — Transmission X-ray Microscope
• HV — High Vacuum
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• PHA — Physics And Astronomy
• MOT — Magneto Optical Trap
• APAS — Aerodynamic Performance and Sizing Program
• SIM — Selected ion monitoring
• TC — Temperature Control
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope

• AIH — Acoustical Imaging and Holography
• PP2PP — proton-proton to proton-proton
• GS — Gauss
• M — Mass
• DE — Discrete Event (program specification)
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• QWIP — Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• NJPH — New Journal of Physics
• SWG — Standard Wire Gauge
• SRV — Safety Relief Valve
• HTD — Heat Transfer Division
• LDA — Local Density Approximation
• LISS — Linear Imaging Self-Scanning
• CMS — Compact Muon Solenoid
• HS — Hot Spot
• NIDR — National Institute of Dental Research (National Institutes of Health)
• ITSU — IEEE Transactions on Sonics Ultrasonics
• ASC — Aerodynamic Surface Control
• NM — Newton Meter
• DAP — Donor Acceptor Pair
• SR — Special Relativity
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• ICP-AES — Inductively Coupled Plasma-atomic Emission Spectrometry
• UB — Upper Bound
• ADGEO — Advances in Geophysics
• CRPL — Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory
• REST — Representational State Transfer
• IVR — Intramolecular Vibrational Relaxation
• FM — Ferromagnetic
• CHJCP — Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics
• CPS — Cycles Per Second (now Hertz)
• NG7 — Neutron Guide No. 7
• ADCL — Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• IFD — Indentation Force Deflection
• AFI — Accordion Fringe Interferometry
• NEMS — National Energy Modeling System
• SSNMR — Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• TEMP — Temperature
• CCPCE — Current Contents Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
• EELS — Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
• OLED — Organic Light-Emitting Diode
• EDAX — energy dispersive analysis of X-rays
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• GRI — Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• 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)
• DMI — Dynamic Momentum Index

• AUJPA — Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• EF — Extra Fine
• ITELC — IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
• PTCA — Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angiography
• ESO — European Southern Observatory
• PLL — Phase Locked Loop
• XPS — X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• MCM — Mobil Composition of Matter
• RLD — Reciprocal Linear Dispersion
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• SEE — Secondary Electron Emission
• DN/DC — Specific refractive index increment
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• MTXM — Magnetic Transmission X-Ray Microscopy
• BIPM — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
• SD — Super Deformed
• TC — Thermal Control
• FWHM — Full Width at Half Maximum
• FHMM — Factorial Hidden Markov Model
• SFG — Sum Frequency Generation
• ARL — Average Run Length
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• PAC — Probably Approximately Correct
• APAC — Applied Acoustics
• PMR — Proton Magnetic Resonance
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• TIMS — Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• SW — Surface Wave
• RJMP — Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics
• ARES — Advanced Rheometric Expansion System
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• CLSM — Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
• LIPC — laser-induced plasma channel
• STS — Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
• WDM — Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• RPT — Refractory Period of Transmission
• COS — Change of State
• LBLRR — LBL Research Review
• KELVIN — Scientific temperature scale
• BWO — Backward Wave Oscillator
• BGM — Basis Generator Method
• EDX — Energy-Dispersive X-ray Analysis
• IMS — Institute for Molecular Science
• SEA — Statistical Energy Analysis
• CPS — Central Plasma Sheet
• TPP — Thermal Power Plant
• CH — Continuum Hypothesis

• ATDB — Aerothermodynamic Data Book
• BELLE — B detector at KEK in Japan
• PZT — Piezoelectric Translator
• TC — Thermal Conductivity
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• CCD — Charged Coupled Device
• FTIR — Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
• PMMA — Polymethylmethacrylate
• CCV — Continuing Calibration Verification
• COASP — Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics
• KOPIO — AKlong decay experiment at Brookhaven.
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• BMDO — (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do)
• LNP — Lecture Notes in Physics
• ABMP — American Board of Medical Physics
• LWR — Light Water Reactor
• PDE — Product Data Exchange
• TKN — Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
• CBR — California Bearing Ratio
• FI — Field Intensity
• ALVIB — algorithm payload vibration
• EPI — Echo Planar Imaging
• QO — Quasi-Optical
• OOCA — Object Oriented Computing in Astrophysics
• GUT — Grand Unification Theory
• BBO — Beta-Barium Borate
• HDOP — Horizontal Dilution Of Position
• ND — Neutron Detector
• 2LOT — 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
• VRM — Vector Ruggedness Measure
• CAM — Computer-Aided Machining
• ACR — Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• JPCM — Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• PEPSI — Proton Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging
• AMA — Actual Mechanical Advantage
• COMPH — Computers in Physics
• AD — Antimatter Decelerator
• VAC — Vacuum Assisted Closure
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• ATI — Above-Threshold Ionization
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• SI — International System of Units (Système international d'unités)
• EER — Estimated Energy Requirement
• BLB — Black Light Bulb
• QM — Quantum Mechanics
• EPA — Electron Positron Accumulator

• XSV — Expendable Sound Velocimeter
• ELT — Extremely Large Telescope
• MOKE — Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
• TCS — Three-Dimensional Complex Space Theory
• SQ — Scalar Quantization
• MIST — Microgravity Science and Technology
• LDA — Laser Doppler Anemometry
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• MICE — Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• VT — Valid Time
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• UCSUSA — Union of Concerned Scientists, United States of America
• MFT — Mean Field Theory
• JJAPL — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Letters
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• NAA — Neutron Activation Analysis
• HRC — Rockwell Hardness C
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• MEL — Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
• SBLC — S-Band Linear Collider
• CVD — Chemical Vapor Deposition
• QMS — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• LC — Liquid Crystal
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• AERTE — Aerojet Technology
• ASVIB — algorithm scoreboard vibrations
• EIES — Electron Impact Emission Spectroscopy
• TMA — Thermal Mechanical Analysis
• CCPP — Combined Cycle Power Plant
• PO2 — Partial pressure of oxygen
• CES — Constant Elasticity of Substitution
• CBNM — Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements
• STEM — Storable Tubular Extendible Member
• HERO — High Energy Replicated Optics
• ND — Neutron Density
• NERI — Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
• PT — Peak Torque
• STAR — Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC
• JPSJS — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Supplement
• DMC — Dynamic Motion Control
• WXRF — Wavelength-dispersive X- Ray Fluorescence
• CIPM — International Committee of Weights and Measures, France
• LVR — Lever
• HHPN — Hydraulic High Pressure Nebulization
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• BPAS — Bulletin of Pure and Applied Science
• AEJ — Aeronautical Journal
• RSP — Rapid Solidification Process

• MOR — Modulus of Rupture
• RSE — Relative Standard Error
• CZJPH — Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
• SSCP — Springer Series on Chemical Physics
• ENR — Enrichment and Reprocessing (technology)
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• LIM — Limit
• LO — Laser Optics
• EOM — Equation of Motion
• LVDT — Linear Variable Differential Transformer
• JGE — Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
• YS — Yield Strength
• GML — General Measurement Loop
• ICE — Internal combustion engine (transportation)
• JEPT — Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics
• TG — Temperature Gradient
• ECSED — Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data
• PMG — Permanent Magnet Generator
• RTD — Resistance Temperature Detector
• LOMO — Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital
• ESR — Experimental Storage Ring
• RHM — Roentgen Hour Meter
• LEACH — Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy
• CFT — Crystal Field Theory
• LRSP — Living Reviews in Solar Physics
• TST — Time-Space-Time
• MOSFET — Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
• FEC — Ferro-Electric liquid Crystal
• ECT — Error Correction Term
• HF — Hartree-Fock Method
• NISTAR — NIST Advanced Radiometer
• AF — Anisotropic Filtering
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• RSM — Response Surface Method
• TJPH — Turkish Journal of Physics
• CMR — Colossal Magnetoresistance
• RT — Reverberation Time
• ULTRA — Ultrasonics
• LBT — Large Binocular Telescope
• CMH — Cubic Meter per Hour
• TLI — Tilted Laser Image
• MUT — Material Under Test
• VEEL — Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels
• NCF — Near Coherence of Filters
• RPN — Remote Plasma Nitridation
• COTPH — Communications in Theoretical Physics
• FD — Finite Difference
• JSMAJ — Japan Society of Microgravity Application Journal
• EXO — Enriched Xenon Observatory
• 3DWBA — Three-Body Distorted-Wave Born Approximation

• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• CRP — Coordinated Research Program
• BMD — Bending Moment Diagram
• FTL — Faster Than Light
• ESR — Electrical Substitution Radiometer
• NVIS — Night Vision Imaging System
• BNCT — Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
• DREAMS — Dynamic Range Enhancement Applied to Mass Spectrometry
• CCP6 — Collaborative Computational Project 6
• JETPL — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• PNP — Positive-Negative-Positive
• NVLAP — National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
• HBT — Hanbury Brown-Twiss
• SWAP — Short-Wavelength Automated Perimetry
• SCR — Space Charge Region
• WKB — Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (phase-shift Formula For Potential Scattering)
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• PRF — Petroleum Research Fund
• MFCG — Magnetic Flux Compression Generator
• AT&T — Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
• TBB — Triple Beam Balance
• CEJPH — Central European Journal of Physics
• CCFL — Countercurrent Flow Limitation
• TMP — Turbo Molecular Pump
• HTPPL — High Temperature Plasma Physics Lab
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• LAND — Large Area Neutron Detector
• QRHE — quantum anomalous Hall effect
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• AESIJ — Aeronautical Society India Journal
• HTBB — High-Temperature Black Body
• HVT — High Velocity Thermocouple
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• CPIP — Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
• 3DSSPP — Three-Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program
• GEC — General Electrodynamics Corporation
• ICP — Inductively Coupled Plasma
• JJAPS — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Supplement
• JPSJ — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
• EJTP — Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics
• ARCP — Annual Reviews of Computational Physics
• SCF — Stress Concentration Factor
• ST — Spherical Tokamak
• PFG — Pulsed Field Gradient
• CPL — Chemical Physics Letters
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• ANIPS — Annals of the Israel Physical Society
• FTICR — Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• MEMS — Micro Electro Mechanical Systems

