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• PRE — Proportional Reduction of Error
• PRDT — Physical Restraint Decision Tree
• M3/H — Cubic Meters per Hour
• PRC — Photometry, Radiometry, and Calorimetry
• US — United States of America
• CT — Computed Tomography
• USA — United States of America
• PR — PRobability of ....
• POCOE — Principle Of Conservation Of Energy
• PPU — Physics processing unit
• PQ — Photon To Quark
• PPP — Physics for Paper and Print
• CPMG — Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill pulse sequence
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
• ANOVA — Analysis of Variance (statistics)
• XMLL — X-ray Magnetic Linear Loop
• MIM — Metal-Insulator-Metal (Diode)
• CBRN — Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear
• MM — Millimeter
• NTU — Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
• DAMP — Division of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• DT — Differential Temperature
• 19F — Fluorine-19
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• A-BOMB — Atomic Bomb
• JMMM — Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• CFF — Critical Flicker Fusion
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• A — Ampere
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• APCVD — Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• RF — Radio Frequency
• WWW — World Wide Web
• WHO — World Health Organization
• XMCD — X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism
• IDMS — Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry
• FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• PI — Penning ionization [
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• AC — Alternating Current
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• 2DEG — Two-Dimensional Electron Gas
• ESA — European Space Agency
• PN — PN (Pressure Nominal)
• CY — Calendar Year
• PNEUM — pneumatic

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

• PMF — Predictor Model File
• YB:YAG — Ytterbium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet
• MOBY — Marine Optical Buoy
• UPS — Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• PHD — P-Helicity Decoupling Scheme (P=Momentum)
• DPM — Disintegrations Per Minute
• H — Hot
• PCS — Photon Correlation Spectroscopy
• KG — Kilogram
• RIU — Refractive Index Unit
• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• BIT — Bulk Ion Temperature
• QDVP — Quasi-Degenerate Variational Perturbation
• FTG — Field Testing Group
• PHYY — Physics
• YAEL — Yankee Atomic Environmental Laboratory
• T-O-F — time of flight
• ACS — American Chemical Society
• OASIS — Optically Adaptive System for Imaging Spectroscopy
• PIF — Physics at the Information Frontier
• AEC — Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
• KAMIOKANDE — A solar neutrino experiment at the Kamioka Observatory in Japan
• 2PE — Two-Photon Excitation
• MIL — Military
• IC — Integrated Circuit
• JB — Jacquet-Blondel method
• PWH — PetaWatt-Hour
• PILAC — Pulsed Ion Linear ACcelerator
• KAMLAND — KAmioka Liquid Scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector
• PI — 3.1415926535
• PML — Physical Measurement Laboratory
• HAPPEX — Hall A Proton Parity Experiment
• PHW — Potable Hot Water
• PIV — Position Information Vector
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• PISA — Photovoltaic Information System For Architects
• PL — Proton Loss
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• NM — Nanometer
• SOG — Spin-on Glass
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• Y' — Out-of-plane Velocity - vertical
• IHPRPTP — Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology Program
• TPD — Temperature Programmed Desorption (for Gas Chromatography)
• MOCVD — Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• FOS — Faint Object Spectrograph
• AEDY — Aerospace Dynamics
• STD — Standard
• EMF — Electromotive Force

• PIE — Possibility of Infinite Energy
• LO — Local Oscillator
• HPLC — High Performance Liquid Chromatography
• FMRI — Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• UASER — Ultrasound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• APS — American Physical Society
• HSI — Hue Saturation Intensity
• KE — Kinetic Energy
• SPR — Surface Plasmon Resonance
• ° C — Degree centigrade
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• NCO — Numerically Controlled Oscillator
• AF — Audio Frequency
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• CT — Current Transformer
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• KLY — Kilo Langley
• R- E/I — Ohms Law (not an acronym)
• WFI — Water For Injection (pharmaceutical Term)
• TOMO-SAR — Synthetic Aperture Radar TOMOgraphy
• DL — Deciliter
• FTF — Fundamental Train Frequency
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• E=MC2 — Energy=Mass * (Velocity of light)**2
• GR — General Relativity
• P — Pressure
• CW — Continuous Wave
• PECVD — Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
• CW — Clockwise
• CMM — Coordinate Measuring Machine
• DQE — Detective Quantum Efficiency
• FY — Fiscal Year
• LF — Low Frequency
• MFP — Mass Flow Parameter
• SC — South Carolina
• AES — Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
• 4WM — Four Wave Mixing
• THD — Total Harmonic Distortion
• ω — angular velocity
• NSA — National Security Agency
• ER — Energy Research
• ISS — International Space Station
• SUPER-K — Super-Kamiokande
• ACD — Autoregressive Conditional Duration
• HQSC — Heisenberg Quantum Spin Chain
• LVL — Level

• SIG — Signal
• HOMESTAKE — A solar neutrino experiment in the Homestake Gold Mine in South Dakota
• ITL — Information Technology Laboratory
• GND — Ground
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• RAI — Resident Assessment Instrument
• ANS — American Nuclear Society
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• EBIS — Electron Beam Ion Source
• CW — Carrier Wave
• ESR — Electron Spin Resonance
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• OPCPA — Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• 2D WAXD — Two-Dimensional Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• FWT — Fast Wavelet Transform
• TLC — Thin Layer Chromatography
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• NOE — Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NMR)
• ROYGBIV — Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet (Colors of the Rainbow)
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• APOMA — American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• OSA — Optical Society of America
• CDM — Cold Dark Matter
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• MRA — Mutual Recognition Arrangement
• CV — Constant Velocity
• LFP — Local Field Potential
• LMS — Least Mean Square
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• HASYLAB — Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• COIL — Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser
• FP — Freezing Point
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• MAD — Mean Absolute Deviation
• LAGOS — Laser Gravitational-wave Observatory in Space
• DOP — Dilution Of Precision
• UA — University of Arizona
• N-FSBS — Near-Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• AMPC — Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry
• CMC — Calibration Measurement Capabilities

• EPR — Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• DIBL — Drain-induced Barrier Lowering
• IR — Infrared
• AMS — Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
• WG — Working Group
• FARCAL — Facility for Advanced Radiometric Calibrations
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• JASJA — Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan
• ESD — Electrostatic Discharge
• NMR — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• PAGE — Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
• MO — Molecular Orbital
• QEDA — Quantum Electrodynamics Atomic Theory
• DOHC — Dual Overhead Cam
• JEWA — Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
• WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
• IDCT — Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
• SIA — Semiconductor Industry Association
• DNA — Defense Nuclear Agency
• KARMEN — Karlsruhe-Rutherford Medium-Energy Neutrino Experiment
• SCC — Standards Coordinating Committee
• VAPEPS — Vibroacoustic Payload Environment Prediction System
• P — Predicted
• CAV — Constant Angular Velocity
• CARS — Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy
• ID — Inside Diameter
• AEDC — Arnold Engineering Development Center
• LAQL — Lowest Analytically Quantifiable Level
• MQSA — Mammography Quality Standards Act
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• 3PE — Three-Photon Excitation
• EV — Electron Volt
• ACPD — Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions
• BS — Beam Splitter
• HAADF — high-angle annular dark field SEM
• MOD — Minimum Object Distance
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• ACD — Air Constrained Dampening
• LTL — Linear Temporal Logic
• NQR — Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
• HIC — Hydrogen Induced Cracking
• DPA — Differential Power Analysis
• ACIP — Aerodynamic Coefficient Instrumentation Package
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• FTMW — Fourier Transform Microwave
• CDF — Collider Detector at Fermilab
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility

• ICARUS — Imaging Cosmic and Rare Underground Signal
• QFEB — Quasi-Free Electron Bremsstrahlung
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• AC — Aerodynamic Center
• GUE — Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (of Random Matrixes In Quantum-transport Studies)
• SNS — Spallation Neutron Source
• DOAS — Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
• JND — Just Noticeable Difference
• GAMS4 — NIST High Resolution Spectrometer
• ATR — Attenuated Total Reflectance
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• MV — Medium Voltage
• NTP — normal temperature and pressure
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• UTD — Uniform Theory of Diffraction
• MURR — University of Missouri Research Reactor
• AAPM — American Association of Physicists in Medicine's
• HPS — Health Physics Society
• AC — Attenuation Coefficient
• LEP — Large Electron Positron
• HDR — High Dose Rate
• FDR — False Discovery Rate
• NEDT — Noise Equivalent Delta Temperature
• NRC — National Response Center
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• PIV — Particle Image Velocimetry
• DN — Diameter Nominal
• EVM — Error Vector Magnitude
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• TOE — Theory of Everything
• WANFCS — West Area Neutrino Facility Control System
• DPP — Division of Plasma Physics
• A — Atomic
• CVAAS — Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
• EMR — Electromagnetic Radiation
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• S — Short
• WDXRF — Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
• ISE — Ion Selective Electrode
• HPS — High Pressure Sodium
• HE — High Energy
• PGNAA — Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis
• FCC — Face-Centered Cubic
• LIF — Laser Induced Fluorescence
• IDCY — Idle Cycle
• H — Hotel
• FE — Finite Element
• AO — Adaptive Optics

• MMC — Maximum Material Condition
• CWT — Continuous Wavelet Transform
• AMPS — Atmospheric Magnetospheric Plasma System
• MIRD — Medical Internal Radiation Dose
• EOM — Electro-Optic Modulator
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• ZPDH — Z-Pinch-Driven Hohlraum
• TLE — Two Line Elements
• BCC — Body-Centered Cubic
• PHYN — Physics Notes
• 3D — Three Dimensional
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• ACDC — Alternating Current/Direct Current
• LAPHY — Laser Physics
• FCI — Full Configuration Interaction
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• ERDA — Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis
• PRL — Physical Review Letters
• LE — Low Energy
• FRET — Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
• RAC — Research Advisory Committee
• FEL — Free Electron Laser
• EF — Energy Factor
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• 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
• SCF — Self-Consistent Field
• N — Normal
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• PM — Particulate Matter
• AAPT — American Association of Physics Teachers
• PEM — Proton Exchange Membrane
• HVLP — high volume, low pressure
• JAJAP — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
• KATRIN — KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino
• VU — Volume Unit
• OTA — Optical Tube Assembly (telescopes)
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• LT — Low Temperature
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscopy
• EF — Electric Field
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• ENDL — Evaluated Nuclear Data Library
• PDSH — Pressure Differential Switch High
• MJPS — Moldavian Journal of the Physical Sciences
• CC — Closed Circuit
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• CGU — Canadian Geophysical Union
• LAFOC — Laser Focus
• LAF — Laminar Air Flow
• APS — Advanced Photon Source

• SPM — Scanning Probe Microscope
• OPD — Optical Path Difference
• AO — Atomic Orbital
• QD — Quantum Dot
• PE — Potential Energy
• EP — Extreme Pressure
• NV — Night Vision
• BCT — Body-Centered Tetragonal
• IID — independent and identically distributed random variables
• CEA — Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique
• ZPE — Zero Point Energy
• LAMSCAL — Large Area Monochromatic Source for Calibrations
• 1D — One-Dimensional
• PE — Performance Evaluation
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• AFC — Aerodynamic Flight Control
• ZQ — Zero-Quantum
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• ICR — Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• PHR — Physics Reports
• HEA — High Energy Astrophysics
• GFP — Green Fluorescent Protein
• FEGT — Furnace Exit Gas Temperature
• RIXS — Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
• RAP — Reliable Acoustic Path
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• MPI — Multiphoton Ionization
• NG6, NG-6 — Monochromatic Beam Line near the end of NG6
• AEM — Acoustical Emission Monitoring
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• FFF — Field-Flow Fractionation
• ETC — Electron Transport Chain
• FP — Focal Plane
• JPCS — Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• EM — Environmental Management
• DLA — Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
• LM — Lumen
• MPLB — Modern Physics Letters B
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• RFI — Relative Fluorescence Intensity
• MTBF — Mean Time Between Failures
• EPC — Electronic Pressure Control
• IIT — Indian Institute of Technology
• AJP — American Journal of Physics
• ED — Electron Diffraction
• EDS — Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")

• PTA — Pure Tone Average
• VIV — Vortex Induced Vibration
• QP — Quantization Parameter
• LSND — Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
• NPC — Nuclear Pore Complex
• PM — Phase Modulation
• DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung.
• R — Roentgen
• OPC — Optical Particle Counter
• CHIPS — Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
• XQC — X-ray Quantum Calorimeter
• EDM — Electric Dipole Moment
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• CJLTP — Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics
• FLIR — Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer
• AIAA — American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
• SRM — Standard Reference Material
• WDDL — Wave Dynamic Differential Logic
• RG — Radius of Gyration
• LOCF — Last Observation Carried Forward
• MBQ — Megabecquerel
• PIV — Peak Inverse Voltage
• DOT — Diffuse Optical Tomography
• DDS — Direct Digital Synthesizer
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• LOA — Law of Attraction
• LMU — Location Measurement Unit
• IOR — Index of Refraction
• ASD — Astrophysics Science Division
• OD — Optical Density
• FCA — Formal Concept Analysis
• SAXS — Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
• ACESJ — Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal
• SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
• DSM — Design Structure Matrix
• JCHPH — Journal of Chemical Physics
• GP — General Physics Corporation
• JETP — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
• C — Countess
• DSR — Dynamic Shear Rheometer
• 2-D — Two Dimensional
• OPS — Optical Physical Section
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instrumental Coefficient Package
• PL&I — Plasmas and Ions
• ILD — Indentation Load Deflection
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• MOA — Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
• E — Electra
• AFV — Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA

• AOM — acoustic-optic modulator
• PBC — Polarization-Beam Combiner
• ASAC — aerodynamic surfaces assembly and checkout
• AEQ — Aeronautical Quarterly
• YP — Yield Point
• POGS — polar-orbiting geomagnetic survey
• XPS — X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• TM — Transverse Magnetic
• AMS — Acoustic Measurement System
• PEL — Permissible Exposure Limit
• IK — Inverse Kinematics
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• ASPP — Atmospheric and Space Plasma Physics
• CQGRS — Classical and Quantum Gravity Supplement
• RST — Rapid Suspension Technology
• C&E — Cause and Effect
• MSX — Midcourse Space Experiment
• RMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• TDH — Total Dynamic Head
• BHN — Brinell Hardness Number
• VMD — Visual Molecular Dynamics
• FDTD — Finite Difference Time Domain
• NLC — Next Linear Collider
• ADAP — Aerodynamic Data Analysis Program
• LSP — Lightest Supersymmetric Particle
• TMD — Tuned Mass Damper
• LC — Liquid Chromatography
• MAG — Magnetic
• CEI — Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano
• FTNIR — Fourier Near Infra Red
• NDT — Nondestructive Test
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• AMTF — Acoustic Model Test Facility
• 1PI — One Particle Irreducible
• KAERI — Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
• AFT — Attractor Field Therapy
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• FIM — Field Intensity Meter
• EGS — Electron Gamma Shower
• APH — Astroparticle Physics
• PCM — Phase Contrast Microscopy
• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• CCT — Circuit
• MOKE — Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect
• ASAS — Aerodynamic Stability Augmentation System
• DE — Differential Equation(s)
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• XMLD — X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism
• RBS — Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry

• HO — High Order
• PCF — Photonic Crystal Fiber
• PD — Propagation Delay
• AFT — Aerodynamic Flight Test
• TEM — Transverse Electromagnetic
• VTZ — Valence Triple Zeta (basis Set)
• DVM — Digital Voltmeter
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• CARB — Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
• AMS — Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
• IC — Internal Combustion
• AMP — Amplitude
• GAM — Generalized Additive Model
• TOV — Threshold of Visibility
• BSDF — Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• ADPHY — Advances in Physics
• IOT — Inductive Output Tube
• STASA — Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
• DPF — Displacement Power Factor
• POC — Physical Optics Corporation
• HI — High Intensity
• AECL — Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's
• APRF — Army Pulse Radiation Facility
• CPK — Corey, Pauling, Koltun
• CF — Cold Fusion
• AFTA — Acoustic Fatigue Test Article
• RKR — Rydberg-Klein-Rees
• CICP — Communications in Computational Physics
• NEI — Nuclear Energy Institute
• LS — Liquid Scintillation
• LFAE — Ligand Field Activation Energy
• ALICE — A Large Ion Collider Experiment
• ECD — Electron Capture Dissociation
• QWW — Quantum Well Wire
• EAA — Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• RC — Resistor-Capacitor
• SPH — Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection
• RHF — Restricted Hartree-Fock
• MOT — Magneto Optical Trap
• DE — Discrete Event (program specification)
• ADB — Aerodynamic Data Book
• OPA — Optical Parametric Amplifier
• NCU — Nano Containment Unit
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• APAS — Aerodynamic Performance and Sizing Program
• STP — Standard Temperature Pressure
• AMPS — Atmosphere, Magnetosphere & Plasmas in Space
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)

• HV — High Vacuum
• ABEC — Annular Bearing Engineering Committee
• CLV — Constant Linear Velocity
• AAAC — Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
• WHHM — Werthamer Helfand Hohenberg and Maki
• HTD — Heat Transfer Division
• CQGRA — Classical and Quantum Gravity
• JATP — Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
• BQ — Becquerel
• PHA — Physics And Astronomy
• UMIST — University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
• IV — Input Voltage
• SHP — Shaft Horsepower
• COMPASS — COMPuter ASSurance Conference
• TC — Temperature Control
• HFS — Hydrogen Forward Scattering
• TEPC — Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• FM — Ferromagnetic
• SR — Special Relativity
• EIE — electron impact excitation
• ADM — Absolute Distance Meter
• ASC — Aerodynamic Surface Control
• ETS — Energy Transfer System
• DFT — Density Functional Theory
• M — Mass
• LISS — Linear Imaging Self-Scanning
• SCF — Supercritical Fluid
• HS — Hot Spot
• EMR — Electromagnetic Resonance
• NM — Newton Meter
• BPM — Beam Position Monitor
• APHY — Acoustical Physics
• UTA — Unresolved Transition Array
• NIDR — National Institute of Dental Research (National Institutes of Health)
• BC — Boundary Condition
• CMS — Compact Muon Solenoid
• CARI — combustion air requirement index
• NG7 — Neutron Guide No. 7
• UB — Upper Bound
• NEMS — National Energy Modeling System
• TC — Transmission Convergence (ATM)
• GS — Gauss
• ILSS — Interlaminar Shear Strength
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• NJPH — New Journal of Physics
• SRV — Safety Relief Valve
• TC — Thermal Control
• MTXM — Magnetic Transmission X-Ray Microscopy
• PMR — Proton Magnetic Resonance

• DMI — Dynamic Momentum Index
• EDAX — energy dispersive analysis of X-rays
• SW — Surface Wave
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• SD — Super Deformed
• SVD — Shock Vibration Digest
• EF — Extra Fine
• TXM — Transmission X-ray Microscope
• DAP — Donor Acceptor Pair
• TEF — Time-Energy-Frequency
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• CRPL — Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory
• ANPHY — Annals of Physics
• ITSU — IEEE Transactions on Sonics Ultrasonics
• ADGEO — Advances in Geophysics
• BGM — Basis Generator Method
• XPS — X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• EELS — Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
• REST — Representational State Transfer
• OLED — Organic Light-Emitting Diode
• STS — Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
• SFG — Sum Frequency Generation
• ARL — Average Run Length
• SEE — Secondary Electron Emission
• PAC — Probably Approximately Correct
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• ICP-AES — Inductively Coupled Plasma-atomic Emission Spectrometry
• TEMP — Temperature
• AIH — Acoustical Imaging and Holography
• CPS — Central Plasma Sheet
• CH — Continuum Hypothesis
• RJMP — Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• SSNMR — Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• IMS — Institute for Molecular Science
• EOS — Equation Of State
• TIMS — Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• LSDA — Local Spin Density Approximation
• QWIP — Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector
• OPO — Optical Parametric Oscillator
• ITELC — IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• RPT — Refractory Period of Transmission
• COS — Change of State
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• ADCL — Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory
• ULVZ — Ultra-Low Velocity Zone
• MCM — Mobil Composition of Matter
• CHJCP — Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics

• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• ATDB — Aerothermodynamic Data Book
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• BELLE — B detector at KEK in Japan
• TC — Thermal Conductivity
• AUJPA — Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement
• FI — Field Intensity
• LDA — Local Density Approximation
• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• CAM — Computer-Aided Machining
• BWO — Backward Wave Oscillator
• LNP — Lecture Notes in Physics
• IFD — Indentation Force Deflection
• FTIR — Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
• TPP — Thermal Power Plant
• PHRV — Physical Review
• SIM — Selected ion monitoring
• COASP — Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics
• QO — Quasi-Optical
• BBO — Beta-Barium Borate
• ARES — Advanced Rheometric Expansion System
• CCPCE — Current Contents Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
• ABMP — American Board of Medical Physics
• WDM — Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
• PET — positron emission tomography
• SEA — Statistical Energy Analysis
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• KELVIN — Scientific temperature scale
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• GUT — Grand Unification Theory
• FWHM — Full Width at Half Maximum
• ND — Neutron Detector
• SQ — Scalar Quantization
• EPA — Electron Positron Accumulator
• ACR — Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• AMA — Actual Mechanical Advantage
• ALVIB — algorithm payload vibration
• HID — high intensity discharge (electricity)
• APAC — Applied Acoustics
• LIPC — laser-induced plasma channel
• LBLRR — LBL Research Review
• RTT — Round Trip Timer
• VT — Valid Time
• EPI — Echo Planar Imaging
• EER — Estimated Energy Requirement
• XSV — Expendable Sound Velocimeter
• 2LOT — 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
• AFI — Accordion Fringe Interferometry

• QM — Quantum Mechanics
• TCS — Three-Dimensional Complex Space Theory
• RLD — Reciprocal Linear Dispersion
• CED — Cohesive Energy Density
• TKN — Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
• CCV — Continuing Calibration Verification
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• AD — Antimatter Decelerator
• HPHT — high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
• PMMA — Polymethylmethacrylate
• MICE — Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
• PP2PP — proton-proton to proton-proton
• ELT — Extremely Large Telescope
• NERI — Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• LDA — Laser Doppler Anemometry
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• CPS — Cycles Per Second (now Hertz)
• PZT — Piezoelectric Translator
• BMDO — (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do)
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• TMA — Thermal Mechanical Analysis
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• CBR — California Bearing Ratio
• EDX — Energy-Dispersive X-ray Analysis
• BLB — Black Light Bulb
• MEL — Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• PT — Peak Torque
• UCSUSA — Union of Concerned Scientists, United States of America
• GRI — Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
• PEPSI — Proton Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging
• DN/DC — Specific refractive index increment
• OOCA — Object Oriented Computing in Astrophysics
• ASVIB — algorithm scoreboard vibrations
• SBLC — S-Band Linear Collider
• ND — Neutron Density
• VAC — Vacuum Assisted Closure
• ECSED — Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data
• PLL — Phase Locked Loop
• CBNM — Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• MFT — Mean Field Theory
• LVR — Lever
• DMC — Dynamic Motion Control
• TG — Temperature Gradient
• QMS — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program

• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• ENR — Enrichment and Reprocessing (technology)
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• HDOP — Horizontal Dilution Of Position
• MOSFET — Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
• JJAPL — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Letters
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• AERTE — Aerojet Technology
• CCD — Charged Coupled Device
• EIES — Electron Impact Emission Spectroscopy
• HERO — High Energy Replicated Optics
• FHMM — Factorial Hidden Markov Model
• RHM — Roentgen Hour Meter
• LBT — Large Binocular Telescope
• DREAMS — Dynamic Range Enhancement Applied to Mass Spectrometry
• RT — Reverberation Time
• MOR — Modulus of Rupture
• LC — Liquid Crystal
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• BPAS — Bulletin of Pure and Applied Science
• IVR — Intramolecular Vibrational Relaxation
• JPCM — Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• LOMO — Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital
• ESR — Experimental Storage Ring
• CVD — Chemical Vapor Deposition
• 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)
• PHCHE — Physics and Chemistry of Earth
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• CMR — Colossal Magnetoresistance
• BMD — Bending Moment Diagram
• NCF — Near Coherence of Filters
• BNCT — Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
• ESR — Electrical Substitution Radiometer
• BIPM — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
• MIST — Microgravity Science and Technology
• SWAP — Short-Wavelength Automated Perimetry
• JXST — Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology
• KOPIO — AKlong decay experiment at Brookhaven.
• CFT — Crystal Field Theory
• SWG — Standard Wire Gauge
• ESO — European Southern Observatory
• MOKE — Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
• FD — Finite Difference
• ULTRA — Ultrasonics
• NAA — Neutron Activation Analysis
• PDE — Product Data Exchange
• TMP — Turbo Molecular Pump
• JGE — Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
• CRP — Coordinated Research Program

• EXO — Enriched Xenon Observatory
• SSCP — Springer Series on Chemical Physics
• CMH — Cubic Meter per Hour
• CZJPH — Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
• GML — General Measurement Loop
• PRF — Petroleum Research Fund
• WXRF — Wavelength-dispersive X- Ray Fluorescence
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• COTPH — Communications in Theoretical Physics
• EOM — Equation of Motion
• LEACH — Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy
• AT&T — Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
• QRHE — quantum anomalous Hall effect
• STAR — Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC
• CLSM — Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
• CIPM — International Committee of Weights and Measures, France
• CCFL — Countercurrent Flow Limitation
• NVIS — Night Vision Imaging System
• IAPT — Indian Association of Physics Teachers
• LAND — Large Area Neutron Detector
• WKB — Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (phase-shift Formula For Potential Scattering)
• HBT — Hanbury Brown-Twiss
• AF — Anisotropic Filtering
• HRC — Rockwell Hardness C
• TQW — Triangular Quantum Well
• 3DWBA — Three-Body Distorted-Wave Born Approximation
• ECT — Error Correction Term
• CPL — Chemical Physics Letters
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• IO — Interactive Optimum
• JEPT — Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics
• PTCA — Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angiography
• LRSP — Living Reviews in Solar Physics
• CCP6 — Collaborative Computational Project 6
• ST — Spherical Tokamak
• HPPT — High Pressure Phase Transformation
• XSW — X-Ray Standing Wave
• GNO — Gallium Neutrino Observatory
• SCF — Stress Concentration Factor
• HF — Hartree-Fock Method
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• LWR — Light Water Reactor
• CPIP — Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
• TJPH — Turkish Journal of Physics
• LO — Laser Optics
• JSMAJ — Japan Society of Microgravity Application Journal
• ATI — Above-Threshold Ionization
• HHPN — Hydraulic High Pressure Nebulization
• EJTP — Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics
• MS/MS — Tandem Mass Spectrometry