• ACB — Annular Confinement Beam
• MDR — Mass Distribution Ratio
• MRIR — medium-resolution infrared radiometer
• HPPT — High Pressure Phase Transformation
• XSW — X-Ray Standing Wave
• SEAQUEST — A series of fixed target Drell-Yan experiments at Fermilab
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• TQW — Triangular Quantum Well
• CSLPT — Cambridge Studies in Low Temperature Physics
• IO — Interactive Optimum
• IAPT — Indian Association of Physics Teachers
• FOC — Forward Only Conversion
• JKPS — Journal of Korean Physical Society
• NEANDC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Data Committee
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• ODC — Orthogonal Defect Classification
• JGP — Journal of Geometry and Physics
• IQEC — International Quantum Electronics Conference
• BTI — Bubble Technology Inc
• CHPHY — Chinese Physics
• VLT — Visible Light Transmission
• FFR — Fractional Flow Reserve
• PHEMT — Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor
• FASCAL — Facility for Automatic Spectroradiometric Calibrations
• GNO — Gallium Neutrino Observatory
• SPE — solid phase extraction method
• MUNU — An experiment at the Bugey reactor in France studying electron - electron neutrino scattering.
• MS/MS — Tandem Mass Spectrometry
• DSM — Dynamic Scattering Mode
• JVST — Journal of Vacuum Science Technology
• SG — Specific Gravity
• EPJ — European Physical Journal
• WIMP — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
• ARACO — Archives Acoustics
• JMP — Journal of Mathematical Physics
• AICF — Acoustic Inertial Confinement Fusion
• BEB — Binary-Encounter-Bethe
• ACCW — Auxiliary Component Cooling Water
• VNIIFTRI — National Scientific and Russian Research Institute for Physical, Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements
• MBS — Minimum Breaking Strength
• 3DFFM — Three-Dimensional Fourier Filtering Method
• HRTF — Head-Related Transfer Function
• JFLU — Journal of Fluorescence
• HSS — Hollow Structural Section
• MOP — Maximum Operating Pressure
• PEPI — Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
• NA — Neutral Axis
• 2DHG — Two-Dimensional Hole Gas
• COMMP — Comments in Modern Physics
• CXRO — Center for X-Ray Optics at Berkeley, CA

• PHYR — Physical Research
• PDE — Possible Duplicate Emission
• PHT — Physics Today
• MICGQ — Microgravity Quarterly
• JMOA — Journal of Microwaves Optics and Acoustics
• YKP — Yano- Koonin- Podgoretskii
• STM — Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• 2PPE — Two-Photon Photoemission
• SGORS — Studies in Geophysical Optics and Remote Sensing
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• QMF — quadrature mirror filter banks
• CLC — Capillary Liquid Chromatography
• GUIDE — Generalized Unbiased Interaction Detection and Estimation
• DALR — Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
• CLFR — Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector
• OPTLE — Optics and Lasers in Engineering
• 2B1Q — Two Binary One Quaternary
• MMCP — Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
• PFC — Parallel Flange Channel
• ABF — All but Finitely
• URA — Universities Research Association, Inc.
• DLP — Digital Light Processing
• LPCVD — Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• MBE — Molecular Beam Epitaxy
• EGO — Eccentric Geophysical Observation
• MTF — Magnetized Target Fusion
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• PHL — Physics Letters
• NRLM — National Research Laboratory of Metrology (Japan)
• LFCC — Linear Frequency Cepstral Coefficient
• NPSS — Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
• LOQ — Limit of Quantitation
• POPRV — Pilot Operated Pressure Relief Valve
• RDP — Rubidium Di-Hydrogen Phosphate
• RIBD — Reactive Ion Beam Deposition
• DUV — Deep Ultraviolet
• FIR — Far Infrared
• NEMP — Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse
• CLM — Compound Light Microscope
• NEANSC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Science Committee
• EIEIO — Electron Impact Excitation of Ions from Organics
• TI — Thermal Inertia
• AVCOR — algorithm vibration correlation
• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• LRR — Living Reviews in Relativity
• WAFAC — Wide-Angle Free-Air Chamber
• WAMW — Weight-Average Molecular Weight
• IMA — Ideal Mechanical Advantage
• SCAMPY — Scanning Micro Pyrometer
• IGC — International Gravity Commission

• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• FDFD — Finite Difference Frequency Domain
• SEM — Scanning Electron Microscopes
• VIS — Visible
• TD — Time Differential
• ENSDF — Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File
• VOX — Voice Operated EXchange
• TZFC — Triple Zeta Frozen Core
• MSLD — Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• DDF — Distance Distortion Factor
• PMTS — Predetermined Motion Time System
• CRT — Conformal Radiation Therapy
• SAJPH — South African Journal of Physics
• BIB — Blocked Impurity Band
• HYAAS — Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotom etry.
• PMT — Photo Multiplier Tube
• JVC — Journal of Vibration and Control
• QFT — Quantitative Fluorescence Technique
• AECL — Atomic Energy Canada Limited
• EL — Europhysics Letters
• ACFA — Asian Committee for Future Accelerators.
• GPIB — General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus
• REL — Recommended Exposure Limit
• PAES — Positron-Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• TRFM — Time Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
• AMMAC — Mexican Metrology Association
• BJAP — British Journal of Applied Physics
• FPS — foot-pound-second [cf. cgs and mks]
• BET — Brunauer - Emmett - Teller
• ABHP — American Board of Health Physics
• TC — Technical Committee (HL7)
• EEEL — Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
• PTI — Proxima Therapeutics Inc.
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• VA — Volt Ampere
• WL — Weak Localization
• IRIS — Internal Rotary Inspection System
• TL — Time Line
• RECAN — Regional European and Central Asian ALARA Network
• SBR — Spectral Band Replication
• NP — Neper
• EBIT — Electron Beam Ion Trap
• IPM — Ionization Profile Monitor
• SSADM — Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology
• CPR — Chemical Physics Reports
• BHLH — Basic Helix-Loop-Helix
• AFVH — Anti- Ferromagnetic van Hove scenario
• FRET — fluorescence resonant energy transfer
• AAPP — Association of Applied Physicists Pakistan

• JPCRD — Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
• MPN — Most Probable Number
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• AFA — Average Fock Approximation
• BES — Beijing Spectrometer (China)
• MQA — measurement quality assurance
• CCDC — Cyclic Channel Die Compression
• ACRU — Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit
• CTMP — Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulp
• DCT — Discrete Cosine Transformer
• NPIC — Nuclear Power Institute of China
• NOBCCHE — National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers
• WTMM — Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima
• EMW — Electromagnetic Wave
• ZPF — Zero Point Field
• ADTPH — Advanced Texts in Physics
• EMILY — Extreme Monkey Indigestion Laryngitis Youngen
• ASA — Accessible Surface Area
• OSRD — Office of Standard Reference Data
• FFE — Far Field Extension
• LTA — Low temperature (oxygen plasma) ashing
• TCB — Temporal Coherence Boundary
• APD — VERP)/action potential duration
• CPCAR — Chemistry and Physics of Carbon
• NVH — Noise Vibration Harshness
• IMGC — Istituto di Metrologia "G. Colonnetti" (Italy)
• ITAS — IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
• ADCHP — Advances in Chemical Physics
• MCU — Microcontroller Unit
• CEC — California Energy Commission
• GCA — Gradual Channel Approximation
• ITPS — IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• NIR — Near Infrared
• BIA — Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
• RVMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• CSI — Compton Scatter Imaging
• LAL — The Laboratoire de L'Accelerateur Lineaire at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France
• KWP — Kilowatt-Peak
• ISAC — Isotope Separator and Accelerator Facility
• PTCP — Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics
• PSSC — Physical Science Study Committee
• CNIF — Californium Neutron Irradiation Facility
• JSP — Journal of Statistical Physics
• ZDR — Z-Differential Reflectivity
• ACOUL — Acoustics Letters
• HOQS — Highest Occupied Quantum State
• JAE — Journal of Acoustic Emission
• PASTI — Public Address Speech Transmission Index
• SCD — Single Crystal Diffraction

• GCK — Geiger Counter Kit
• VCM — Voice-Coil Motor
• CCSM — Cross Correlogram Spectral Matching
• TJ — TeraJoule
• ADEXG — Advances in Exploration Geophysics
• QGT — Quantum Graph Theory
• PCPP — Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
• CONPH — Contemporary Physics
• FUV — Far Ultraviolet
• CIRRPC — Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination
• ECRIS — Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source
• UCLA — Harbor-University of California Los Angeles
• SHC — Specific Heat Capacity
• INDC — International Nuclear Data Committee
• CRYRING — Electron Accelerator and Storage Ring Facility (Stockholm, Sweden)
• JSCI — Journal of Scientific Instruments
• APT — Analytic Perturbation Theory
• CAJPH — Canadian Journal of Physics
• NELAC — National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference
• PPHTS — Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors
• HYPER-CP — A Search for Direct CP Violation in Hyperon Decays
• CERN — Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
• RDCMP — Recent Development in Condensed Matter Physics
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• SOC — Second-Order Cone
• CRI — Cambridge Research Instrumentation
• SLM(S) — spatial light modulator(s)
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• GDOG — Generalized Double Optical Gating
• GGA — Generalized Gradient Approximation
• EFW — Evanescent Floquet Wave
• MGG — Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics
• CTPHY — Classical Theoretical Physics
• AWA — The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator
• JLWT — Journal of Lightwave Technology
• FCFC — Full-Coverage Film Cooling
• CMCV — Charge Motion Control Valve
• EGR — Entropy Gradient Reversal
• AMB — As Measured By
• RVMAP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• GMC — Global Motion Compensation
• DQS — Discrete Quantum State
• SCOT — Support Coated Open Tubular
• MPLA — Modern Physics Letters A
• PTF — Physics of Thin Films
• IVBT — Intravascular brachytherapy
• ADMPS — Advances in Mechanics and Physics of Surfaces
• HVLA — High-Velocity Low Amplitude
• NPA — Nuclear Physics Apparatus

• ETRAN — Monte Carlo computer code for Electrons and Photons through Extended Media
• AMJPH — American Journal of Physics
• BF-TEM — Bright-field transmission electron microscopy
• QCD — Quantum Chromodynamics
• NR — Nuclear Reactor
• AF — Acceleration Factor
• JLUM — Journal of Luminescence
• TIMED — Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
• JVE — Journal of Vibration Engineering
• MEA — Membrane Electrode Assembly
• ARROW — Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide
• FT-IRAS — Fourier Transform-Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• BFRL — Building and Fire Research Laboratory
• GRASP — Graphical Representation and Analysis of Surface Properties
• CPSSH — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces and Heterogeneous Catalysis
• AOI — Angle Of Incidence
• LLG — Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation
• EPIC — Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
• OGB — Original Grain Boundary
• 2PH TDF — Two-Particle-Hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation
• DNAA — Delayed Neutron Activation Analysis
• GEC — Gaseous Electronics Conference
• ODEND — Optical Detected Electron Nuclear Double Resonance
• JPLPH — Journal of Plasma Physics
• PPCF — Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
• MO — Magneto-optic
• AUM — Arbitrary Unit of Mass
• CR — Curvature Radiation
• MMC — Moving Micro Cross
• AL — argon laser
• ENDF — Evaluated Nuclear Data File
• CEBAF — Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
• VHT — Very High Temperature
• JRLR — Journal of Russian Laser Research
• TCPH — Topics in Current Physics
• PVT — Position Velocity Time
• CTRZ — Central Torodial Recirculation Zone
• JGGS — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity Supplement
• DUS — Duplex Ultrasound
• FDR — Failure Divergence Refinement
• PFD — Photon Flux Density
• ASME — American Society for Mechanical Engineers
• MAP — Maximum A Posteriori estimate
• ICAMDATA — International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications
• CLA — Condition Lever Angle
• CCFL — Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
• LENR — Low Energy Nuclear Reactions
• LCAP — Laser Cooling and Atomic Physics
• STSSP — Selected Topics in Solid State Physics

• PSST — Plasma Sources Science Technology
• WDXS — Wavelength Dispersive Xray Spectroscopy
• ATU — Accumulated Thermal Unit
• PSL — Polystyrene-latex
• RVMPS — Reviews of Modern Physics Supplement
• CPLIP — Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
• PHRVL — Physical Review Letters
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• FCPM — Fundamental Constants and Precision Measurements
• FBM — Fractional Brownian Motion
• VP — Vapor Pressure
• AUJPH — Australian Journal of Physics
• GLCP — Global Linear Collider Project
• K2K — KEK to Kamioka
• DCMP — Directions in Condensed Matter Physics
• JMPS — Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• HFB — Hartree Fock Bogoliubov
• RUPHJ — Russian Physics Journal
• ARO — United States Army Research Office
• PLPHR — Plasma Physics Reports
• SQM — Square Meter
• CEL — Correlated Emission Laser
• IBFM — Interacting Boson-Fermion Model
• ICPEAC — International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions
• PAPGE — Pure and Applied Geophysics
• BCMPA — Billion Cubic Meters per Annum
• PCL — Physics and Chemistry of Liquids
• EBSD — Electron Back Scatter Diffraction
• PES — Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• JCA — Journal of Computational Acoustics
• JAERI — Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• DSFD — Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
• EPAD — Environmental Physics and Design
• ASAJ — Acoustical Society of America Journal
• GR&R — Gauge Reproducibility And Repeatability
• QMC — Quantum Monte Carlo
• GEOS — Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite
• OAM — Orbital Angular Momentum
• UMRK — Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
• CCPR — Consultative Committee on Photometry and Radiometry
• MS — MilliSeconds
• PFID — Perturbed Free Induction Decay
• SVGL — Silicon Valley Group Lithography
• CSIC — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Spanish
• DPPC — Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
• JESRP — Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
• CBA — Center for Backyard Astrophysics
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• XDB — X-Ray Data Booklet

• FIOP — Field Induced Ordered Phase
• DMF — Decayed, Missing, Filled
• SSCOM — Solid State Communications
• ITM — IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
• OSU — Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio, United States
• ADGR — Advances in Geophysical Research
• MIMIC — Microscopy and Microanalysis
• SSION — Solid State Ionics
• BUIPS — Bulletin of the Israel Physical Society
• TASSII — Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Investigation
• DWP — Dispensing Well Plate
• CPSS — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces
• APAS — Astrophysical Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
• DDFT — Dynamic Density Functional Theory
• PRVP — Proceedings of Vibration Problems
• HEPAP — High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
• ESRF — The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.
• PHYNY — Physics New York
• FOC — Forward of Center
• SI — Système International d'unités (International System of Units)
• TDCR — Triple-to-Double Coincidence Ratio
• LPB — Laser and Particle Beams
• VRV — Variable Radial Velocity
• ESU — Energy Storage Unit
• HPM — High Power Microwave
• HWP — Half-Wave Plate
• ACRR — Annular Core Research Reactor
• WGCV — Working Group on Calibration and Validation
• ES — Elementary Stream
• CER — Controlled Energy Release
• IN2P3 — Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules
• MRSE — Manifest Refractive Spherical Equivalent
• HB — Hydrogen Bond
• J — Torsional Constant for a structural Section
• POF — Plane of Focus
• CLIC — Compact Linear Collider
• XLS — Xenon Light Source
• AGS — Alternating-gradient Synchrotron
• ACE — Acoustic Compliance Enhancement
• PPM — Peak Program Meter
• SERS — Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering
• UHT — Ultra High Temperature
• CTP — Course of Theoretical Physics
• EGAS — European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy
• PEP — Positron Electron Project
• TIB — Tracker Inner Barrel
• LPM — Light-Particle Monitor
• ARDS — Analysis of Rotor Dynamic Systems
• ACDM — Automated Contour Detection Method

• NSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• GB — Grain Boundary
• LISA — Laser Inferometer Space Antenna
• GTRD — Generalized Transverse Resonance-Diffraction
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• NQA — Nuclear Quality Assurance
• ICP — Injector Control Pressure
• BEFE — Bio-Electric Field Enhancement
• ADTM — Alternate Density Transmission Medium
• JMAPH — Journal of Mathematics and Physics
• JSGEO — Journal of Series Geophysics
• TRM — Time-Reversal Mirror
• PHB — Physics Bulletin
• TLP — Thread-Level Parallelism
• ARPES — Angle Resolved Photo Electron Spectroscopy
• CCPP — Collaborative Computational Plasma Physics
• DLV — Direct Linear Valve
• W/F — Wandel/ Fietstochten
• CHPHL — Chinese Physics Letter
• RRDSP — Recent Research Development in Statistical Physics
• IDC — Insulation Displacement Contact (connector)
• ATCS — Active Thermal Convective System
• SDIF — Sony Digital Interface Format
• CONFP — Contemporary Fundamental Physics
• WTCQ — Wavelet Trellis Coded Quantization
• ARPES — Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• VAT — Vibro-Acoustic Test
• AOM(S) — acousto-optic modulator(s)
• NPGEO — Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
• PZM — Pressure Zone Microphone
• PAW — Plasma Arc Weld
• ADPLP — Advances in Plasma Physics
• EPJAP — European Physical Journal, Applied Physics
• LHEP — Left Hand Elliptical Polarization
• FZK — Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
• DOP — Degree of Polarization
• PCSE — Physical Chemistry: Science and Engineering
• SCMP — Studies in Condensed Matter Physics
• PHPL — Physics of Plasmas
• TTSP — Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
• ITD — Inlet Temperature Difference
• ALCPG — American Linear Collider Physics Group
• CSEWG — Cross Section Evaluation Working Group
• HUT — Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
• MPPCF — Million particles per cubic foot
• JCOPH — Journal of Computational Physics
• ADV — Automatic Drain Valve
• MPAG — Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry
• LTP — Low Temperature Physics
• F&M — Force and moment

• JNMP — Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
• HPGE — High Purity Germanium
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• XRL — X-Ray Lithography
• JIMW — Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
• TWA — time-weighted averaged
• SHWAV — Shock Waves
• KIAA — Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
• SEMPA — Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis
• EOPAP — Earth and Ocean Physics Application Program
• SVPAC — Soviet Physics Acoustics
• PAW — Physics Analysis Workstation
• FUSE — Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Explorer
• CPB — Center Point of Balance
• WAXS — Wide Angle X-ray Scattering
• MOTRIMS — Magneto-Optical Trap Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• LEFM — Linear Elasticity Fracture Mechanics
• XRF — X-Ray Fluorescence
• JPHCS — Journal of Physics - Conference Series
• GFAAS — graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry
• AXAF — Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• FTG — Full Tensor Gradient
• ORELA — Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator
• CDM — Ceramic Discharge Metalhalide
• HADES — High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer
• GHRS — Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
• LAMPF — Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility
• PDS — power density spectra
• CAT — Computed Axial Tomography
• LITA — Laser-Induced Thermal Acoustics
• MOI — moments of inertia
• LWIR — Long-Wave Infrared
• OPTLT — Optics Laser Technology
• IACS — Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences
• JSLR — Journal of Soviet Laser Research
• RG — renormalization group
• DARE — Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• FRIB — Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
• RHIC — Brookhaven'sRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider began operation in 2000
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
• CGS — Centimeter, Gram, Second
• HELEN — High Energy Laser Embodying Neodymium
• JMAGR — Journal of Magnetic Resonance
• DEG — Dimensional Electron Gas
• PRPH — Progress of Physics
• LI-ION — Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• RMU — Ring Main Unit
• HCCD — Mono-deuterated Acetylene
• RCU — Rapid Cooling Unit

• HVL — Half Value Layer
• SANS — Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
• ELECM — Electromagnetics
• PMMC — Permanent Magnet Moving Coil
• GRNS — Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer
• PHYES — Physics Essays
• C&EA — Cause and Effect Analysis
• AGUFM — American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
• UVB — Ultraviolet B
• ER — Elastic Recoil
• MTF — Modulation transfer function.
• ICBP — International Conference on Biological Physics
• RRDP — Recent Research Development in Physics
• AET — Active Edge Table
• ZFF — Zero Forcing Function
• ECP — Effective Core Potential Approxn.(in Electronic-structure Calcn.)
• WWV — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Colorado
• EXMPS — Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences
• TWT — Transonic Wind Tunnel
• AEC — Active Energy Control
• SPP — Storage Photostimulable Phosphor
• MCMS — Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures
• GSP — Generalized Sequential Pattern
• HEI — Heat Exchange Institute Inc.
• ASSP — Advanced Solid-State Photonics
• DMIP — Division of Medical Imaging Physics
• GRT — Germanium Resistance Thermometer
• DOT — Delivery Optimized Thermodynamics
• RTP — Research Trends in Physics
• QP — quasiparticle
• LMRI — Laboratoire de Mesure des Rayonnements Ionisants (France)
• PSTM — Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope
• MEVVA — Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc
• MSA — Meridian Stress Assessment
• STMP — Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
• CCTF — Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency
• SINH — hyperbolic sine function
• ILC — International Linear Collider
• LET — Linear Energy Transfer (in Spacecraft Power Systems)
• FMSF — Fissile Material Storage Facility
• IPPP — Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology
• HFIR — High Flux Isotope Reactor
• JGR — Journal of Geophysical Research
• RTPC — Radial Time Projection Chamber
• ETI — Environmental Technology Initiative
• CIRMS — Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards
• QNH — Quasi Non-Hydrostatic
• PCED — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Delta
• VLA — Very Large Array
• CAMOS — Committee on Atomic Molecular and Optical Sciences

• JGG — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
• RSPS — Rochester Symposium for Physics Students
• FRAC — Fracture Research and Application Consortium
• VR-SFG — Vibrationally Resonant Sum-frequency Generation
• HFA — Hot Flow Anomaly
• ACTS — Automated Computer Time Service
• ADSMP — Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics
• HHF — High Heat Flow
• JAP — Journal of Applied Physics
• WLLN — Weak Law of Large Numbers
• P6 — physics
• BINP — Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia.
• PVST — Pressure Vacuum Stability Test
• DTM — Dynamic Thermal Management
• CFM — Creates Forward Motion
• SCV — Squared Coefficient of Variation
• EOP — Earth and Ocean Physics
• TPHY — Techniques of Physics
• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• DIW — De-Ionzied Water
• EZW — Embedded Zero-tree Wavelet
• COPP — Contributions to Plasma Physics
• RVGSP — Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
• ARPA-E — Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
• IOP — Institute Of Physics
• JLVEN — Journal of Light & Visual Environment
• JAG — Journal of Applied Geophysics
• PID — Photoionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
• GXR — Grazing X-ray Reflectometry
• SCCM — standard cubic centimeters per minute
• ASTP — Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics
• ITASS — IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing
• CFSE — Crystal Field Stabilization Energy
• ASD — Active Surface Definition
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
• SMKW — Secondary Magneto- Kinetic Wave
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• NZJGG — New Zealand Journal Geology and Geophysics
• DONUT — Direct Observation of the Nu Tau
• GAPP — Global Analysis of Particle Properties
• VWC — Vector Wavelet Coding
• HPLA — High Power Large Aperture
• FCDC — Fundamental Constants Data Center
• FTMS — Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry
• LSC — Liquid Scintillation Counting
• GWC — Generalized Wave Continuity
• ROC — Receiver Operator Characteristic Curve
• ENO — Essentially Non-Oscillatory
• OPTSP — Optics and Spectroscopy
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2