• DSM — Dynamic Scattering Mode
• VRM — Vector Ruggedness Measure
• PNP — Positive-Negative-Positive
• HTPPL — High Temperature Plasma Physics Lab
• FOC — Forward Only Conversion
• TST — Time-Space-Time
• MRIR — medium-resolution infrared radiometer
• ACCW — Auxiliary Component Cooling Water
• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• YS — Yield Strength
• IQEC — International Quantum Electronics Conference
• ARCP — Annual Reviews of Computational Physics
• SI — International System of Units (Système international d'unités)
• MDR — Mass Distribution Ratio
• FEC — Ferro-Electric liquid Crystal
• AEJ — Aeronautical Journal
• GEC — General Electrodynamics Corporation
• RTD — Resistance Temperature Detector
• ACB — Annular Confinement Beam
• TBB — Triple Beam Balance
• CSLPT — Cambridge Studies in Low Temperature Physics
• ICP — Inductively Coupled Plasma
• MOP — Maximum Operating Pressure
• JKPS — Journal of Korean Physical Society
• SCR — Space Charge Region
• AICF — Acoustic Inertial Confinement Fusion
• LVDT — Linear Variable Differential Transformer
• RSM — Response Surface Method
• NISTAR — NIST Advanced Radiometer
• HTBB — High-Temperature Black Body
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• COMPH — Computers in Physics
• NA — Neutral Axis
• TLI — Tilted Laser Image
• JMP — Journal of Mathematical Physics
• NEANDC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Data Committee
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• SPE — solid phase extraction method
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• MUT — Material Under Test
• ANIPS — Annals of the Israel Physical Society
• FFR — Fractional Flow Reserve
• CXRO — Center for X-Ray Optics at Berkeley, CA
• PFG — Pulsed Field Gradient
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• MFCG — Magnetic Flux Compression Generator
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• VLT — Visible Light Transmission
• ABF — All but Finitely
• EIEIO — Electron Impact Excitation of Ions from Organics

• LPCVD — Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• RPN — Remote Plasma Nitridation
• CLC — Capillary Liquid Chromatography
• YKP — Yano- Koonin- Podgoretskii
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• SEAQUEST — A series of fixed target Drell-Yan experiments at Fermilab
• STEM — Storable Tubular Extendible Member
• CCPP — Combined Cycle Power Plant
• MUNU — An experiment at the Bugey reactor in France studying electron - electron neutrino scattering.
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• RIBD — Reactive Ion Beam Deposition
• HSS — Hollow Structural Section
• URA — Universities Research Association, Inc.
• CLFR — Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector
• PHYR — Physical Research
• ARACO — Archives Acoustics
• JPSJ — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
• EGO — Eccentric Geophysical Observation
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• CHPHY — Chinese Physics
• VNIIFTRI — National Scientific and Russian Research Institute for Physical, Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• AESIJ — Aeronautical Society India Journal
• DDF — Distance Distortion Factor
• EPJ — European Physical Journal
• CEJPH — Central European Journal of Physics
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• 2B1Q — Two Binary One Quaternary
• ODC — Orthogonal Defect Classification
• 3DSSPP — Three-Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program
• PMG — Permanent Magnet Generator
• FTICR — Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• JVST — Journal of Vacuum Science Technology
• IGC — International Gravity Commission
• NVLAP — National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
• SGORS — Studies in Geophysical Optics and Remote Sensing
• WIMP — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
• NPSS — Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
• CLM — Compound Light Microscope
• 2DHG — Two-Dimensional Hole Gas
• MSLD — Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector
• TI — Thermal Inertia
• PEPI — Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
• JPSJS — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Supplement
• PO2 — Partial pressure of oxygen
• SAJPH — South African Journal of Physics
• BIB — Blocked Impurity Band
• OPTLE — Optics and Lasers in Engineering
• HRTF — Head-Related Transfer Function

• JGP — Journal of Geometry and Physics
• TD — Time Differential
• ENSDF — Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File
• MTF — Magnetized Target Fusion
• JETPL — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters
• PAES — Positron-Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• FDFD — Finite Difference Frequency Domain
• CRT — Conformal Radiation Therapy
• IRIS — Internal Rotary Inspection System
• NP — Neper
• JJAPS — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Supplement
• AFVH — Anti- Ferromagnetic van Hove scenario
• MICGQ — Microgravity Quarterly
• AECL — Atomic Energy Canada Limited
• POPRV — Pilot Operated Pressure Relief Valve
• IPM — Ionization Profile Monitor
• AAPP — Association of Applied Physicists Pakistan
• HYAAS — Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotom etry.
• ACFA — Asian Committee for Future Accelerators.
• HVT — High Velocity Thermocouple
• AMMAC — Mexican Metrology Association
• JFLU — Journal of Fluorescence
• DUV — Deep Ultraviolet
• NPIC — Nuclear Power Institute of China
• NEMP — Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse
• BJAP — British Journal of Applied Physics
• FASCAL — Facility for Automatic Spectroradiometric Calibrations
• 3DFFM — Three-Dimensional Fourier Filtering Method
• SEM — Scanning Electron Microscopes
• RECAN — Regional European and Central Asian ALARA Network
• BTI — Bubble Technology Inc
• SSADM — Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology
• TZFC — Triple Zeta Frozen Core
• PDE — Possible Duplicate Emission
• IMGC — Istituto di Metrologia "G. Colonnetti" (Italy)
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• MQA — measurement quality assurance
• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• ACRU — Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit
• GPIB — General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus
• CCDC — Cyclic Channel Die Compression
• LRR — Living Reviews in Relativity
• PHL — Physics Letters
• GUIDE — Generalized Unbiased Interaction Detection and Estimation
• OSRD — Office of Standard Reference Data
• FIR — Far Infrared
• FTL — Faster Than Light
• QMF — quadrature mirror filter banks
• VIS — Visible
• WL — Weak Localization

• NEANSC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Science Committee
• VOX — Voice Operated EXchange
• SG — Specific Gravity
• ZPF — Zero Point Field
• WAMW — Weight-Average Molecular Weight
• 2PPE — Two-Photon Photoemission
• ASA — Accessible Surface Area
• PTI — Proxima Therapeutics Inc.
• FRET — fluorescence resonant energy transfer
• RSP — Rapid Solidification Process
• ABHP — American Board of Health Physics
• PHEMT — Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor
• EEEL — Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
• WTMM — Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima
• DLP — Digital Light Processing
• PMT — Photo Multiplier Tube
• TCB — Temporal Coherence Boundary
• EL — Europhysics Letters
• BES — Beijing Spectrometer (China)
• QGT — Quantum Graph Theory
• JMOA — Journal of Microwaves Optics and Acoustics
• STM — Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• FFE — Far Field Extension
• BHLH — Basic Helix-Loop-Helix
• SCD — Single Crystal Diffraction
• RSE — Relative Standard Error
• MBE — Molecular Beam Epitaxy
• VEEL — Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels
• BET — Brunauer - Emmett - Teller
• LFCC — Linear Frequency Cepstral Coefficient
• CIRRPC — Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination
• ECRIS — Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source
• SOC — Second-Order Cone
• PASTI — Public Address Speech Transmission Index
• CES — Constant Elasticity of Substitution
• ZDR — Z-Differential Reflectivity
• SBR — Spectral Band Replication
• APT — Analytic Perturbation Theory
• JVC — Journal of Vibration and Control
• PCPP — Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
• WAFAC — Wide-Angle Free-Air Chamber
• ARROW — Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide
• AMB — As Measured By
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• TC — Technical Committee (HL7)
• MBS — Minimum Breaking Strength
• DNAA — Delayed Neutron Activation Analysis
• BEB — Binary-Encounter-Bethe
• IVBT — Intravascular brachytherapy
• QFT — Quantitative Fluorescence Technique

• TL — Time Line
• LAL — The Laboratoire de L'Accelerateur Lineaire at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France
• CRI — Cambridge Research Instrumentation
• ADTPH — Advanced Texts in Physics
• MGG — Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics
• LOQ — Limit of Quantitation
• AWA — The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator
• CPCAR — Chemistry and Physics of Carbon
• JPCRD — Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
• EMW — Electromagnetic Wave
• CNIF — Californium Neutron Irradiation Facility
• CCSM — Cross Correlogram Spectral Matching
• JLWT — Journal of Lightwave Technology
• KWP — Kilowatt-Peak
• PTCP — Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics
• PHT — Physics Today
• GGA — Generalized Gradient Approximation
• HYPER-CP — A Search for Direct CP Violation in Hyperon Decays
• PMTS — Predetermined Motion Time System
• LCAP — Laser Cooling and Atomic Physics
• EGR — Entropy Gradient Reversal
• SCAMPY — Scanning Micro Pyrometer
• TRFM — Time Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
• NRLM — National Research Laboratory of Metrology (Japan)
• AOI — Angle Of Incidence
• VA — Volt Ampere
• RVMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• ADMPS — Advances in Mechanics and Physics of Surfaces
• AFA — Average Fock Approximation
• GEC — Gaseous Electronics Conference
• PTF — Physics of Thin Films
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• CTRZ — Central Torodial Recirculation Zone
• CMCV — Charge Motion Control Valve
• PPHTS — Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• JAE — Journal of Acoustic Emission
• GMC — Global Motion Compensation
• LIM — Limit
• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• FUV — Far Ultraviolet
• COMMP — Comments in Modern Physics
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• HVLA — High-Velocity Low Amplitude
• ICE — Internal combustion engine (transportation)
• INDC — International Nuclear Data Committee
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• VCM — Voice-Coil Motor
• PSL — Polystyrene-latex
• CTPHY — Classical Theoretical Physics

• BF-TEM — Bright-field transmission electron microscopy
• OGB — Original Grain Boundary
• TJ — TeraJoule
• EPIC — Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
• NVH — Noise Vibration Harshness
• GDOG — Generalized Double Optical Gating
• RDCMP — Recent Development in Condensed Matter Physics
• RDP — Rubidium Di-Hydrogen Phosphate
• ADCHP — Advances in Chemical Physics
• FDR — Failure Divergence Refinement
• ITAS — IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
• CCFL — Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• LENR — Low Energy Nuclear Reactions
• EFW — Evanescent Floquet Wave
• AL — argon laser
• CRYRING — Electron Accelerator and Storage Ring Facility (Stockholm, Sweden)
• JSP — Journal of Statistical Physics
• PVT — Position Velocity Time
• JGGS — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity Supplement
• FPS — foot-pound-second [cf. cgs and mks]
• JVE — Journal of Vibration Engineering
• NIR — Near Infrared
• FT-IRAS — Fourier Transform-Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• GCK — Geiger Counter Kit
• STSSP — Selected Topics in Solid State Physics
• NOBCCHE — National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers
• EBIT — Electron Beam Ion Trap
• ICPEAC — International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions
• NELAC — National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference
• NPA — Nuclear Physics Apparatus
• EMILY — Extreme Monkey Indigestion Laryngitis Youngen
• CERN — Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
• AF — Acceleration Factor
• JCA — Journal of Computational Acoustics
• GEOS — Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite
• UMRK — Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
• BFRL — Building and Fire Research Laboratory
• MAP — Maximum A Posteriori estimate
• ICAMDATA — International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications
• GCA — Gradual Channel Approximation
• ITPS — IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
• CPLIP — Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
• ES — Elementary Stream
• DCT — Discrete Cosine Transformer
• BIA — Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
• DQS — Discrete Quantum State
• JRLR — Journal of Russian Laser Research
• CBA — Center for Backyard Astrophysics
• TCPH — Topics in Current Physics