• HACR — High Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometer
• JDEM — The Joint Dark Energy Mission
• IAG — International Association of Gravity
• DNP — Division of Nuclear Physics
• MFPL — MAP (Multiple Application Platform) Fabry-Perot Laser
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
• MBIR — Medium Background Infrared Facility
• JEMT — Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique
• EPS — European Physical Society
• CFCD — Computational Fuel Cell Dynamics
• ADS — Automated Dynamic Shear
• MQT — Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling
• XRR — X-ray Reflectivity
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council Science, Engineering and Technology
• QZE — Quantum Zeno Effect
• TLD — Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter systems
• ANSOM — Apertureless Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• FST — Full Scale Tunnel
• JSUP — Journal of Superconductivity
• BEAM — Bosiger Energy Alignment Method
• MACHO — Massive Compact Halo Object
• FACSS — Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
• GCFC — Generalized Complementary Flux Condition
• ARIE — Asynchronous Ratio Of Internal To External
• ETDS — Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
• NEBM — Nudged Elastic Band Method
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• TPF — Two Photon Fluorescence
• MU2E — A Fermilab experiment that will search for the conversion of a muon into an electron
• JGRS — Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement
• IRDCF — Infrared Detector Calibration Facility
• BABAR — B-Bbar (anti-B) detector at SLAC'sB Factory
• IPTS — International Practical Temperature Scale
• CTI — Critical Technologies Institute
• ICFA — International Committee for Future Accelerators
• NACT — Nonlinear Asymptotic Coupling Theory
• APL — Advanced Physics Laboratory
• LCTE — Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• MOEMS — Micro-Optical Electro-Mechanical System
• HALO — Hypersonic Aircraft Launch Option
• NLCTA — Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator
• REI — Rad Elec Inc.
• NSOM — Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• FDM — fused deposition modeling
• LOPI — Loss of Piping Integrity
• CHJPH — Chinese Journal of Physics
• RRDPC — Recent Research Development in Physical Chemistry
• HTOL — High Temperature Operating Lifetest
• DOT — Degeneration Over Time
• CHJS — Chinese Journal of Semiconductors

• MPDS — Mechanics and Physics of Discrete Systems
• GWCE — Generalized Wave Continuity Equation
• LIGO — Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
• RO — Read Only
• HEAD — High Energy Astrophysics Division
• DCOF — Dynamic Coefficient of Friction
• SSTEC — Solid State Technology
• MBB — Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
• ISCC — Inter-Society Color Council
• NAPM — National Association of Photographic Manufacturers
• POF — Physics of Fluids
• HAARP — Hf Active Auroral Research Program (Hf being "high frequency")
• IHEP — Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing, China.
• ISSI — International Space Science Institute (Bern, Switzerland)
• DM — Distance Measured
• MMF — Magneto Motive Force
• HPLC — High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic
• DD — Differential Detection
• ENZ — Epsilon-Near-Zero
• COBR — Continuous Oscillatory Baffle Reactor
• LORAN-C — A Radio Navigation System Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard
• BEC — Bose-Einstein Condensation
• ENAPC — Environmental Analytical and Physical Chemistry Series
• IGRF — International Geomagnetic Reference Field
• EHT — Extra High Tension
• PTHPS — Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
• AFPL — Air Force Phillips Laboratory
• PB — Primary Beam
• HVL — Half-Value Layer
• QDT — Quantum-Defect Theory
• IC — indirect calorimetry
• CPHY — Communications on Physics
• WDFF — Weak Dipole Form Factor
• HEP — DOE's Division of High Energy Physics, part of HENP.
• ERCOFTAC — European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion
• SPDF — Space Physics Data Facility
• BZ — Band Zero
• OPERA — Oscillation Project with EmulsiontRacking Apparatus
• ECT — Edge Crush Testing
• LEED — Low Energy Electron Diffraction
• DOG — Double Optical Gating
• FIMS — Fissionable Isotope Mass Standards
• MNX — Magnetic Nozzle Experiment
• DMC — Diffusion Monte Carlo
• TPM — Transport in Porous Media
• FIM — Field Ion Microscope
• NMS — Natural Matrix Standard
• STMAP — Studies in Mathematical Physics
• FT — Fourier transformation
• CPS — Constant Pressure System (toys)

• FBS — Few-Body Systems
• BSS.2 — Beta-Particle Secondary Standards System
• HWP — Half Wavelength Plate
• DARD — Dynamic Axial Rotational Device
• FRSE — Freundeskreis Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn
• PSL — Physics of Solids and Liquids
• PACS — Physics and Astronomy Classification Schemex
• PBG — Photonic Band Gap
• JNLM — Journal of Non Linear Mechanics
• UATD — Uniform Asymptotic Theory of Diffraction
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Spectroscopy
• PLDS — Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures
• MW — Microwave
• ESS — European Spallation Source
• HIPD — High-Intensity Powder Diffractometer
• CRCPD — Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
• RPT — Reference Point Tracking
• LUNA — Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics at Gran Sasso.
• FCI — Fast Causal Inference
• AXAF-I — Imaging Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• CASS — Calibration Accuracy Support System
• YAG — Holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet
• JGEO — Journal of Geodynamics
• CDW — Continuum Distorted Wave
• DRI — Differential Refractive Index
• QGM — Quantitative Gas Measurement
• ECFA STUDY — Study group Physics and Detectors of a Linear Collider.
• SCF — Spectral Comparator Facility
• XUV — Extreme Ultraviolet
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Standards Committee
• PTHPH — Progress of Theoretical Physics
• TD-FW — Time Domain Floquet Wave
• IOPD — Integrated Optical Path Difference
• NAMT — National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed
• MC — magnetic coil
• IBB — Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
• LDMS — Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry
• FFAH — Filament-Filled Annular Helical
• SFC — Sideway Force Coefficient
• RSM — Regional Spectral Model
• AED — g.l.c.-atomic emission detection
• MOPITT — Measurement of Pollution In The Troposphere
• CRMMP — Classical Reviews in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• DHV — Demonstrate Higher Value
• LCLS — Linac Coherent Light Source
• CHJG — Chinese Journal of Geophysics
• HRE — Heterogeneity Recency Exit
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• CCPP — Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
• CFT — Central Fiber Tracker

• PHSS — Physics of the Solid State
• VRS — Vortex Ring State
• SDFF — Spectroscopically Determined Force Field
• ADBMP — Advances in Biological and Medical Physics
• FOAM — Foam Optics and Mechanics
• BOMD — Born Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics
• IPAP — Institute of Pure and Applied Physics
• CRESST — Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers
• AGW — Acoustic Gravity Wave
• PSD — Physical Sciences Data
• DSA — digital subtraction angiography
• BHS — Bachelet Hamann Schluter pseudopotentials
• TDM — Two Dimensional Material
• TIRF — Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence
• PISCO — Parallel Imager for Southern Cosmological Observations
• FFAG — Fixed-Field Alternating Gradient
• PREP — Professional Research Experience Program
• TL — Temporal Logic
• QMF — Quadrature Mirror Filter
• MOP — Minds on Physics
• PHFL — Physics of Fluids
• CISR — Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation
• ZI — Zone Industrielle
• WMAP — Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
• Q — Quantizer
• CCG — Calibration Coordination Group
• SPECT — single-photon emission computed tomography
• AVN — Accuracy Vanishing Now
• QOA — Quasi-Optical Amplifier
• OSL — Optical Stimulated Luminescence
• NS — Navier-Stokes
• BB — Blackbody
• DIA — Dynamic Input Area
• RBF — radial basis function network
• NPPSB — Nonequilibrium Problems in the Physical Sciences and Biology
• OCQ — Old Covariant Quantization
• NIM — National Instrumentation Methods
• IWEPNM — International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials
• CLR — Center of Lateral Resistance
• UHV-SPM — Ultra High Vacuum Scanning Probe Microscopy
• PHP — Physics in Perspective
• COPHC — Computer Physics Communications
• ARAC — Arithmetic Robot Application Control
• VATF — Vibration and Acoustic Test Facility
• SPE — solid phase extraction column
• NIKHEF — National Institute for Subatomic Physics
• GSI — Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
• SASER — Soud Amplification by Stimulated Emmision of Radiation
• SCLIR — Secondary Calibration Laboratories for Ionizing Radiation
• NOMAD — Neutrino Oscillation Magnetic Detector

• BARC — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• OSPL — Output Sound Pressure Level
• QTI — Quantum Theory of Immortality
• EJPH — European Journal of Physics
• SCC — Spectral Calibration Chamber
• FR — Filtered Radiometer
• JAES — Journal of Audio Engineering Society
• FLIR — Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
• CRR — Center for Radiological Research
• BBIR — Broad Band Infrared
• AGS — The Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven
• ALEPH — Apparatus for LEP PHysics, at CERN
• CPI — Computational Physics Inc
• DAMA — Dark Matter
• KKR — Korringa Kohn Rostoker approximation
• IEN — Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale (Italy)
• OBQ — Optimize Beam Quality
• BGSM — Bowman Gray School of Medicine
• CCMP — Computational Condensed Matter Physics
• E — Electric
• P-P — Peak-to-Peak (Value)
• PCN — Physics and Contemporary Needs
• IRIS — Integrated Radiation Information System
• MIS — Magnetic Isolation System
• LOCA — Loss of Coolant Accident
• NPDF — Nuclear Parton Distribution Function
• ESSPH — Essays in Physics
• CSTN — Color Super Twist Nematic
• TT — Torsion Twist
• FIRI — Fourth International Radiocarbon Intercomparison
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
• ZDR — Zeroth-order Design Report
• BM — Bending Magnet
• HEPIC — High Energy Physics Information Center
• ECRIS — Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Ion Source
• EUROMET — A European collaboration in measurement standards
• HSST — Heavy-Section Steel Technology
• GRS — Gamma Ray Spectrometer
• HFD — High Frequency Detection
• WFS — Wave Field Synthesis
• SFCP — Special Foreign Currency Program
• MBH — Thousand BTU per Hour
• LCT — Lattice Compatibility Theory
• FORATOM — FORum ATOMique Européen
• FIR — far-infrared radiation
• LGA — lattice gas automaton
• WD — Weak Dipole
• CHPH — Chemical Physics
• APM — Absolute Proper Motion
• HFM — Highly Friction Modified

• AGP — Annals of Geophysics
• PO2 — Pressure of Oxygen
• NIPDE — National Initiative for Product Data Exchange
• CQM — constituent-quark model
• JULIE — Joint Utilization of Laser Integrated Experiments
• SSELE — Solid State Electronics
• AESR — Array-Enhanced Stochastic Resonance
• TCD — Thermal Conductivity response Detector
• DOELAP — Department Of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program
• GLM — Generalized Linear Model
• AFCP — Atomic Flux Coating Process
• EEP — Einstein Equivalence Principle
• OFR — Optics for Research
• APPHL — Applied Physics Letters
• PLA — Physics Letters A
• CCFP — Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
• BEV — Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Vienna, Austria
• HEAT — High-Energy Antimatter Telescope
• ISS — Input-to-State Stability
• QCL — Quantum Cascade Laser
• MML — Material Measurement Laboratory
• SQM — Super Quantum Mechanics
• PEAQ — Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality
• CTF — CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) Test Facility
• SKACR — Superconducting Kinetic-inductance Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• ALG — Advanced Lithography Group
• GRAND — gamma ray and neutron detector
• WHC — Washington Hospital Center
• BRAN — Boulder Research and Administrative Network
• KCDB — Key Comparison and Calibration Database
• LHC — The Large Hadron Collider
• BQP — Bounded-error Quantum Polynomial time
• EFP — Effective Fringing Property
• CPA — Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• BTD — Basic Thermodynamics
• RRDAP — Recent Research Development in Applied Physics
• ADPPR — Advances in Plasma Physics Research
• HVLS — High volume low speed
• MCHF — Multi-Configuration Hartree-Fock
• EAF — Electric Arc Furnace
• LEAR — Low Energy Antiproton Ring
• ECC — Engineered Cementitious Composite
• TAM — Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• JCCRER — U.S.-Russia Joint Coordinating Committee on Radiation Effects Research
• ICNIRP — International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
• RFP — Radiation Flux Parameter
• JDS — Joint Density of States
• FCG — Fatigue Crack Growth
• ESB — Electrical Substitution Bolometer
• HIRDLS — High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder

• EOS TPC — Equation of State Time Projection Chamber experiment
• FF — Fission Fragments
• MARGR — Marine Geophysical Researches
• AF — Alternating Field
• FSBS — Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• EP — Electrostatic Potential
• MIS — Mirror Image Stimulation
• CDMS — Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
• PFW — Propagating Floquet Wave
• CTD — Central Tracking Detector
• QGD — Quantum-Geometry Dynamics
• LRA — Locked Rotor Ampere
• EOTD — Enhanced Observed Time Difference
• IC — Initial Condition
• NORAMET — A North American regional collaboration in national measurement standards and services
• JILA — formerly Joint Institute Laboratory for Astrophysics
• PAR — Parabolic Aluminum Reflector
• RMP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• PGP — Physics of Geological Processes
• ASET — Association of Super-advanced Electronics Technologies
• VLHC — Very Large Hadron Collider
• BEPC — Beijing Electron Positron Colider
• RESL — Radiological and Environmental Science Laboratory
• INSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
• RXS — Resonant X-Ray Scattering
• FANS — Filter Analyzer Neutron Spectrometer
• ACFM — Advanced Coal Flow Measurement
• LLD — Lamp Lumen Depreciation
• OPSL — Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser
• BTEV — Proposed dedicated B physics experiment at Fermilab's Tevatron
• TGF — Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash
• PBE — Pool Boiling Experiment
• BTE — Brake Thermal Efficiency
• BIM — Body In Motion
• PEM — polymer-electrolyte-membrane
• MUCOOL — MUon COOLing experiment
• PEP-II — The official name for the SLAC B Factory
• APEX — AntiProton Experiment
• FMI — The Fermilab Main Injector
• BPS — Bogomolnyi-Prasad-Sommerfield
• DEPA — Dynamic Elastic Properties Analyzer
• QTG — Quantum Theory of Gravity
• TME — Theory Model Elimination
• DR-SFG — Doubly Resonant Sum Frequency Generation
• NMI — National Measurement Institute
• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• 4THD — Fourth Dimension
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instituteumental Coefficient Package
• NBSR — National Bureau of Standards Reactor
• MKSA — Meter, Kilogram, Second, Ampere

• MAFF — Munich Accelerator for Fission Fragments
• MTD — Minimum Translation Distance
• ING — Intense Neutron Generator
• TDIF — Teac Digital Interface Format
• FID — Free Induction Decay (Fourier Transform Spectroscopy)
• GWR — Guided Wave Radar
• ERF — Energy Rejection Filter
• ISI — In-Situ Interferometer
• ITER — International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
• MINOS — Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search
• LBRS — Low Background Reference System
• ASL — Ambient Stress Level
• CMMPH — Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• SQW — Single Quantum Well
• HELP — High Energy Laser Propagation
• IPSN — L'Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
• NAS/NRC — National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
• ST&A — Space Technology and Aeronautics
• COSMOS — Cosmologically Significant Mass Oscillation Search at Fermilab to detect muon neutrino to tau neutrino oscillations.
• BR — Branching Ratio
• NUGEO — Nuclear Geophysics
• AGUSM — American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting
• BSS — Beta Secondary System
• PV — plasma volume
• DSEG — Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics
• SEBA — Standards Employees Benefit Association
• MPAM — Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics
• RHIP — Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
• NG6M — Neutron Guide No. 6
• HI RES FLY'SEYE — High-energy cosmic ray experiment in Dugway, Utah
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
• EDF — Enhanced Depth of Field
• MAG — Modern Approaches in Geophysics
• PET — photosynthetic electron transport
• MACH — Modelo Acoplado de Coordinacion Hidrotermica
• SM — Standard Model
• RTTR — Real Time Thermal Rating
• KP — Knowles and Physics
• CIPT — CNS Institute for Physics Teachers
• ZPD — Zeta Potential Distribution
• CONCP — Contemporary Concepts in Physics
• UXT — Uniaxial Strain Test
• INFN-LNF — The National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Italy
• IMECE — International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
• ECFA — European Committee for Future Accelerators
• ZDC — Zero-Degree Calorimeter
• EGR — Energy Generation Region
• NAS — Net Analyte Signal
• IPL — Intense Pulsed Light
• MPS — The Microdrop Particle Search at SLAC

• WBCT — Wavelet Based Contourlet Transform
• CESR — The Cornell Electron Storage Ring
• EDR — Equivalant Direct Radiation
• QCI — Quadratic Configuration Interaction
• LEIR — Low Energy Ion Ring
• TOBSY — Total ThroughBond Correlation Spectroscopy
• ITS — International Temperature Scale
• ACM — Adiabatic Connection Model
• INFN — Italy's Institute Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
• HDT — Heat Distortion Temperature
• RRP — Research Reports in Physics
• TW — Top of Wall
• BM — Behavioral Model
• SPIRES — Stanford Public Information Retrieval System
• MEXP — Methods of Experimental Physics
• QFEP — Quantum Free Energy Perturbation (calcn. Method)
• KEK — Koo Energy Ken
• ENEA — Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E L'Ambiente
• IBIS — Ion Beam Information System
• QGD — Gate - Drain Charge
• PMPO — Peak Momentary Performance Output
• BAVL — Barium Vapor Laser
• FC — Footcandle
• QMD — Quantum Molecular Dynamics (for Calcns. On The Dynamics Of A Quantum Particle Coupled To A Classical Many-body System)
• NESTOR — Neutrino Extended Submarine Telescope with Oceanographic Research
• MONO — MONOphonic
• CPEP — Contemporary Physics Education Project
• CBO — Corrected Born-Oppenheimer (in Calcns. For Mol. Complexes)
• TUT — Time Under Tension
• PEMF — Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field
• MMFT — Many Mode Floquet Theory
• HT — High Tension
• BB — Broad-bandwidth
• MCU — Mobile Calibration Unit
• FEDEM — Finite Element Dynamics in Elastic Mechanisms
• HERA-B — Fixed-target experiment at DESY, to investigate CP violation in the B meson
• CHORUS — CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research Apparatus
• QEG — Quantum Einstein Gravity
• TL — Total Length
• QVB — Quasiempirical Valence Bond (method)
• WICM — Waves in Complex Media
• CAMP — Computational and Applied Mathematical Physics
• PCM — Phase Change Materials
• JANNAF — Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force
• EME — Electromagnetic Effects
• SAXES — Super Advanced Xray Emission Spectrometer
• QHB — Quantum Nature of the Hydrogen Bond
• SEY — Secondary Electron Yield
• CCRI — Comité Consultatif des Rayonnements Ionisants
• OIML — International Organization of Legal Metrology

• SGL — Sander Geophysics Ltd
• OHEP — Office of High Energy Physics
• FTAM — Flow Through Alpha Monitor
• CFR — Continuous Flow Recycling
• LVE — Light Vibrational Energy
• ZGS — Zero Gradient Synchrotron
• VSV — Vacuum Switching Valve
• TID — Total Ionizing Dose
• REM — Roentgen Equivalent Man (Unit of Dose Equivalent)
• FF — Forward Facing
• QCC — Quadrupole Coupling Constant
• PADE — Parallel Applications Development Environment
• EU — Entropy Unit
• DMF — Dual Mass Flywheel
• PAPPH — Pure and Applied Physics
• FFAI — Field-Free Associative Ionization
• EQE — External Quantum Efficiency
• WSPM — Wavelet-based Statistical Parametric Mapping
• MAPLE — Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment
• NPS — nanoparticle(s)
• CHAOS — Canadian High Acceptance Orbit Spectrometer
• TAGU — Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• IESNA — Illumination Engineering Society of North America
• JPTEO — Journal of Physics - Teacher Education Online
• TCAOCC — Two-Center Atomic Orbital Close Coupling
• WWVB — Call letters for NIST lf radio station in Colorado
• SI — selectivity index
• WONP — Workshop on Nuclear Physics
• HW — Hard Wall
• LHCB — Large Hadron Collider beauty Experiment
• NCNR — NIST Center for Neutron Research
• ATD — Above-Threshold Dissociation
• MOTA — Man Of The Atom
• APPMT — Advanced Photon Processing and Measurement Technology
• SFA — Sachs Freeman and Associates
• EIEO — Energy In, Energy Out
• ERATO — Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology Office
• TPR — Tangential Pond Return
• MPD — Multiphoton Detector
• GIBI- — 2 ^ 30
• BAS — Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• EMMA — Euclidean Model MAtching
• JTURB — Journal of Turbulence
• WSTC — Westinghouse Science and Technology Center
• SSPM — Solid State Photomultipliers
• C — Country
• AIGER — American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium
• CTP — Classical Turning Point
• KTG — Kinetic Theory of Gases