• GLCP — Global Linear Collider Project
• MCU — Microcontroller Unit
• JLUM — Journal of Luminescence
• HOQS — Highest Occupied Quantum State
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• IMA — Ideal Mechanical Advantage
• DMF — Decayed, Missing, Filled
• ESRF — The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.
• CPSSH — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces and Heterogeneous Catalysis
• EPAD — Environmental Physics and Design
• PHRVL — Physical Review Letters
• CSIC — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Spanish
• IBFM — Interacting Boson-Fermion Model
• SVGL — Silicon Valley Group Lithography
• ISAC — Isotope Separator and Accelerator Facility
• MRSE — Manifest Refractive Spherical Equivalent
• SLM(S) — spatial light modulator(s)
• CLA — Condition Lever Angle
• DSFD — Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
• JAERI — Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
• LTA — Low temperature (oxygen plasma) ashing
• BEFE — Bio-Electric Field Enhancement
• HFB — Hartree Fock Bogoliubov
• HEPAP — High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• MEA — Membrane Electrode Assembly
• PFC — Parallel Flange Channel
• JMPS — Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• QMC — Quantum Monte Carlo
• DLV — Direct Linear Valve
• RUPHJ — Russian Physics Journal
• CONPH — Contemporary Physics
• CTMP — Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulp
• ACRR — Annular Core Research Reactor
• CCPR — Consultative Committee on Photometry and Radiometry
• MPN — Most Probable Number
• DWP — Dispensing Well Plate
• JSCI — Journal of Scientific Instruments
• PES — Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• FIOP — Field Induced Ordered Phase
• K2K — KEK to Kamioka
• FBM — Fractional Brownian Motion
• ACOUL — Acoustics Letters
• REL — Recommended Exposure Limit
• CPR — Chemical Physics Reports
• ASME — American Society for Mechanical Engineers
• WDXS — Wavelength Dispersive Xray Spectroscopy
• TDCR — Triple-to-Double Coincidence Ratio
• LPB — Laser and Particle Beams
• CEBAF — Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility

• RVMPS — Reviews of Modern Physics Supplement
• DDFT — Dynamic Density Functional Theory
• GTRD — Generalized Transverse Resonance-Diffraction
• CEL — Correlated Emission Laser
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• ADEXG — Advances in Exploration Geophysics
• ATCS — Active Thermal Convective System
• MEMS — Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
• MO — Magneto-optic
• DCMP — Directions in Condensed Matter Physics
• KIAA — Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
• VAT — Vibro-Acoustic Test
• ARO — United States Army Research Office
• OSU — Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio, United States
• CTP — Course of Theoretical Physics
• UCLA — Harbor-University of California Los Angeles
• ATU — Accumulated Thermal Unit
• HPM — High Power Microwave
• MMC — Moving Micro Cross
• WGCV — Working Group on Calibration and Validation
• ODEND — Optical Detected Electron Nuclear Double Resonance
• PLPHR — Plasma Physics Reports
• SSION — Solid State Ionics
• BUIPS — Bulletin of the Israel Physical Society
• FCPM — Fundamental Constants and Precision Measurements
• SCOT — Support Coated Open Tubular
• CER — Controlled Energy Release
• CCPP — Collaborative Computational Plasma Physics
• ARDS — Analysis of Rotor Dynamic Systems
• AMJPH — American Journal of Physics
• PSSC — Physical Science Study Committee
• CAJPH — Canadian Journal of Physics
• PAPGE — Pure and Applied Geophysics
• F&M — Force and moment
• EBSD — Electron Back Scatter Diffraction
• ASAJ — Acoustical Society of America Journal
• PPM — Peak Program Meter
• ICP — Injector Control Pressure
• ESU — Energy Storage Unit
• MOTRIMS — Magneto-Optical Trap Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• TASSII — Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Investigation
• PEP — Positron Electron Project
• CSI — Compton Scatter Imaging
• ARPES — Angle Resolved Photo Electron Spectroscopy
• TRM — Time-Reversal Mirror
• APD — VERP)/action potential duration
• SDIF — Sony Digital Interface Format
• IDC — Insulation Displacement Contact (connector)
• AVCOR — algorithm vibration correlation
• ICBP — International Conference on Biological Physics

• EOPAP — Earth and Ocean Physics Application Program
• PDS — power density spectra
• ACE — Acoustic Compliance Enhancement
• RVMAP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• AGS — Alternating-gradient Synchrotron
• SHC — Specific Heat Capacity
• SERS — Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
• LPM — Light-Particle Monitor
• CPSS — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces
• PCSE — Physical Chemistry: Science and Engineering
• VHT — Very High Temperature
• SCMP — Studies in Condensed Matter Physics
• LISA — Laser Inferometer Space Antenna
• MMCP — Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
• ADV — Automatic Drain Valve
• AUM — Arbitrary Unit of Mass
• CLIC — Compact Linear Collider
• WTCQ — Wavelet Trellis Coded Quantization
• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• DUS — Duplex Ultrasound
• XRL — X-Ray Lithography
• GR&R — Gauge Reproducibility And Repeatability
• BCMPA — Billion Cubic Meters per Annum
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• WAXS — Wide Angle X-ray Scattering
• AET — Active Edge Table
• FZK — Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
• EGAS — European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy
• FUSE — Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Explorer
• VRV — Variable Radial Velocity
• CPB — Center Point of Balance
• CSEWG — Cross Section Evaluation Working Group
• NSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• APAS — Astrophysical Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences
• ALCPG — American Linear Collider Physics Group
• HPGE — High Purity Germanium
• TIMED — Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
• FTG — Full Tensor Gradient
• QCD — Quantum Chromodynamics
• PMMC — Permanent Magnet Moving Coil
• XDB — X-Ray Data Booklet
• VP — Vapor Pressure
• MS — MilliSeconds
• LLG — Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation
• FOC — Forward of Center
• SMKW — Secondary Magneto- Kinetic Wave
• NPGEO — Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
• MOI — moments of inertia
• 2PH TDF — Two-Particle-Hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation

• UHT — Ultra High Temperature
• ADGR — Advances in Geophysical Research
• MIMIC — Microscopy and Microanalysis
• ITM — IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
• FCFC — Full-Coverage Film Cooling
• CIRMS — Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards
• JESRP — Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
• PRPH — Progress of Physics
• HEI — Heat Exchange Institute Inc.
• ACDM — Automated Contour Detection Method
• DEG — Dimensional Electron Gas
• MPLA — Modern Physics Letters A
• BINP — Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia.
• JCOPH — Journal of Computational Physics
• ETRAN — Monte Carlo computer code for Electrons and Photons through Extended Media
• AOM(S) — acousto-optic modulator(s)
• CDM — Ceramic Discharge Metalhalide
• ARPES — Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• PRVP — Proceedings of Vibration Problems
• POF — Plane of Focus
• PPCF — Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
• EZW — Embedded Zero-tree Wavelet
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• LWIR — Long-Wave Infrared
• TWA — time-weighted averaged
• ILC — International Linear Collider
• SHWAV — Shock Waves
• ER — Elastic Recoil
• PHYNY — Physics New York
• ITD — Inlet Temperature Difference
• QNH — Quasi Non-Hydrostatic
• PID — Photoionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
• EPJAP — European Physical Journal, Applied Physics
• LHEP — Left Hand Elliptical Polarization
• TLP — Thread-Level Parallelism
• HUT — Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
• TWT — Transonic Wind Tunnel
• HFA — Hot Flow Anomaly
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• HPLA — High Power Large Aperture
• RRDSP — Recent Research Development in Statistical Physics
• AXAF — Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• DOT — Delivery Optimized Thermodynamics
• NR — Nuclear Reactor
• GRNS — Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer
• CAT — Computed Axial Tomography
• PAW — Physics Analysis Workstation
• OAM — Orbital Angular Momentum
• LSC — Liquid Scintillation Counting
• IPTS — International Practical Temperature Scale

• GWC — Generalized Wave Continuity
• CR — Curvature Radiation
• RG — renormalization group
• IACS — Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences
• ADS — Automated Dynamic Shear
• FRAC — Fracture Research and Application Consortium
• VR-SFG — Vibrationally Resonant Sum-frequency Generation
• HCCD — Mono-deuterated Acetylene
• HADES — High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer
• GHRS — Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
• CFM — Creates Forward Motion
• FCDC — Fundamental Constants Data Center
• EOP — Earth and Ocean Physics
• HVL — Half Value Layer
• ELECM — Electromagnetics
• HACR — High Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometer
• PZM — Pressure Zone Microphone
• AGUFM — American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
• SI — Système International d'unités (International System of Units)
• HHF — High Heat Flow
• LI-ION — Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• P6 — physics
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• PSST — Plasma Sources Science Technology
• CGS — Centimeter, Gram, Second
• RTPC — Radial Time Projection Chamber
• ETI — Environmental Technology Initiative
• DALR — Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
• JEMT — Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique
• EPS — European Physical Society
• RRDP — Recent Research Development in Physics
• DOP — Degree of Polarization
• FMSF — Fissile Material Storage Facility
• ZFF — Zero Forcing Function
• HFIR — High Flux Isotope Reactor
• C&EA — Cause and Effect Analysis
• JMAPH — Journal of Mathematics and Physics
• GB — Grain Boundary
• WLLN — Weak Law of Large Numbers
• ASD — Active Surface Definition
• RCU — Rapid Cooling Unit
• MPPCF — Million particles per cubic foot
• RSPS — Rochester Symposium for Physics Students
• MQT — Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
• LEFM — Linear Elasticity Fracture Mechanics
• DPPC — Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
• GSP — Generalized Sequential Pattern
• ASSP — Advanced Solid-State Photonics
• ARPA-E — Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy

• CHPHL — Chinese Physics Letter
• GCFC — Generalized Complementary Flux Condition
• ETDS — Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
• JNMP — Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
• QP — quasiparticle
• FACSS — Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
• RTP — Research Trends in Physics
• GAPP — Global Analysis of Particle Properties
• NQA — Nuclear Quality Assurance
• CONFP — Contemporary Fundamental Physics
• MOEMS — Micro-Optical Electro-Mechanical System
• HB — Hydrogen Bond
• GXR — Grazing X-ray Reflectometry
• AUJPH — Australian Journal of Physics
• IOP — Institute Of Physics
• XLS — Xenon Light Source
• ENO — Essentially Non-Oscillatory
• JDEM — The Joint Dark Energy Mission
• LET — Linear Energy Transfer (in Spacecraft Power Systems)
• BEC — Bose-Einstein Condensation
• NMS — Natural Matrix Standard
• MBIR — Medium Background Infrared Facility
• CAMOS — Committee on Atomic Molecular and Optical Sciences
• FRSE — Freundeskreis Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn
• GWCE — Generalized Wave Continuity Equation
• PCED — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Delta
• CFCD — Computational Fuel Cell Dynamics
• JGG — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council Science, Engineering and Technology
• COBR — Continuous Oscillatory Baffle Reactor
• BEAM — Bosiger Energy Alignment Method
• LAMPF — Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility
• MEVVA — Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc
• MPAG — Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry
• ANSOM — Apertureless Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• LTP — Low Temperature Physics
• MFPL — MAP (Multiple Application Platform) Fabry-Perot Laser
• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• UVB — Ultraviolet B
• TPF — Two Photon Fluorescence
• JIMW — Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
• CCTF — Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency
• COPP — Contributions to Plasma Physics
• IRDCF — Infrared Detector Calibration Facility
• BABAR — B-Bbar (anti-B) detector at SLAC'sB Factory
• ICFA — International Committee for Future Accelerators
• JAG — Journal of Applied Geophysics
• MNX — Magnetic Nozzle Experiment
• QDT — Quantum-Defect Theory
• DMC — Diffusion Monte Carlo

• IPPP — Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology
• FRIB — Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
• APL — Advanced Physics Laboratory
• LCTE — Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• JSGEO — Journal of Series Geophysics
• QZE — Quantum Zeno Effect
• AEC — Active Energy Control
• CPS — Constant Pressure System (toys)
• CFSE — Crystal Field Stabilization Energy
• ACTS — Automated Computer Time Service
• SPP — Storage Photostimulable Phosphor
• IN2P3 — Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules
• ERCOFTAC — European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion
• GFAAS — graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• LMRI — Laboratoire de Mesure des Rayonnements Ionisants (France)
• BOMD — Born Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics
• CEC — California Energy Commission
• PSTM — Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope
• SEMPA — Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis
• MMF — Magneto Motive Force
• FIMS — Fissionable Isotope Mass Standards
• FTMS — Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry
• LORAN-C — A Radio Navigation System Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard
• REI — Rad Elec Inc.
• HWP — Half-Wave Plate
• FOAM — Foam Optics and Mechanics
• NSOM — Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• HVL — Half-Value Layer
• DM — Distance Measured
• TIB — Tracker Inner Barrel
• RHIC — Brookhaven'sRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider began operation in 2000
• ADPLP — Advances in Plasma Physics
• HAARP — Hf Active Auroral Research Program (Hf being "high frequency")
• DARD — Dynamic Axial Rotational Device
• ISCC — Inter-Society Color Council
• NAPM — National Association of Photographic Manufacturers
• TTSP — Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
• IC — indirect calorimetry
• VLA — Very Large Array
• HEAD — High Energy Astrophysics Division
• DCOF — Dynamic Coefficient of Friction
• ADSMP — Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics
• ENZ — Epsilon-Near-Zero
• MU2E — A Fermilab experiment that will search for the conversion of a muon into an electron
• IOPD — Integrated Optical Path Difference
• SCF — Spectral Comparator Facility
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
• SDFF — Spectroscopically Determined Force Field
• FIM — Field Ion Microscope