• DNC — Does Not Change
• VR — Vibrationally resonant
• GN — Gaussian Noise
• FTM — Fluid Transfer Management
• MSDB — Magnetically Stabilized Fluidized Bed
• DM(S) — Digital material(s)
• BAW — Bulk Acoustic Wave
• VLG — Varying Localized Geminal
• VUV — Vacuum Ultraviolet
• MICE — Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
• FCCU — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Unit
• ESDIAD — Electron-Stimulated Desorption Ion Angular Distributions
• ISPP — Illinois State Physics Project
• RBUU — Relativistic Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck
• BCS — Bragg Crystal Spectrometer
• BTFM — Basic Two Fluid Model
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• FZ — Far Zone
• GVHD — Graft-Versus Host Disease
• TTY — Torque to Yield
• GLC — Global Linear Collider
• RRV — Record Relocation Vector
• MQDT — Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory
• CMMPE — Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics
• YPP — Young Particle Physicists
• CCM — Computational Continuum Mechanics
• IVR — intramolecular vibrational redistribution
• ELNES — Energy-loss near-edge structure
• WSQ — Wavelet Scalar Quantization
• LWGR — Light-Water-cooled, Graphite-moderated Reactor
• INMRI-ENEA — Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti - Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie
• RHEED — Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction
• CTP — Center for Theoretical Physics
• LP — Linear Polarization
• RIDIC — Radiation Internal Dose Information Center
• QOG — Quasi-Optical Grill
• CSDA — Continuous-Slowing-Down Approximation
• ZPV — Zero Pressure Volume
• WERB — Washington Editorial Review Board
• RPPH — Reports of Progress in Physics
• FPC — Fullerene Production Chamber
• QCA — Quasi- Crystalline Approximation
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatory
• IPHO — International Physics Olympiad
• VXR — Visible Transfer Radiometer
• WFSM — Weak Field And Slow Motion
• FZS — Far Zone Scattering
• NIMP — National Institute of Materials Physics
• APT — Annular Proton Telescope
• EFS — Enhanced Fujita [EF] scale (weather)

• BCR — Boron Control Rod
• FRAM — Functional Resonance Accident Model
• ISP — INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.
• STF — Space-Time-Frequency
• R — Radiation
• BD — Below Detection
• REIXS — Resonant Elastic and Inelastic Xray Scattering
• ART — Adaptive Resonance Theory
• NORA — Non-Overlapping Redundant Array
• DFS — Displaced Fermi Surface
• KTEV — Kaons at the Tevatron
• SDIU — Scanivalve Digital Interface Unit
• CQW — Coupled Quantum Wells
• EIPP — Eastern Interconnect Phasor Project
• HIPA — High Intensity Proton Accelerator
• ACCI — Atlantic Canada Coral Initiative
• PETT — Positron Emission Transverse of Transaxial
• DESY — Deutches Elektronen SYnchrotron laboratory in Hamburg, Germany
• ADVP — Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profiler
• HEPA — High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting
• PHENIX — Pioneering High-Energy Nuclear Interaction eXperiment, at Brookhaven.
• FCF — Fusion Component Failure
• MEST — Matter Energy Space Time
• QIO — Quantum Infinite-Order
• ARXPS — Angle Resolved X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• HPL — Hot-electron Photo-Luminescence
• SOUDAN II — Soudan II underground detector
• BSSI — British Superultramodern Scientific Institution
• MCQDT — Multi Channel Quantum Defect Theory
• CCDS — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Second
• H — Hotline
• RAP — Roentgen area product
• CT — Computed tomographic scan
• BSM — Bell State Measurement
• AIF — Assumed Internal Force
• PWR — Pressurized-Water Reactor
• UVB — Ultraviolet Beta
• SLAC — The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California
• RHR — Right Hand Rule
• QFT — Quantum Field Theory
• CTMC — Classical Trajectory Monte Carlo
• RPV — Reactor Pressure Vessel
• RBMK — Reactor Bolshoi Moshchnosti Kanalni
• FIT — Frequency Intensity Time
• QSA — Quantitative Surface Analysis
• APS — Advanced Propagation Systems
• DU — Durability
• PV — Pressure Vessel
• ANTARES — Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research
• JINR — The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.

• ITAMP — International Meeting of Theory of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• EBAS — Electron Bombardment Anneal System
• PPSL — Proceedings of the Physical Society of London
• UHE — Ultra High Energy
• ADI — Advanced Distance Integration
• ACP — American Center for Physics
• IFEL — Inverse Free Electron Laser
• RVGES — Reviews of Geophysics Supplement
• FC — Flow Controller
• OCLI — Optical Cooling Laboratory Incorporated
• INS — Ion-Neutralization Spectroscopy
• BBR — Back Bouncing Rod
• GMRI — Gated Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• EIC — Electron Ion Collider (nuclear physics)
• SSPP — Static Strength Prediction Program
• WIPM — Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
• MLDA — Modified Local Density Approximation
• TQF — Triple- Quantum- Filtered
• IPVD — Interior Physical Vapor Deposition
• PMB — Physics in Medicine and Biology
• HERA — Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator at DESY
• DIGM — Diffusion Induced Grain Motion
• UDD — Neutron, one up quark (u) and two down quarks (d)
• LHC-B — Large Hadron Collider B Experiment
• FBAP — Function Block Application Process
• QTN — Quasi-Thermal Noise
• BBN — Brains And Backbone Network
• FOE — Force of Energy
• ZL — Zyklon Loop
• PRC — Pressure Regulator Control
• OMNIS — Observatory For Multiflavor Neutrinos From Supernovae
• PMRS — Proton magnetic resonance Spectroscopy
• EOM — Electron-Optical Modulator
• TNO — Trans-Neptunian Object
• MINERVA — A neutrino-scattering experiment that uses the NuMI beamline at Fermilab to search for low-energy neutrino interactions
• JCMT — James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
• BLP — boron-loaded plastic (scintillator)
• SPEAR — The Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring
• EDN — Event Detection and Notification
• SNAP — SuperNova Acceleration Probe, proposed space telescope
• WLF — Williams-Landel-Ferry equation
• ICRM — International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology
• BEAR — Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation
• QED — Quantum Electrodynamics
• CTS — Convert Texture Sequence
• ANVIS — Aviator Night Vision Imaging System
• NPHS — Nature Physical Science
• DLT — Dynamic Laser Trimming
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center
• PE — Plasma Effects

• NDE — Nucleon Decay Experiment
• TRU — Transuranic
• HQM — Hemi-Quantal Mechanics
• TTP — Trends in Theoretical Physics
• MOEMS — Micro Optp Electro Mechanical Systems
• PEMI II — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer, Second generation
• QVE — Quasi-Vibrational Energy
• DWNT(S) — double-wall nanotube(s)
• MDAP — Momentum Density of Annihilation Pairs
• REB — Relativistic Electron Beam
• BNM — National Bureau of Metrology, France
• MRFM — magnetic resonance force microscopy
• LTEC — Lamp Testing Engineers Conference
• RRDCP — Recent Research Development in Chemical Physics
• ATW — Accelerator Transmutation Of Waste (for Radioactive Waste)
• ECH — Eddy Current Heating
• SLC — SLAC Linear Electron-Positron Collider
• PS — polystyren
• RFS — Receptive Field Size
• FED — Field-Emitter Display
• NEAR-INFRARED — NIR
• ORT — Oak Ridge Tennessee
• ARGONEUT — The Argon Neutrino Teststand
• SPPS — surface plasmon polaritons
• CIAQ — Committee on Indoor Air Quality
• MM — Molecular Mechanics
• MCT — Mercury-cadmium-telluride
• CAO — Carlsbad Area Office
• PAMA — Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance
• NAAL — North American Aerodynamic Laboratory (Wind Tunnel)
• PHACO — Physical Acoustics
• PDI — percent depth ionization
• WFST — Weighted Finite State Transducers
• HIRES — High Resolution Echellle Spectrometer
• GSQM — General Superfield Quantization Method
• DAFNE — Double Annular Factory for Nice Experiments
• PAR — Partially Absorbed or Reflected
• QCT — Quasi-Classical Trajectory
• NUMI — Neutrinos at the Main Injector
• HR3DCT — High Resolution 3-D Computed Tomography
• FOCUS — FOtoproduction of Charm: Upgraded Spectrometer
• FMUP — Flawed Modern Ultramodern Physics
• DBC — Delicate Balance Collective
• MP — magnetic particle
• CEV — Constant Elasticity of Variance
• NAD — Nihilistic Animation Data
• PHT — Pseudo Hadamard Transformation
• TPAG — Theory and Practice of Applied Geophysics
• PINS — Portable Isotopic Neutron Spectroscopy
• BZ — Brillouin Zone

• ACFF — Alternating Current Field Measurement
• PSJ — Pivoted Shoe Journal
• AFC — Amplitude to Frequency Conversion
• HTRA — High Time Resolution Astrophysics
• EPV — Exclusion Principle Violating
• CTE — Correlated Transfer And Excitation
• SIFC — Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator
• QFED — Quantum Field-Effect Directional coupler
• CM — Convenient Measure
• DGT — Discrete Group Transform
• NCRA — National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
• QWI — Quantum Well Intermixing
• TEXT — Texas Experimental Tokamak
• CET — Constant Elasticity of Transformation
• PPCPP — Progress in Photochemistry and Photophysics
• EPICS — Experiment Physics and Industrial Control System
• WEDG — Wire Electro-Discharge Grinding
• NRRS — Near Resonance Rayleigh Scattering
• RAND — Radio Neutrino Detector array
• WGFF — Working Group for Fluid Flow
• CCFR — Chicago Columbia Fermilab Rochester
• THERMAL AND EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS — thermal and epithermal neutrons
• NRRT — Normal Reference Range Table
• MDRF — Materials Dosimetry Reference Facility
• BLJPH — Bulgarian Journal of Physics
• IUPAP — International Union for Pure and Applied Physics.
• SWBXT — Synchrotron White Beam X-Ray Topography
• EHB — Electronic Handbook
• SIMS — Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
• DEA — Downstream Endcap Array
• CCDM — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Meter
• C — Counter
• SUBI — Southern Urals Biophysics Institute
• BEC — Bose Einstein Condensate
• QM — Quark Model
• PLTP — Progress in Low Temperature Physics
• TLA — Temporal Logic of Actions
• LF — Low Friction
• F — Flux
• AXAF-S — Spectroscopy Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• EEPROM — Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• NEOS — Newport Electro-Optic Systems
• TLS — Two-Level tunneling System
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Student Chapter
• CCM — complementary contact model
• FCFR — Fusion Component Failure Rate
• TUFIR — Tunable Far Infrared (Radiation)
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• DFL — Distributed Feedback Laser
• LBIR — Low Background Infrared Radiometry