• CCPP — Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
• ENDF — Evaluated Nuclear Data File
• DNP — Division of Nuclear Physics
• IGRF — International Geomagnetic Reference Field
• DIW — De-Ionzied Water
• EXMPS — Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences
• FDM — fused deposition modeling
• CRESST — Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers
• STMAP — Studies in Mathematical Physics
• FFAH — Filament-Filled Annular Helical
• RMU — Ring Main Unit
• XRF — X-Ray Fluorescence
• ASTP — Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics
• PSD — Physical Sciences Data
• ITASS — IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Standards Committee
• CHJS — Chinese Journal of Semiconductors
• ADTM — Alternate Density Transmission Medium
• DOG — Double Optical Gating
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• BSS.2 — Beta-Particle Secondary Standards System
• SSTEC — Solid State Technology
• SFC — Sideway Force Coefficient
• NEBM — Nudged Elastic Band Method
• PSL — Physics of Solids and Liquids
• PBG — Photonic Band Gap
• VWC — Vector Wavelet Coding
• IBB — Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
• RPT — Reference Point Tracking
• ISSI — International Space Science Institute (Bern, Switzerland)
• CRMMP — Classical Reviews in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• HPLC — High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic
• STMP — Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
• OPTSP — Optics and Spectroscopy
• FORATOM — FORum ATOMique Européen
• MBH — Thousand BTU per Hour
• BHS — Bachelet Hamann Schluter pseudopotentials
• TDM — Two Dimensional Material
• SSCOM — Solid State Communications
• LOPI — Loss of Piping Integrity
• NLCTA — Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator
• IPAP — Institute of Pure and Applied Physics
• DRI — Differential Refractive Index
• SASER — Soud Amplification by Stimulated Emmision of Radiation
• PTHPS — Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
• ECFA STUDY — Study group Physics and Detectors of a Linear Collider.
• XUV — Extreme Ultraviolet
• PREP — Professional Research Experience Program
• DMIP — Division of Medical Imaging Physics
• OSPL — Output Sound Pressure Level

• LIGO — Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
• NZJGG — New Zealand Journal Geology and Geophysics
• PVST — Pressure Vacuum Stability Test
• TLD — Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter systems
• MW — Microwave
• FST — Full Scale Tunnel
• OSL — Optical Stimulated Luminescence
• SCV — Squared Coefficient of Variation
• JSUP — Journal of Superconductivity
• MC — magnetic coil
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• DARE — Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• HEP — DOE's Division of High Energy Physics, part of HENP.
• AED — g.l.c.-atomic emission detection
• JLVEN — Journal of Light & Visual Environment
• BZ — Band Zero
• MOPITT — Measurement of Pollution In The Troposphere
• JGRS — Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement
• OPERA — Oscillation Project with EmulsiontRacking Apparatus
• MTF — Modulation transfer function.
• BARC — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• CDW — Continuum Distorted Wave
• CFT — Central Fiber Tracker
• ECP — Effective Core Potential Approxn.(in Electronic-structure Calcn.)
• GRASP — Graphical Representation and Analysis of Surface Properties
• PHSS — Physics of the Solid State
• ECRIS — Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Ion Source
• WWV — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Colorado
• CHJPH — Chinese Journal of Physics
• FT — Fourier transformation
• RRDPC — Recent Research Development in Physical Chemistry
• JPHCS — Journal of Physics - Conference Series
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
• TIRF — Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence
• JNLM — Journal of Non Linear Mechanics
• HFM — Highly Friction Modified
• WD — Weak Dipole
• SANS — Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
• MCHF — Multi-Configuration Hartree-Fock
• WDFF — Weak Dipole Form Factor
• CISR — Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation
• ZI — Zone Industrielle
• CRCPD — Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
• DIA — Dynamic Input Area
• Q — Quantizer
• SPECT — single-photon emission computed tomography
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Spectroscopy
• JPLPH — Journal of Plasma Physics
• PLDS — Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures
• FIRI — Fourth International Radiocarbon Intercomparison

• OPTLT — Optics Laser Technology
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• JSLR — Journal of Soviet Laser Research
• PFID — Perturbed Free Induction Decay
• ENAPC — Environmental Analytical and Physical Chemistry Series
• SPE — solid phase extraction column
• HSST — Heavy-Section Steel Technology
• YAG — Holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet
• AGW — Acoustic Gravity Wave
• CTD — Central Tracking Detector
• PAW — Plasma Arc Weld
• PISCO — Parallel Imager for Southern Cosmological Observations
• DONUT — Direct Observation of the Nu Tau
• GRT — Germanium Resistance Thermometer
• VLHC — Very Large Hadron Collider
• RO — Read Only
• QTI — Quantum Theory of Immortality
• CPHY — Communications on Physics
• RESL — Radiological and Environmental Science Laboratory
• JAP — Journal of Applied Physics
• DD — Differential Detection
• PTHPH — Progress of Theoretical Physics
• DOELAP — Department Of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program
• HIPD — High-Intensity Powder Diffractometer
• UATD — Uniform Asymptotic Theory of Diffraction
• FLIR — Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
• GRAND — gamma ray and neutron detector
• ALEPH — Apparatus for LEP PHysics, at CERN
• PHYES — Physics Essays
• SPDF — Space Physics Data Facility
• QCL — Quantum Cascade Laser
• MIS — Magnetic Isolation System
• OCQ — Old Covariant Quantization
• CCMP — Computational Condensed Matter Physics
• PCN — Physics and Contemporary Needs
• NIM — National Instrumentation Methods
• TAM — Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• PFD — Photon Flux Density
• CSTN — Color Super Twist Nematic
• DHV — Demonstrate Higher Value
• EHT — Extra High Tension
• ZDR — Zeroth-order Design Report
• AFPL — Air Force Phillips Laboratory
• SCLIR — Secondary Calibration Laboratories for Ionizing Radiation
• ALG — Advanced Lithography Group
• NACT — Nonlinear Asymptotic Coupling Theory
• QGM — Quantitative Gas Measurement
• VRS — Vortex Ring State
• CPI — Computational Physics Inc
• OBQ — Optimize Beam Quality

• EUROMET — A European collaboration in measurement standards
• FR — Filtered Radiometer
• RMP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• HTOL — High Temperature Operating Lifetest
• PHB — Physics Bulletin
• QMF — Quadrature Mirror Filter
• HRE — Heterogeneity Recency Exit
• HWP — Half Wavelength Plate
• JDS — Joint Density of States
• AGUSM — American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting
• LEAR — Low Energy Antiproton Ring
• MOP — Minds on Physics
• LGA — lattice gas automaton
• PACS — Physics and Astronomy Classification Schemex
• CRR — Center for Radiological Research
• PHFL — Physics of Fluids
• EAF — Electric Arc Furnace
• CTI — Critical Technologies Institute
• ESB — Electrical Substitution Bolometer
• LCLS — Linac Coherent Light Source
• ROC — Receiver Operator Characteristic Curve
• MSA — Meridian Stress Assessment
• LOCA — Loss of Coolant Accident
• SINH — hyperbolic sine function
• AXAF-I — Imaging Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• FMI — The Fermilab Main Injector
• IC — Initial Condition
• HEPIC — High Energy Physics Information Center
• AFCP — Atomic Flux Coating Process
• JGR — Journal of Geophysical Research
• SKACR — Superconducting Kinetic-inductance Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• FID — Free Induction Decay (Fourier Transform Spectroscopy)
• MBB — Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
• INSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
• RXS — Resonant X-Ray Scattering
• TDIF — Teac Digital Interface Format
• UHV-SPM — Ultra High Vacuum Scanning Probe Microscopy
• XRR — X-ray Reflectivity
• AESR — Array-Enhanced Stochastic Resonance
• ADPPR — Advances in Plasma Physics Research
• SQW — Single Quantum Well
• BB — Blackbody
• CCG — Calibration Coordination Group
• AVN — Accuracy Vanishing Now
• JAES — Journal of Audio Engineering Society
• CQM — constituent-quark model
• ORELA — Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator
• CASS — Calibration Accuracy Support System
• CCFP — Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
• P-P — Peak-to-Peak (Value)

• IRIS — Integrated Radiation Information System
• HEAT — High-Energy Antimatter Telescope
• SVPAC — Soviet Physics Acoustics
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• TT — Torsion Twist
• BQP — Bounded-error Quantum Polynomial time
• HIRDLS — High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder
• CHJG — Chinese Journal of Geophysics
• FF — Fission Fragments
• TPM — Transport in Porous Media
• NBSR — National Bureau of Standards Reactor
• FSBS — Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• EP — Electrostatic Potential
• CTF — CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) Test Facility
• KKR — Korringa Kohn Rostoker approximation
• ADBMP — Advances in Biological and Medical Physics
• LRA — Locked Rotor Ampere
• SCCM — standard cubic centimeters per minute
• HVLS — High volume low speed
• ARIE — Asynchronous Ratio Of Internal To External
• JILA — formerly Joint Institute Laboratory for Astrophysics
• WFS — Wave Field Synthesis
• PGP — Physics of Geological Processes
• NAMT — National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed
• TL — Temporal Logic
• DSA — digital subtraction angiography
• ASET — Association of Super-advanced Electronics Technologies
• BEPC — Beijing Electron Positron Colider
• LCT — Lattice Compatibility Theory
• SEY — Secondary Electron Yield
• LDMS — Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry
• FANS — Filter Analyzer Neutron Spectrometer
• AGP — Annals of Geophysics
• ACFM — Advanced Coal Flow Measurement
• FIR — far-infrared radiation
• RSM — Regional Spectral Model
• BSS — Beta Secondary System
• BGSM — Bowman Gray School of Medicine
• MACHO — Massive Compact Halo Object
• PCM — Phase Change Materials
• APM — Absolute Proper Motion
• BIM — Body In Motion
• LUNA — Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics at Gran Sasso.
• IHEP — Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing, China.
• KP — Knowles and Physics
• WBCT — Wavelet Based Contourlet Transform
• BTEV — Proposed dedicated B physics experiment at Fermilab's Tevatron
• GLM — Generalized Linear Model
• FCG — Fatigue Crack Growth
• PLA — Physics Letters A

• AF — Alternating Field
• APPHL — Applied Physics Letters
• PADE — Parallel Applications Development Environment
• RHIP — Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
• W/F — Wandel/ Fietstochten
• BEV — Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Vienna, Austria
• SQM — Super Quantum Mechanics
• CHAOS — Canadian High Acceptance Orbit Spectrometer
• TAGU — Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
• RTTR — Real Time Thermal Rating
• MAPLE — Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment
• PHP — Physics in Perspective
• PFW — Propagating Floquet Wave
• COPHC — Computer Physics Communications
• ARAC — Arithmetic Robot Application Control
• MONO — MONOphonic
• SQM — Square Meter
• PB — Primary Beam
• ECFA — European Committee for Future Accelerators
• GWR — Guided Wave Radar
• WHC — Washington Hospital Center
• CBO — Corrected Born-Oppenheimer (in Calcns. For Mol. Complexes)
• MTD — Minimum Translation Distance
• IMECE — International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
• BAVL — Barium Vapor Laser
• KCDB — Key Comparison and Calibration Database
• EJPH — European Journal of Physics
• LHC — The Large Hadron Collider
• ITS — International Temperature Scale
• BTE — Brake Thermal Efficiency
• RRDAP — Recent Research Development in Applied Physics
• EEP — Einstein Equivalence Principle
• HDT — Heat Distortion Temperature
• LLD — Lamp Lumen Depreciation
• JULIE — Joint Utilization of Laser Integrated Experiments
• IEN — Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale (Italy)
• AGS — The Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven
• JANNAF — Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force
• CCRI — Comité Consultatif des Rayonnements Ionisants
• BR — Branching Ratio
• 4THD — Fourth Dimension
• CLR — Center of Lateral Resistance
• DEPA — Dynamic Elastic Properties Analyzer
• QTG — Quantum Theory of Gravity
• MML — Material Measurement Laboratory
• PV — plasma volume
• IWEPNM — International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials
• ZGS — Zero Gradient Synchrotron
• APEX — AntiProton Experiment
• ASL — Ambient Stress Level