• BETA NMR — Beta-radiation Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• ALARA — As Long As Radiation Allows
• QMD — Quantum Metrology Division
• PER — Physics Education Research
• NEWRAD — New Radiometry
• VTD — Variable Torque Differential
• OTD — Optical Technology Division
• ULE — Ultra Light Engineering
• RSS — Regression Sum of Squares
• EBM — Energy by Motion
• CREB — Cern Reports Editorial Board
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Process
• ASCA — Japan-NASA X-ray Satellite
• ROSPEC — Rotating Spectrometer for Neutrons
• TWTA — traveling-wave tube amplifier
• ADTMP — Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
• FEA — Field-Emitter Array
• E — Efficiency
• UFM — Ultrasonic Force Microscopy
• MCNP — Monte Carlo Neutron Photon (computer code)
• LEPP — Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
• MPMS — Magnetic Property Measurement System
• LASJ — Laser Journal
• NEC — Nippon Electric Corporation
• SGR — Soft Gamma Repeater
• SIAP — System for Improved Acoustic Performance
• FTMS — Fluid Transfer Management System
• WFTE — Wigner Function Transport Equation
• AAA — Advanced Applications of Accelerators
• APPHY — Applied Physics
• PHYED — Physics Education
• FIMS — Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer
• FTSI — Fourier Transform Spectral Interferometry
• CDCU — Correlated Dimension Correlated Uniqueness
• E — Epsilon
• ULV — Ultra Low Volume
• SIG — Signaling Channel
• MACRO — Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory
• ULTIM — Ultrasonic Imaging
• PPPL — Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• QHF — Quantum Heisenberg Ferromagnet
• ARUPS — Angle-Resolved Ultra-violet Photoemission Spectroscopy
• ITRP — International Technology Recommendation Panel
• CFS — Constant-Final-State Spectroscopy
• TMP — Thermo Mechanical Pulping
• LNV — Lepton-Number Violating
• SLM — Single Longitudinal Mode
• BP — Before Polarization
• WNM — Warm Neutral Medium
• RT — Reference Time

• SVJPP — Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics
• FFP — Field-Free Point
• LVIS — Low Velocity Intense Source
• LMAPH — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• FIOA — Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics
• HRTS — High Resolution Telescope Spectrograph
• BEDO — Beitr. elektronenmikroskop. Direktabb. Oberfl.
• CEM — Cascade Exciton Model
• LPA — Long Path Absorption
• MFP — Maximal Fixed Point
• NRCC — National Research Council Canada
• RIMS — Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• DRM — Digital Radio Mondial
• CM — Center of Mass
• BSDM — Biased Site Disordered Model
• QPT — Quantum Phase Transition
• MTS — Muffin Tin Surface
• MMKT — Methods and Models of Kinetic Theory
• DFTS — Dispersive Fourier Transform Spectrometry
• H — Hotness
• CPM — Collision Probability Methods
• CF — Cross Flow
• LLB — Laboratoire Leon Brillouin
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy
• QHO — Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
• DACU — Data Acquisition and Control Unit
• MCC — Mesoscale Compressible Community
• BKT — Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless crossover
• LFAM — Line Focus Acoustic Microscopy
• RBE — Relative Biological Efficiency
• EDT — Equivalent Difference Transmission
• CAST — Council of Agricultural Science and Technology
• ALCSG — Asian Linear Collider Steering Committee.
• MMPDS — Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization
• VQN — Vibrational Quantum Number
• MOS — Marine Optical System
• TNA — Thermal Neutron Analysis
• ZETA — Zero Energy Thermonuclear Apparatus
• UVA — University of Virginia
• ATLAS — Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System
• SPS — Super Proton Synchrotron
• ROCK — Rigidity Optimized Conformational Kinetics
• UV-B — Ultraviolet-Biological
• VNIIOF — All-Union Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements
• HF — High Flange
• DDDI — Density Dependent Delta Interaction
• GDT — Gas Discharge Tube
• QNP — Quattro Nuclear Probe
• COP — Coefficient Of Power
• PSML — Physical Systems Modeling Laboratory

• ACR — Advanced Candu Reactor
• ILL — L'Institut Laue Langevin
• ALR — Active Lead Ring
• CIRF — Circular Flow
• PHAPP — Physics and its Applications
• CMPC — Constrained Multivariable Predictive Control
• IQI — Image Quality Indicator
• NPGS — Nanometer Pattern Generation System
• ATFT — Affine Toda Field Theory
• JULIA — Jena University Laboratory of Ion Acceleration
• ODE — Ordinary Differential Equation
• DAFS — Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure
• HPP — Hydropower Plant P
• PSI — Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland, Joint Institute of ETH)
• SPARS — Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
• VET — Vibration Energy Transfer
• TOP — Time Optimized Process
• TAD — time-averaged difference
• QP — quasi periodic
• MIP — Minimum Ionizing Particle
• QELS — Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
• PD — Poincare duality
• P&S — Permanent and Stationary
• PMBC — Process-Model Based Control
• MGLT — Micro-Gravity Linear acceleration Tolerance
• AOI — Areas of Interaction
• CORM — Council for Optical Radiation Measurements
• MWNT(S) — multi-wall nanotube(s)
• GMTI — Global Magnetization Transfer Imaging
• HSE — Hard Sphere Expansion
• PAB — Physics Astronomy Building
• DOE — Dynamic Operating Environment
• STLR — Safety Thermal Limit Recorder
• GRASP — General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception
• EPB — Extracted Proton Beam
• ERI — Extended Range Imaging
• NNP — Non Neutral Plasma
• TESLA — TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator
• X — Horizontal axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• QT — Quantum Theory
• HELEN — High Energy physics Latin-American-European Network
• WGCM — Working Group on Coupled Modelling
• HEPL — High Energy Physics Laboratory
• LZT — Lead Zirconate Titanate
• NPL — Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
• IMRT — intensity-modulated radiation therapy
• PD — Prismatic Diffuser
• FNAL — Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
• RB — Rigid Body
• SSDL — Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories

• LFO — literature-low frequency oscillations
• XRS — X-Ray Spectrometer
• NPB — Nuclear Physics B
• EDXRF — energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• PDML — Photovoltaic Device Measurement Laboratory
• ICMP — Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
• PWS — Primary Working Standard
• SPT — Supporting Physics Teaching
• MDR — Maximum Detectable Rigidity
• ILC-TRC — International Linear Collider-Technical Reviewing Committee
• GGCP — Generalized Grand Canonical Potential
• PL — Physics Laboratory
• DOIM — Dense Optical Interface Module
• VOC — Volts, Open-Circuit
• CSD — Computational Structural Dynamics
• MME — Methanol Maser Emission
• HPL — High Pressure Lanes
• EAPL — Electronic AstroPhysical Journal Letters
• NCSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• FAD — FASCAL Absolute Detector
• CNT(S) — carbon nanotube(s)
• ISOLDE — Isotype On-Line separator at CERN
• SURF-III — The NIST Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility Electron Storage Ring
• CR — CRystalline solid
• CNRF — Cold Neutron Research Facility
• RVPP — Reviews of Plasma Physics
• ATWE — Annual Time Weighted Exposure
• MLIA — Molecular Libraries of Imaging Agents
• KISS — Keep It Simple Solutions
• DELPHI — Detector with Lepton Photon and Hadron Identification at CERN'sLEP accelerator
• EXAFS — Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
• IETS — Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy
• OPTPN — Optics & Photonics News
• AM1 — First Launch in the morning series of EOS platforms
• FPL — Fluroscent Pulse Light
• TD — Time Definite
• DP — Data Point
• AG — Anti-Gravity
• DBG — Disease Biophysics Group
• SIR — Selective Internal Radiation
• SYM — Super Yang-Mills Theory
• FTIR — Fourier Transform Infra-Red
• ODEPR — Optical Detected Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• DORT — Discrete Ordinates Code
• RFZ — Reverse Flow Zone
• HARPS — High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (spectrography)
• KSU — King Saud University
• ASSI — Airglow Solar Spectrometer Instrument
• CKM — Charged Kaons at the Main Injector
• BSM — Beam Simulation Method

• FHM — Fast Harmonic Method
• GINGA — Japanese X-ray Satellite
• NED — Nuclear Effects Directorate
• HPPT — HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS AND TECHNICS
• AP — Anti-Proton
• AFFT — Asymptotically Free Field Theories
• POP — Plasma Oscillation Probe
• OSP — Of Open Source Physics
• LHM — Liquide Hydraulique Minerale
• FSW — Fast Spherical Wavelet
• PCAP — Physics and Computing Advisory Panel
• VFH — Vector Field Histogram
• PPS — Proceedings of the Physical Society
• DC — Double Capture
• WETT — Water Energy Technology Team
• INMM — Institute for Nuclear Materials Management
• REDA — Resonant-Excitation-Double-Autoionization
• LMR — Laser Magnetic Resonance
• APGR — Association for Pushing Gravity Research
• CMPA — Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics
• MET — Medium Energy Telescope
• CSE — Compton Scattering Enhancement
• SV — Shock and Vibration
• PQS — Parallel Quantum Solutions
• FSI — Fluid Solid Interaction
• RDQ — Rate Distortion Quantization
• PIGP — Proceedings of the Institute of General Physics
• TERS — Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• FCC — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker
• PEMI — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer
• CHTM — Center for High Technology Materials
• QGS — Quantitative Gated Spectroscopy
• ELCSG — European Linear Collider Steering Group
• NIST-F1 — Current NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• OFS — Österreichisches Forschungszentrum
• URNC — Ultra- Relativisitic Nuclear Collision
• AFPS — Analyzing Fluid Power Systems
• TXR — Thermal-infrared Transfer Radiometer
• MND — Mahan-Nozieres-DeDominicis
• LCRD — Linear Collider Research and Development
• TAI — International Atomic Time
• CDC — Controlled Dispersion Characteristic
• SWIR — Short Wave Infrared
• ICBM — Iogen Configuration Building Module
• CARS — coherent antistokes raman scattering
• CAP — Current Applied Physics
• SCET — Soft Collinear Effective Theory
• IPT — Inductive Power Transfer
• CMT — Chaos Magic Theory
• HLBC — Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber

• TTZ — Teisseyre Tornquist Zone
• CFCP — Copecenter For Cosmological Physics
• DC — Dynamic Conversion
• TSLO — Tracking Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope
• MAT — Manifold Air Temperature
• PEEI — Physics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior
• MDS — Measurement Data Set
• WFSS — Weak Field Seeking State
• GRAIL — Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
• TRIUMF — Tri-University Meson Facility
• NBS-4 — Older Primary Frequency Standard
• LENA — Laboratory For Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (Duke University)
• FTS — Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
• EURATOM — European Nuclear Energy Organization
• VQW — Voronoi Quantized Crossover
• PAIS — Photo Acoustic Infrared Spectroscopy
• SSSYN — Springer Series on Synergetics
• CPIC — International Physics Center, Elba
• LCL — lifting condensation level
• QZP — Quantum Zeno Paradox
• SDF — Spectral Density Function
• WIAS — Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics
• VCSEL — Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser
• ASTER — Advance Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer
• ISBR — Inter-SubBand Radiation
• WI — Wavelet Image
• AERD — Alpha Energy Range Discrimination
• ATLAS — A Toroidal LHC Apparatus
• LENS — Low Energy Neutrino Spectroscopy, at Heidelberg.
• FND — Folded Normal Density
• QTE — Quantum Transport Equation
• VRML — Virtual Reality Markup Language
• BPC — Boost Pressure Control
• FIM — Functional Imaging Methods
• CFE — Coplaner Fluid Ejector
• DCP — Dielectronic Core Polarization
• RTP — Rapid Thermal Processing
• CLEAR — Controlled Liquid Electrophoresis Absorption Reflection
• PHYW — Physics World
• APPL — APplied Physics Letters
• SVPSS — Soviet Physics Solid State
• OQS — Occupied Quantum State
• JPARC — Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
• SBLOCA — Small-Break Loss-Of-Coolant Accident
• GDRIMS — Glow-Discharge Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• CP — Coulomb potential
• CTM — Core Transport Model
• UDM — Unified Dimensional Model
• DBP — Division of Biological Physics
• CI — Convective instability

• RHED — Regions of High Electron Density
• SFD — Shear Force Diagram
• PIXE — Particle Induced Xray Emission
• BEFD — Backward Euler centered Finite Difference
• SZB — Single Zone Boundary
• W — Weak
• JPG — Journal of Physics G
• ASA — Aperture Setting Adjustment
• GIM — Grazing-Incidence Monochromator
• NAMP — National Analytical Management Program
• CIE — Commission Internationale De L'Éclairage
• HENP — Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics
• IPP — Institute of Particle Physics
• WCFG — Weighted Control Flow Graph
• ITUFF — IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
• PGS — Plane Grating Spectrometer
• CAD — Charged Area Development
• SET — Single-Electron Transistor
• AIM — Accurate, Intentional, Measurable
• SAM — Super Accelerator Machine
• GARD — Graviton Atom Relocation Disruptor
• SCFL — Self-Consistent Field Lattice
• GERDA — The GERmanium Detector Array
• KLOE — K LOng Experiment
• CCF — Carbonaceous Chondrite Fission
• FISCO — Fieldbus Instrinsic Safety Concept
• SAGENAP — Scientific Assessment Group for Experiments in Non-Accelerator Physics
• CRDS — Cavity-Ring-Down Spectroscopy
• DPS — Disintegrations Per Second
• WBGT — Wet-Bulb Globe Thermometer
• FBG — Fiber Bragg Grating
• AKD — Altered Kinetic Distance
• DDD — Dynamic Digital Depth
• PFU — Proton Flux Unit
• FTMD — Field procedure for determining Test Maximum Density
• ITEP — Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
• ITAP — Isentropic Trajectory Analysis Project
• MES — Minimum Efficient Scale
• LASP — Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado
• IPNS — Intense Pulsed Neutron Source
• VLHC — Very-Large Hadron Collider
• ASCA — Advanced Spacecraft for Cosmology and Astrophysics
• SSPG — Solid State Physics Group
• AIM — Advanced Idea Mechanics
• AFP — Accelerated Freefall Progression
• XPOP — X is Perpendicular to Orbit Plane
• HSI — Hot Surface Igniter
• BE — Bose Einstein
• UHF — Ultra High Fidelity
• LST — Light Stabilizer Technology

• SSUV — Shuttle Solar Ultraviolet
• NUSL — The National Underground Science Laboratory in the Homestake Mine, S.D.
• MPSD — Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
• WFSM — Wave Front Steering Mirror
• DEXA — dual energy Xray absorptiometry
• LPRI — Laboratoire Primaire des Rayonnements Ionisants, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• PBQ — PhotoBeam Quantum
• NGS — National Geological Society
• ADAM — Absolute Disintegration of Available Mass
• CSI — Contact Surface Imaging
• AMS — Accelerator-Mass Spectrometry
• SIAD — Synergistic Isogenous Activated Decontamination
• LO — Local Orbitals
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
• OPAL — Open Physics Abstraction Layer
• EC — electron-capture
• APL — Applied Physics Letters
• NML — National Measurement Laboratory (Japan)
• HECT — High-Energy Computed Tomography
• NANO — Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation
• SFF — Scientific Fudge Factor
• FMSS — Fermi Mass Storage System
• AFTA — Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets
• COLTRIMS — Cold Target Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• CSTL — Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
• DRIP — Diamagnetically Restored Inverted Pendulum
• DR — Direct Reading
• VQL — Variable Quantizing Level
• SMZ — Strong Measure Zero
• RKB — Restricted Kinetic Balance (method In Calcns. Of Wave Functions And Energies)
• RKE — Rotational Kinetic Energy
• RIMS — Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• MME — Magnetic Molecular Energizer
• CPPM — Center for Particle Physics of Marseilles
• NRIP — NIST Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program
• SSPL — Solid State Physics Laboratory
• HTS — High Tear Strength
• PPEP — Plasma Physics and Environmental Perturbation
• PIPA — Pulsed Integrating Pendulous Accelerometer
• DRIP — Detector Response Intercomparison Program
• MINIMAX/ T-864 — A search for disoriented chiral condensates at Fermilab.
• KN — Kilo Newton
• ITP — Institute for Theoretical Physics
• APOP — Automatic Particle Orientation Procedure
• MRPI — Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Imaging
• TOTEM — TOTal Elastic and diffractive cross section Measurement
• LBNE — long baseline neutrino experiment
• CBH — Correlated Barrier Hopping
• HPI — Hybrid Polarization Interferometry
• CBS — Compton BackScattering

• LIPS — Lorentz Invariant Phase Space
• QRB — Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics
• BESS — Breaking Electroweak Symmetry Strongly
• LNF — Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, near Rome, Italy
• IPC — Integrated Proton Current
• MR — Magneto Rheological
• CDP — Center for Defect Physics
• MAC — Magnitude Amplification Cavity
• GSL — Generalized Second Law
• B — Baryon
• VDG — Van de Graaff
• MPI — Magnetic Particle Inspection
• COMPASS — Common Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy
• EUVL-LLC — EUV Lithography - Limited Liability Corporation
• ZPF — Zero-Point-Fluctuation
• IGRA — interferon-gamma release assay
• CXRS — Charge-Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy
• PTR — Proton Transfer Reaction
• TE — Total energy
• NUS — Nuclear Safety Standard
• TSFU — Two Scale Factor Universality
• VAC — Volts Of Alternating Current
• WWVH — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Hawaii
• BPPI — Biophysics of Proteins and Protein Interactions
• NMS — Nihilistic Motion Set
• BXR — BMDO Transfer Radiometer
• SIRCUS — Spectral Irradiance and Radiance Calibration with Uniform Sources
• PCE — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
• UHSDS — Ulta High Speed Deluge System
• CDU — Coolant Distribution Units
• USM — Unifying Semantic Model
• SL — Super Linear
• SNO — Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
• TSD — Time Speed Distance
• FPL — Frequent Power Loss
• INM — Institute National de Metrologie
• JET — Joint European Torus
• VNIIM — Mendeleyev Institute of Metrology
• DP — Dynamically Positioned
• LNLS — National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (Brazil)
• PUM — Physics Union Mathematics
• PSS — Physics Selection Strategy
• EPT — Exchange Perturbation Theory
• NJCH — New Journal of Chemistry
• HEPA — High Energy Particulate Arresting
• RC — Reaction Co-efficient
• VCC — Voltage Collector-to-Collector (transistors)
• SCIBOONE — The SciBar Booster Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab
• C — Count
• PMG — Precision Measurement Grant

• IMB — Irvine / Michigan / Brookhaven experiment
• MURMEMWC — 'MURMURING MEMORIAL WATER CLOSET' PRE-DATED BY 1913 MODEL YEAR AND PATENT; aka; Ed Loud Memorial Toilet
• DMP — Division of Material Physics
• PMG — Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics
• AMO — Atomic, Molecular and Optical
• BNC — Boron Nitride Coating
• ESPD — European Solar Physics Division
• MIPP — Main Injector Particle Production
• NSRP — Neutron Science Research Program
• URIA — Undergraduate Research Institute in Astrophysics
• TTF — TESLA Test Facility
• IPVDC — Interior Physical Vapor Deposition Coating
• LH — Left Handed
• PFX-I — Penning Fusion eXperiment - Ions
• BL — Beam Line at SURF-III
• PMM — Perpetual Motion Machine
• DFIR — Diffused Infrared
• IP — Interaction Point
• IET — Integrated Energy Technique
• MWE — Meters of Water Equivalent
• KET — Komitee für ElementarTeilchenphysik
• WBFA — Wavelet Based Fractal Approximation
• RCS — Real Compton Scattering
• NL — Net Light
• NSEP — National Standard Examination in Physics
• ALB — Anti Lock Brake
• OPAL — Omni Purpose Apparatus for LEP, at CERN
• MD — Magnetic Dipole
• SCOF — Static Coefficient of Friction
• SRO — Short Range Order
• TEV — Tera (Billion) Electron Volts
• LJP — Lennard-Jones Potential
• RINF — Retinoid Inducible Nuclear Factor
• VVT — Variable Volume and Temperature
• ASWT — Arbitrary Shape Wavelet Transform
• RBNP — Reverse Brazil Nut Problem
• ROII — Relative Optical Interference Intensity
• WBFT — Wavelet Based Fractal Transform
• CDCC — Continuum Discretized Coupled Channels
• CAPE — Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics
• LDP — Low Density Plasma
• VLT — Very Large Telescope
• UNI — Ultrafast Nonlinear Interferometer
• CASP — Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics
• TAPS — Three Arm Photon Spectrometer
• ULP — Ultra-short Light Pulse
• HAI — Horizontal Advance Increment
• HCL — Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
• FT — Fermion Term
• ECPR — Electrically-Calibrated Pyroelectric Radiometer

• FVL — Future of Vertical Lift
• TSPM — Time State Preference Model
• APM — Associated Particle Method
• IBFW — Incidence of the reflected Beam from the Front Wall
• BOMAB — Bottle Manikin Absorber
• CNDD — conspecific negative density dependence
• BW — Bottom of Wall
• SWIP — Society of Women in Physics
• USAIDR — US Army Institute of Dental Research
• MPE — Multi Photo Electron
• AID — Also Includes Drugs
• HSD — Hadron String Dynamics
• TCV — Tokamak à Configuration Variable
• SND — Spherical Neutral Detector
• PML — Perfect Matched Layer
• NCOGH — Nuclear Coal Oil Gas Hydroelectric
• RT — Ray Tracing
• ICS — Incredible Cross-Section
• LCG — light curve generator
• LEP — Large Electron-Positron collider
• N — Neutrino
• PMATP — Progress in Mathematical Physics
• MMI — Mallinckrodt Medical Inc
• HRG — High Radius of Gyration
• ADMIT — Analytical Detection Methods for the Irradiation Treatment of foods
• OMH — National Office of Measures (Hungary)
• GPH — Gas Permeable Hollow
• RXF — Refracted X-ray Fluorescence
• LPC — LHC Physics Center
• QCD — Quantum Chromo Dynamics