• ESSPH — Essays in Physics
• NG6M — Neutron Guide No. 6
• HI RES FLY'SEYE — High-energy cosmic ray experiment in Dugway, Utah
• EOS TPC — Equation of State Time Projection Chamber experiment
• MAFF — Munich Accelerator for Fission Fragments
• PEAQ — Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality
• GSI — Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
• EDF — Enhanced Depth of Field
• ITER — International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
• LBRS — Low Background Reference System
• SFCP — Special Foreign Currency Program
• MPDS — Mechanics and Physics of Discrete Systems
• TD-FW — Time Domain Floquet Wave
• DOT — Degeneration Over Time
• BRAN — Boulder Research and Administrative Network
• CIPT — CNS Institute for Physics Teachers
• CONCP — Contemporary Concepts in Physics
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
• FBS — Few-Body Systems
• FFAI — Field-Free Associative Ionization
• IPL — Intense Pulsed Light
• PO2 — Pressure of Oxygen
• DAMA — Dark Matter
• OHEP — Office of High Energy Physics
• EGR — Energy Generation Region
• NAS — Net Analyte Signal
• CHPH — Chemical Physics
• MACH — Modelo Acoplado de Coordinacion Hidrotermica
• FCI — Fast Causal Inference
• MEXP — Methods of Experimental Physics
• QFEP — Quantum Free Energy Perturbation (calcn. Method)
• WSTC — Westinghouse Science and Technology Center
• TW — Top of Wall
• NPDF — Nuclear Parton Distribution Function
• SPIRES — Stanford Public Information Retrieval System
• ICNIRP — International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
• DMF — Dual Mass Flywheel
• MUCOOL — MUon COOLing experiment
• GN — Gaussian Noise
• PEP-II — The official name for the SLAC B Factory
• ENEA — Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E L'Ambiente
• TME — Theory Model Elimination
• VATF — Vibration and Acoustic Test Facility
• QMD — Quantum Molecular Dynamics (for Calcns. On The Dynamics Of A Quantum Particle Coupled To A Classical Many-body System)
• GRS — Gamma Ray Spectrometer
• HALO — Hypersonic Aircraft Launch Option
• CDMS — Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
• EOTD — Enhanced Observed Time Difference
• ACM — Adiabatic Connection Model
• JGEO — Journal of Geodynamics

• BAS — Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• DR-SFG — Doubly Resonant Sum Frequency Generation
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instituteumental Coefficient Package
• FZ — Far Zone
• EDR — Equivalant Direct Radiation
• JMAGR — Journal of Magnetic Resonance
• WSQ — Wavelet Scalar Quantization
• MCQDT — Multi Channel Quantum Defect Theory
• FFAG — Fixed-Field Alternating Gradient
• CCM — Computational Continuum Mechanics
• TUT — Time Under Tension
• PEMF — Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field
• TL — Total Length
• CMMPH — Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• ISI — In-Situ Interferometer
• ESS — European Spallation Source
• PBE — Pool Boiling Experiment
• QVB — Quasiempirical Valence Bond (method)
• NIPDE — National Initiative for Product Data Exchange
• QOA — Quasi-Optical Amplifier
• BTFM — Basic Two Fluid Model
• HELP — High Energy Laser Propagation
• ISS — Input-to-State Stability
• REM — Roentgen Equivalent Man (Unit of Dose Equivalent)
• PMPO — Peak Momentary Performance Output
• DSEG — Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics
• BAW — Bulk Acoustic Wave
• FF — Forward Facing
• FTAM — Flow Through Alpha Monitor
• CFR — Continuous Flow Recycling
• VSV — Vacuum Switching Valve
• LITA — Laser-Induced Thermal Acoustics
• EU — Entropy Unit
• EFP — Effective Fringing Property
• BCS — Bragg Crystal Spectrometer
• BM — Bending Magnet
• WSPM — Wavelet-based Statistical Parametric Mapping
• GLC — Global Linear Collider
• CPEP — Contemporary Physics Education Project
• PET — photosynthetic electron transport
• EQE — External Quantum Efficiency
• QGD — Quantum-Geometry Dynamics
• NORAMET — A North American regional collaboration in national measurement standards and services
• RIDIC — Radiation Internal Dose Information Center
• BTD — Basic Thermodynamics
• HT — High Tension
• MCU — Mobile Calibration Unit
• ZPD — Zeta Potential Distribution
• INFN-LNF — The National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Italy
• ADVP — Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profiler

• WWVB — Call letters for NIST lf radio station in Colorado
• SI — selectivity index
• QIO — Quantum Infinite-Order
• ECT — Edge Crush Testing
• LHCB — Large Hadron Collider beauty Experiment
• WMAP — Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
• LTEC — Lamp Testing Engineers Conference
• FPC — Fullerene Production Chamber
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatory
• IPHO — International Physics Olympiad
• FZS — Far Zone Scattering
• APT — Annular Proton Telescope
• CQW — Coupled Quantum Wells
• TOBSY — Total ThroughBond Correlation Spectroscopy
• TPR — Tangential Pond Return
• INFN — Italy's Institute Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
• CTP — Classical Turning Point
• KTG — Kinetic Theory of Gases
• CAO — Carlsbad Area Office
• RRP — Research Reports in Physics
• AIGER — American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium
• APS — Advanced Propagation Systems
• RBF — radial basis function network
• HPL — Hot-electron Photo-Luminescence
• JINR — The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.
• PPSL — Proceedings of the Physical Society of London
• QGD — Gate - Drain Charge
• GSQM — General Superfield Quantization Method
• MICE — Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
• QCT — Quasi-Classical Trajectory
• MLDA — Modified Local Density Approximation
• HIPA — High Intensity Proton Accelerator
• VLG — Varying Localized Geminal
• SM — Standard Model
• EIEO — Energy In, Energy Out
• ESDIAD — Electron-Stimulated Desorption Ion Angular Distributions
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• HELEN — High Energy Laser Embodying Neodymium
• APPMT — Advanced Photon Processing and Measurement Technology
• MEST — Matter Energy Space Time
• YPP — Young Particle Physicists
• ING — Intense Neutron Generator
• PHPL — Physics of Plasmas
• INMRI-ENEA — Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti - Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie
• LP — Linear Polarization
• QOG — Quasi-Optical Grill
• BPS — Bogomolnyi-Prasad-Sommerfield
• MSDB — Magnetically Stabilized Fluidized Bed
• QCI — Quadratic Configuration Interaction
• WERB — Washington Editorial Review Board

• LEIR — Low Energy Ion Ring
• MPD — Multiphoton Detector
• WICM — Waves in Complex Media
• RPV — Reactor Pressure Vessel
• ANVIS — Aviator Night Vision Imaging System
• OFR — Optics for Research
• NCNR — NIST Center for Neutron Research
• NS — Navier-Stokes
• ZPV — Zero Pressure Volume
• OPSL — Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser
• UDD — Neutron, one up quark (u) and two down quarks (d)
• TTP — Trends in Theoretical Physics
• IPSN — L'Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
• SAXES — Super Advanced Xray Emission Spectrometer
• TPHY — Techniques of Physics
• ADI — Advanced Distance Integration
• MPAM — Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics
• BBR — Back Bouncing Rod
• E — Electric
• ATW — Accelerator Transmutation Of Waste (for Radioactive Waste)
• ECH — Eddy Current Heating
• IBIS — Ion Beam Information System
• TID — Total Ionizing Dose
• WLF — Williams-Landel-Ferry equation
• CPA — Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• BD — Below Detection
• LWGR — Light-Water-cooled, Graphite-moderated Reactor
• JCCRER — U.S.-Russia Joint Coordinating Committee on Radiation Effects Research
• RFP — Radiation Flux Parameter
• PAPPH — Pure and Applied Physics
• LEED — Low Energy Electron Diffraction
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
• FBAP — Function Block Application Process
• NOMAD — Neutrino Oscillation Magnetic Detector
• ISPP — Illinois State Physics Project
• NIMP — National Institute of Materials Physics
• SDIU — Scanivalve Digital Interface Unit
• EIPP — Eastern Interconnect Phasor Project
• PHT — Pseudo Hadamard Transformation
• MCMS — Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures
• CHORUS — CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research Apparatus
• ACCI — Atlantic Canada Coral Initiative
• BEAR — Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation
• EDN — Event Detection and Notification
• MM — Molecular Mechanics
• TCAOCC — Two-Center Atomic Orbital Close Coupling
• DESY — Deutches Elektronen SYnchrotron laboratory in Hamburg, Germany
• PHENIX — Pioneering High-Energy Nuclear Interaction eXperiment, at Brookhaven.
• HW — Hard Wall
• CTE — Correlated Transfer And Excitation

• BSM — Bell State Measurement
• CCDS — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Second
• ZDC — Zero-Degree Calorimeter
• HQM — Hemi-Quantal Mechanics
• H — Hotline
• EME — Electromagnetic Effects
• EPV — Exclusion Principle Violating
• PEM — polymer-electrolyte-membrane
• ATD — Above-Threshold Dissociation
• CESR — The Cornell Electron Storage Ring
• SSELE — Solid State Electronics
• TCD — Thermal Conductivity response Detector
• HIRES — High Resolution Echellle Spectrometer
• WEDG — Wire Electro-Discharge Grinding
• QCC — Quadrupole Coupling Constant
• ACFF — Alternating Current Field Measurement
• FC — Footcandle
• FIOA — Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics
• PV — Pressure Vessel
• VR — Vibrationally resonant
• BEDO — Beitr. elektronenmikroskop. Direktabb. Oberfl.
• FCF — Fusion Component Failure
• IUPAP — International Union for Pure and Applied Physics.
• FC — Flow Controller
• PPPL — Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• DAFNE — Double Annular Factory for Nice Experiments
• KTEV — Kaons at the Tevatron
• WIPM — Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
• NUMI — Neutrinos at the Main Injector
• SIMS — Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• DEA — Downstream Endcap Array
• CMMPE — Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics
• NEOS — Newport Electro-Optic Systems
• J — Torsional Constant for a structural Section
• TTY — Torque to Yield
• FCFR — Fusion Component Failure Rate
• DFL — Distributed Feedback Laser
• OMNIS — Observatory For Multiflavor Neutrinos From Supernovae
• PMRS — Proton magnetic resonance Spectroscopy
• TNO — Trans-Neptunian Object
• BSSI — British Superultramodern Scientific Institution
• HTRA — High Time Resolution Astrophysics
• FOE — Force of Energy
• WONP — Workshop on Nuclear Physics
• BZ — Brillouin Zone
• ICRM — International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology
• CSDA — Continuous-Slowing-Down Approximation
• DM(S) — Digital material(s)
• MINERVA — A neutrino-scattering experiment that uses the NuMI beamline at Fermilab to search for low-energy neutrino interactions

• INS — Ion-Neutralization Spectroscopy
• BB — Broad-bandwidth
• RHEED — Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction
• SPEAR — The Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring
• HERA-B — Fixed-target experiment at DESY, to investigate CP violation in the B meson
• EBAS — Electron Bombardment Anneal System
• TRU — Transuranic
• RPPH — Reports of Progress in Physics
• NCRA — National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
• PE — Plasma Effects
• RHR — Right Hand Rule
• QFT — Quantum Field Theory
• MCNP — Monte Carlo Neutron Photon (computer code)
• MKSA — Meter, Kilogram, Second, Ampere
• QCA — Quasi- Crystalline Approximation
• QHB — Quantum Nature of the Hydrogen Bond
• COSMOS — Cosmologically Significant Mass Oscillation Search at Fermilab to detect muon neutrino to tau neutrino oscillations.
• NUGEO — Nuclear Geophysics
• SGL — Sander Geophysics Ltd
• SEBA — Standards Employees Benefit Association
• FED — Field-Emitter Display
• GMRI — Gated Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• ANTARES — Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research
• LVE — Light Vibrational Energy
• CCFR — Chicago Columbia Fermilab Rochester
• CTS — Convert Texture Sequence
• RVGSP — Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
• REIXS — Resonant Elastic and Inelastic Xray Scattering
• ART — Adaptive Resonance Theory
• BLP — boron-loaded plastic (scintillator)
• NORA — Non-Overlapping Redundant Array
• FEDEM — Finite Element Dynamics in Elastic Mechanisms
• MARGR — Marine Geophysical Researches
• RBUU — Relativistic Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck
• MQDT — Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory
• PAMA — Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance
• MAG — Modern Approaches in Geophysics
• NMI — National Measurement Institute
• ULV — Ultra Low Volume
• IESNA — Illumination Engineering Society of North America
• FMUP — Flawed Modern Ultramodern Physics
• SIG — Signaling Channel
• BCR — Boron Control Rod
• PEMI II — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer, Second generation
• DWNT(S) — double-wall nanotube(s)
• HR3DCT — High Resolution 3-D Computed Tomography
• HFD — High Frequency Detection
• PAR — Parabolic Aluminum Reflector
• MP — magnetic particle
• CEV — Constant Elasticity of Variance

• PER — Physics Education Research
• NAD — Nihilistic Animation Data
• FIMS — Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer
• JPTEO — Journal of Physics - Teacher Education Online
• NEAR-INFRARED — NIR
• SOUDAN II — Soudan II underground detector
• PSJ — Pivoted Shoe Journal
• PMBC — Process-Model Based Control
• MPMS — Magnetic Property Measurement System
• CEM — Cascade Exciton Model
• QVE — Quasi-Vibrational Energy
• REB — Relativistic Electron Beam
• TMP — Thermo Mechanical Pulping
• DOIM — Dense Optical Interface Module
• UVB — Ultraviolet Beta
• QFED — Quantum Field-Effect Directional coupler
• ICMP — Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
• ARUPS — Angle-Resolved Ultra-violet Photoemission Spectroscopy
• HEPL — High Energy Physics Laboratory
• EPICS — Experiment Physics and Industrial Control System
• NPPSB — Nonequilibrium Problems in the Physical Sciences and Biology
• CIAQ — Committee on Indoor Air Quality
• FIT — Frequency Intensity Time
• TEXT — Texas Experimental Tokamak
• FTMS — Fluid Transfer Management System
• H — Hotness
• ARXPS — Angle Resolved X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• AFC — Amplitude to Frequency Conversion
• ITAMP — International Meeting of Theory of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• RVGES — Reviews of Geophysics Supplement
• MDR — Maximum Detectable Rigidity
• QM — Quark Model
• ITRP — International Technology Recommendation Panel
• PLTP — Progress in Low Temperature Physics
• FCCU — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Unit
• PL — Physics Laboratory
• LF — Low Friction
• CCDM — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Meter
• C — Counter
• MACRO — Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory
• PDML — Photovoltaic Device Measurement Laboratory
• TNA — Thermal Neutron Analysis
• SUBI — Southern Urals Biophysics Institute
• BEC — Bose Einstein Condensate
• PWS — Primary Working Standard
• TUFIR — Tunable Far Infrared (Radiation)
• GIBI- — 2 ^ 30
• EMMA — Euclidean Model MAtching
• AIF — Assumed Internal Force
• HERA — Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator at DESY

• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• CM — Convenient Measure
• LHC-B — Large Hadron Collider B Experiment
• GVHD — Graft-Versus Host Disease
• DGT — Discrete Group Transform
• LVIS — Low Velocity Intense Source
• CNRF — Cold Neutron Research Facility
• FAD — FASCAL Absolute Detector
• PRC — Pressure Regulator Control
• ELNES — Energy-loss near-edge structure
• ACP — American Center for Physics
• DU — Durability
• MCC — Mesoscale Compressible Community
• FTM — Fluid Transfer Management
• CREB — Cern Reports Editorial Board
• SFA — Sachs Freeman and Associates
• ERATO — Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology Office
• HPP — Hydropower Plant P
• NPHS — Nature Physical Science
• OTD — Optical Technology Division
• RSS — Regression Sum of Squares
• EBM — Energy by Motion
• TOP — Time Optimized Process
• QP — quasi periodic
• LEPP — Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
• ASCA — Japan-NASA X-ray Satellite
• MOEMS — Micro Optp Electro Mechanical Systems
• CCM — complementary contact model
• BBN — Brains And Backbone Network
• NAS/NRC — National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
• TWTA — traveling-wave tube amplifier
• OIML — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• SGR — Soft Gamma Repeater
• MDRF — Materials Dosimetry Reference Facility
• PS — polystyren
• RFS — Receptive Field Size
• IFEL — Inverse Free Electron Laser
• X — Horizontal axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• OCLI — Optical Cooling Laboratory Incorporated
• HSE — Hard Sphere Expansion
• FRAM — Functional Resonance Accident Model
• PAB — Physics Astronomy Building
• STLR — Safety Thermal Limit Recorder
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy
• QHO — Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
• EPB — Extracted Proton Beam
• NEC — Nippon Electric Corporation
• WGFF — Working Group for Fluid Flow
• VTD — Variable Torque Differential
• BETA NMR — Beta-radiation Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

• ALARA — As Long As Radiation Allows
• CIRF — Circular Flow
• PHYED — Physics Education
• DDDI — Density Dependent Delta Interaction
• EDXRF — energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• RRV — Record Relocation Vector
• IAG — International Association of Gravity
• PDI — percent depth ionization
• PMB — Physics in Medicine and Biology
• EFS — Enhanced Fujita [EF] scale (weather)
• NPGS — Nanometer Pattern Generation System
• BP — Before Polarization
• CSD — Computational Structural Dynamics
• HPL — High Pressure Lanes
• DBC — Delicate Balance Collective
• ODE — Ordinary Differential Equation
• QED — Quantum Electrodynamics
• LBIR — Low Background Infrared Radiometry
• AAA — Advanced Applications of Accelerators
• RT — Reference Time
• WFTE — Wigner Function Transport Equation
• LMAPH — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• HRTS — High Resolution Telescope Spectrograph
• SIFC — Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator
• NRCC — National Research Council Canada
• QELS — Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
• AM1 — First Launch in the morning series of EOS platforms
• AERD — Alpha Energy Range Discrimination
• PWR — Pressurized-Water Reactor
• DRM — Digital Radio Mondial
• EXAFS — Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
• ISBR — Inter-SubBand Radiation
• DFS — Displaced Fermi Surface
• LZT — Lead Zirconate Titanate
• CPM — Collision Probability Methods
• CF — Cross Flow
• DP — Data Point
• CET — Constant Elasticity of Transformation
• DFTS — Dispersive Fourier Transform Spectrometry
• PPCPP — Progress in Photochemistry and Photophysics
• CR — CRystalline solid
• ATWE — Annual Time Weighted Exposure
• DORT — Discrete Ordinates Code
• LLB — Laboratoire Leon Brillouin
• CFE — Coplaner Fluid Ejector
• UXT — Uniaxial Strain Test
• EAPL — Electronic AstroPhysical Journal Letters
• ALCSG — Asian Linear Collider Steering Committee.
• HEPA — High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting
• CLEAR — Controlled Liquid Electrophoresis Absorption Reflection

• FFP — Field-Free Point
• VUV — Vacuum Ultraviolet
• UVA — University of Virginia
• TLA — Temporal Logic of Actions
• ROCK — Rigidity Optimized Conformational Kinetics
• EIC — Electron Ion Collider (nuclear physics)
• OSP — Of Open Source Physics
• FOCUS — FOtoproduction of Charm: Upgraded Spectrometer
• FSW — Fast Spherical Wavelet
• ZETA — Zero Energy Thermonuclear Apparatus
• BSDM — Biased Site Disordered Model
• MTS — Muffin Tin Surface
• VNIIOF — All-Union Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements
• EEPROM — Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• HF — High Flange
• QNP — Quattro Nuclear Probe
• COP — Coefficient Of Power
• QTN — Quasi-Thermal Noise
• PIGP — Proceedings of the Institute of General Physics
• ERF — Energy Rejection Filter
• SBLOCA — Small-Break Loss-Of-Coolant Accident
• ILL — L'Institut Laue Langevin
• BSM — Beam Simulation Method
• DAFS — Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure
• TXR — Thermal-infrared Transfer Radiometer
• HARPS — High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (spectrography)
• NEWRAD — New Radiometry
• IQI — Image Quality Indicator
• BKT — Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless crossover
• SNAP — SuperNova Acceleration Probe, proposed space telescope
• ELCSG — European Linear Collider Steering Group
• EDT — Equivalent Difference Transmission
• OFS — Österreichisches Forschungszentrum
• QPT — Quantum Phase Transition
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Process
• CTMC — Classical Trajectory Monte Carlo
• LCRD — Linear Collider Research and Development
• PSI — Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland, Joint Institute of ETH)
• ULE — Ultra Light Engineering
• DLT — Dynamic Laser Trimming
• SPARS — Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
• VET — Vibration Energy Transfer
• TAD — time-averaged difference
• IPT — Inductive Power Transfer
• UFM — Ultrasonic Force Microscopy
• TLS — Two-Level tunneling System
• ACR — Advanced Candu Reactor
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Student Chapter
• ROSPEC — Rotating Spectrometer for Neutrons
• TQF — Triple- Quantum- Filtered

• IPVD — Interior Physical Vapor Deposition
• BNM — National Bureau of Metrology, France
• FEA — Field-Emitter Array
• MRFM — magnetic resonance force microscopy
• AOI — Areas of Interaction
• E — Efficiency
• CORM — Council for Optical Radiation Measurements
• DIGM — Diffusion Induced Grain Motion
• RBE — Relative Biological Efficiency
• WFSS — Weak Field Seeking State
• NNP — Non Neutral Plasma
• ECC — Engineered Cementitious Composite
• DOE — Dynamic Operating Environment
• STF — Space-Time-Frequency
• RFZ — Reverse Flow Zone
• NRRS — Near Resonance Rayleigh Scattering
• SLC — SLAC Linear Electron-Positron Collider
• GRASP — General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception
• SIAP — System for Improved Acoustic Performance
• QT — Quantum Theory
• ARGONEUT — The Argon Neutrino Teststand
• CMPC — Constrained Multivariable Predictive Control
• MET — Medium Energy Telescope
• WIAS — Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics
• GDT — Gas Discharge Tube
• RB — Rigid Body
• SSDL — Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories
• UV-B — Ultraviolet-Biological
• E — Epsilon
• NAAL — North American Aerodynamic Laboratory (Wind Tunnel)
• MGLT — Micro-Gravity Linear acceleration Tolerance
• GMTI — Global Magnetization Transfer Imaging
• ULTIM — Ultrasonic Imaging
• MDAP — Momentum Density of Annihilation Pairs
• CFS — Constant-Final-State Spectroscopy
• ATFT — Affine Toda Field Theory
• MINOS — Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search
• BPC — Boost Pressure Control
• DTM — Dynamic Thermal Management
• SLM — Single Longitudinal Mode
• QMD — Quantum Metrology Division
• CTP — Center for Theoretical Physics
• CDCU — Correlated Dimension Correlated Uniqueness
• FNAL — Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
• RTP — Rapid Thermal Processing
• SVJPP — Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics
• PAIS — Photo Acoustic Infrared Spectroscopy
• NPL — Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
• P&S — Permanent and Stationary
• PIXE — Particle Induced Xray Emission

• CT — Computed tomographic scan
• DBP — Division of Biological Physics
• LPA — Long Path Absorption
• OPTPN — Optics & Photonics News
• HPI — Hybrid Polarization Interferometry
• CBS — Compton BackScattering
• JTURB — Journal of Turbulence
• FND — Folded Normal Density
• IPC — Integrated Proton Current
• SIR — Selective Internal Radiation
• FTIR — Fourier Transform Infra-Red
• CAD — Charged Area Development
• C — Country
• AG — Anti-Gravity
• TRIUMF — Tri-University Meson Facility
• DBG — Disease Biophysics Group
• FTS — Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
• BM — Behavioral Model
• RKE — Rotational Kinetic Energy
• PGS — Plane Grating Spectrometer
• JPARC — Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
• VQN — Vibrational Quantum Number
• NUS — Nuclear Safety Standard
• RAND — Radio Neutrino Detector array
• PETT — Positron Emission Transverse of Transaxial
• NRRT — Normal Reference Range Table
• SCFL — Self-Consistent Field Lattice
• DCP — Dielectronic Core Polarization
• CKM — Charged Kaons at the Main Injector
• GINGA — Japanese X-ray Satellite
• BLJPH — Bulgarian Journal of Physics
• PPS — Proceedings of the Physical Society
• F — Flux
• QRB — Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics
• ATLAS — A Toroidal LHC Apparatus
• NESTOR — Neutrino Extended Submarine Telescope with Oceanographic Research
• LNV — Lepton-Number Violating
• MOS — Marine Optical System
• SSPP — Static Strength Prediction Program
• LHM — Liquide Hydraulique Minerale
• DRIP — Detector Response Intercomparison Program
• PCAP — Physics and Computing Advisory Panel
• VFH — Vector Field Histogram
• JPG — Journal of Physics G
• ASA — Aperture Setting Adjustment
• SV — Shock and Vibration
• NIKHEF — National Institute for Subatomic Physics
• INMM — Institute for Nuclear Materials Management
• AXAF-S — Spectroscopy Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• REDA — Resonant-Excitation-Double-Autoionization

• WCFG — Weighted Control Flow Graph
• FPL — Fluroscent Pulse Light
• RDQ — Rate Distortion Quantization
• TERS — Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• POF — Physics of Fluids
• FCC — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker
• MMFT — Many Mode Floquet Theory
• SSUV — Shuttle Solar Ultraviolet
• BE — Bose Einstein
• ALR — Active Lead Ring
• IVR — intramolecular vibrational redistribution
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• GERDA — The GERmanium Detector Array
• QEG — Quantum Einstein Gravity
• FHM — Fast Harmonic Method
• CCF — Carbonaceous Chondrite Fission
• NUSL — The National Underground Science Laboratory in the Homestake Mine, S.D.
• AFFT — Asymptotically Free Field Theories
• AIM — Accurate, Intentional, Measurable
• DACU — Data Acquisition and Control Unit
• NIST-F1 — Current NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• THERMAL AND EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS — thermal and epithermal neutrons
• IETS — Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy
• MIP — Minimum Ionizing Particle
• TTZ — Teisseyre Tornquist Zone
• TAI — International Atomic Time
• CDC — Controlled Dispersion Characteristic
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center
• ICBM — Iogen Configuration Building Module
• CARS — coherent antistokes raman scattering
• CAP — Current Applied Physics
• CMT — Chaos Magic Theory
• COLTRIMS — Cold Target Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• CSTL — Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
• CSE — Compton Scattering Enhancement
• AFP — Accelerated Freefall Progression
• BBIR — Broad Band Infrared
• ADTMP — Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
• PFU — Proton Flux Unit
• FTMD — Field procedure for determining Test Maximum Density
• APGR — Association for Pushing Gravity Research
• ASSI — Airglow Solar Spectrometer Instrument
• TESLA — TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator
• SMZ — Strong Measure Zero
• NED — Nuclear Effects Directorate
• AP — Anti-Proton
• SWBXT — Synchrotron White Beam X-Ray Topography
• RRDCP — Recent Research Development in Chemical Physics
• POP — Plasma Oscillation Probe
• ISP — INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.

• LASJ — Laser Journal
• KSU — King Saud University
• MDS — Measurement Data Set
• R — Radiation
• AFPS — Analyzing Fluid Power Systems
• MND — Mahan-Nozieres-DeDominicis
• PEMI — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer
• EURATOM — European Nuclear Energy Organization
• FTSI — Fourier Transform Spectral Interferometry
• IPNS — Intense Pulsed Neutron Source
• PIPA — Pulsed Integrating Pendulous Accelerometer
• MIS — Mirror Image Stimulation
• XRS — X-Ray Spectrometer
• LMR — Laser Magnetic Resonance
• SDF — Spectral Density Function
• LNF — Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, near Rome, Italy
• FMSS — Fermi Mass Storage System
• CFCP — Copecenter For Cosmological Physics
• WI — Wavelet Image
• QHF — Quantum Heisenberg Ferromagnet
• TSLO — Tracking Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope
• ILC-TRC — International Linear Collider-Technical Reviewing Committee
• TPAG — Theory and Practice of Applied Geophysics
• MME — Methanol Maser Emission
• NGS — National Geological Society
• WNM — Warm Neutral Medium
• FIM — Functional Imaging Methods
• CHTM — Center for High Technology Materials
• VOC — Volts, Open-Circuit
• QTE — Quantum Transport Equation
• IMRT — intensity-modulated radiation therapy
• NCSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• PHYW — Physics World
• EUVL-LLC — EUV Lithography - Limited Liability Corporation
• SVPSS — Soviet Physics Solid State
• LENA — Laboratory For Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (Duke University)
• ISOLDE — Isotype On-Line separator at CERN
• ZPF — Zero-Point-Fluctuation
• GDRIMS — Glow-Discharge Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• CP — Coulomb potential
• SURF-III — The NIST Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility Electron Storage Ring
• VQW — Voronoi Quantized Crossover
• RVPP — Reviews of Plasma Physics
• TE — Total energy
• TSFU — Two Scale Factor Universality
• MLIA — Molecular Libraries of Imaging Agents
• KISS — Keep It Simple Solutions
• RBNP — Reverse Brazil Nut Problem
• OPAL — Open Physics Abstraction Layer
• SCOF — Static Coefficient of Friction

• NPS — nanoparticle(s)
• RBMK — Reactor Bolshoi Moshchnosti Kanalni
• HRG — High Radius of Gyration
• RIMS — Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• MPS — The Microdrop Particle Search at SLAC
• SLAC — The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California
• WWVH — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Hawaii
• DELPHI — Detector with Lepton Photon and Hadron Identification at CERN'sLEP accelerator
• LEP — Large Electron-Positron collider
• GIM — Grazing-Incidence Monochromator
• ITP — Institute for Theoretical Physics
• APOP — Automatic Particle Orientation Procedure
• HENP — Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics
• SYM — Super Yang-Mills Theory
• TSD — Time Speed Distance
• NRIP — NIST Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program
• SET — Single-Electron Transistor
• SSPM — Solid State Photomultipliers
• GRAIL — Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
• USM — Unifying Semantic Model
• QSA — Quantitative Surface Analysis
• IGRA — interferon-gamma release assay
• INM — Institute National de Metrologie
• DNC — Does Not Change
• AIC — Analytical Instrument Control
• AMD — Area Mass Density
• KLOE — K LOng Experiment
• APPL — APplied Physics Letters
• SAGENAP — Scientific Assessment Group for Experiments in Non-Accelerator Physics
• NJCH — New Journal of Chemistry
• DC — Double Capture
• ATLAS — Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System
• LIPS — Lorentz Invariant Phase Space
• SPS — Super Proton Synchrotron
• RXF — Refracted X-ray Fluorescence
• WBGT — Wet-Bulb Globe Thermometer
• MRPI — Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Imaging
• FBG — Fiber Bragg Grating
• DDD — Dynamic Digital Depth
• ITEP — Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
• SZB — Single Zone Boundary
• MOTA — Man Of The Atom
• VLHC — Very-Large Hadron Collider
• PSML — Physical Systems Modeling Laboratory
• CXRS — Charge-Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy
• AI — Associative Ionization
• BNC — Boron Nitride Coating
• ESPD — European Solar Physics Division
• AMS — Accelerator-Mass Spectrometry
• HPPT — HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS AND TECHNICS

• FISCO — Fieldbus Instrinsic Safety Concept
• DPS — Disintegrations Per Second
• LH — Left Handed
• DEXA — dual energy Xray absorptiometry
• PHAPP — Physics and its Applications
• QGS — Quantitative Gated Spectroscopy
• LPRI — Laboratoire Primaire des Rayonnements Ionisants, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• LFAM — Line Focus Acoustic Microscopy
• LO — Local Orbitals
• NAMP — National Analytical Management Program
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
• IPP — Institute of Particle Physics
• PCL — Physics and Chemistry of Liquids
• SCET — Soft Collinear Effective Theory
• ASCA — Advanced Spacecraft for Cosmology and Astrophysics
• SSPG — Solid State Physics Group
• EC — electron-capture
• VXR — Visible Transfer Radiometer
• XPOP — X is Perpendicular to Orbit Plane
• OPAL — Omni Purpose Apparatus for LEP, at CERN
• MD — Magnetic Dipole
• AKD — Altered Kinetic Distance
• ST&A — Space Technology and Aeronautics
• RINF — Retinoid Inducible Nuclear Factor
• NML — National Measurement Laboratory (Japan)
• CMPA — Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics
• HECT — High-Energy Computed Tomography
• RKB — Restricted Kinetic Balance (method In Calcns. Of Wave Functions And Energies)
• EHB — Electronic Handbook
• DR — Direct Reading
• JET — Joint European Torus
• VQL — Variable Quantizing Level
• KEK — Koo Energy Ken
• ULP — Ultra-short Light Pulse
• QZP — Quantum Zeno Paradox
• PBQ — PhotoBeam Quantum
• ADAM — Absolute Disintegration of Available Mass
• MWE — Meters of Water Equivalent
• CSI — Contact Surface Imaging
• ECPR — Electrically-Calibrated Pyroelectric Radiometer
• NBS-4 — Older Primary Frequency Standard
• MPSD — Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
• BW — Bottom of Wall
• APPHY — Applied Physics
• LCL — lifting condensation level
• PMG — Precision Measurement Grant
• TCV — Tokamak à Configuration Variable
• LFO — literature-low frequency oscillations
• SSPL — Solid State Physics Laboratory
• HTS — High Tear Strength

• HSI — Hot Surface Igniter
• USAIDR — US Army Institute of Dental Research
• MPE — Multi Photo Electron
• MES — Minimum Efficient Scale
• HSD — Hadron String Dynamics
• BESS — Breaking Electroweak Symmetry Strongly
• ASWT — Arbitrary Shape Wavelet Transform
• VCSEL — Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser
• MWNT(S) — multi-wall nanotube(s)
• KN — Kilo Newton
• DRIP — Diamagnetically Restored Inverted Pendulum
• ALB — Anti Lock Brake
• TOTEM — TOTal Elastic and diffractive cross section Measurement
• WFSM — Weak Field And Slow Motion
• LBNE — long baseline neutrino experiment
• CBH — Correlated Barrier Hopping
• APL — Applied Physics Letters
• RGM — Resonating Group Method
• NLDFT — Nonlocal Density Functional Theory
• MR — Magneto Rheological
• MAC — Magnitude Amplification Cavity
• VRML — Virtual Reality Markup Language
• PMM — Perpetual Motion Machine
• CPPM — Center for Particle Physics of Marseilles
• VDG — Van de Graaff
• BED — Binary-encounter-dipole
• COMPASS — Common Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy
• SID — Society for Information Display
• FVL — Future of Vertical Lift
• ORT — Oak Ridge Tennessee
• CNDD — conspecific negative density dependence
• SFD — Shear Force Diagram
• ITUFF — IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
• GGCP — Generalized Grand Canonical Potential
• QWI — Quantum Well Intermixing
• GPH — Gas Permeable Hollow
• NCOGH — Nuclear Coal Oil Gas Hydroelectric
• SACR — Space-based Active Cavity Radiometer
• BXR — BMDO Transfer Radiometer
• SIRCUS — Spectral Irradiance and Radiance Calibration with Uniform Sources
• RIMS — Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• UCLC — University Consortium for Linear Collider Research & Development
• TD — Time Definite
• LGG — Least General Generalization
• IMD — Interactive Molecular Dynamics
• SNO — Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
• WGCM — Working Group on Coupled Modelling
• NPSS — Nuclear Power Sources
• UHMW — Ultra-High Molecular Weight
• HRTEM — high-resolution transition electron microscopy

• WCFF — Worst Case Fractionated Formulation
• DSM — Differential Stress Model
• SAM — Super Accelerator Machine
• CV — Flow Coefficient
• CAST — Council of Agricultural Science and Technology
• CNT(S) — carbon nanotube(s)
• EPT — Exchange Perturbation Theory
• HPD — Holistic Probabilistic Design
• PMG — Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics
• AMO — Atomic, Molecular and Optical
• CRNP — Cooperative Research Network Physics
• MIRF — Medical and Industrial Radiation Facility
• UHSDS — Ulta High Speed Deluge System
• CDU — Coolant Distribution Units
• SCIBOONE — The SciBar Booster Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab
• CT — Conductivity Temperature
• VAC — Volts Of Alternating Current
• MIPP — Main Injector Particle Production
• QHE — Quantum Hall Effect
• NSRP — Neutron Science Research Program
• EOM — Electron-Optical Modulator
• PQS — Parallel Quantum Solutions
• UHF — Ultra High Fidelity
• PINS — Portable Isotopic Neutron Spectroscopy
• LNLS — National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (Brazil)
• RVST — Resonance Vibrating Screening Technology
• MMPDS — Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization
• FPL — Frequent Power Loss
• ODEPR — Optical Detected Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• BL — Beam Line at SURF-III
• DFIR — Diffused Infrared
• IP — Interaction Point
• GARD — Graviton Atom Relocation Disruptor
• KET — Komitee für ElementarTeilchenphysik
• FEAT — Fusion Energy Advanced Tokamak
• NSEP — National Standard Examination in Physics
• CAMP — Computational and Applied Mathematical Physics
• LMP — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• Z — Depth axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• DMP — Division of Material Physics
• RS — Resonance Strength
• LWC — Large Water Cherenkov
• ITAP — Isentropic Trajectory Analysis Project
• SFF — Scientific Fudge Factor
• NEMS — Nanoelectromechanical Systems
• HAI — Horizontal Advance Increment
• HCL — Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
• CWP — Century Women to Physics
• CAPE — Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics
• FNR — Ford Nuclear Reactor

• CASP — Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics
• PEEI — Physics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior
• TAPS — Three Arm Photon Spectrometer
• CCE — Consultative Committee on Electricity
• JULIA — Jena University Laboratory of Ion Acceleration
• WBFA — Wavelet Based Fractal Approximation
• HS — Hard Sphere
• MRSM — Multiple Response Surface Modeling
• IET — Integrated Energy Technique
• HDMS — Heidelberg Dark Matter Search
• SND — Spherical Neutral Detector
• PML — Perfect Matched Layer
• AIM — Advanced Idea Mechanics
• PPEP — Plasma Physics and Environmental Perturbation
• AID — Also Includes Drugs
• SF — Static force
• HMT — Hybrid Metamorphose Theory
• LENS — Low Energy Neutrino Spectroscopy, at Heidelberg.
• ASTER — Advance Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer
• RT — Ray Tracing
• MINIMAX/ T-864 — A search for disoriented chiral condensates at Fermilab.
• WBFT — Wavelet Based Fractal Transform
• CDCC — Continuum Discretized Coupled Channels
• ICS — Incredible Cross-Section
• AFTA — Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets
• BCS — Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory of superconductivity
• WFST — Weighted Finite State Transducers
• NDSM — Non-Dimensional Schmidt Model
• SEMATECH — Consortium of 14 U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturers
• RH — Reference Height
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Press
• PM — particulate material
• B — Baryon
• SAGE — Soviet-American Gallium Experiment
• LPC — LHC Physics Center
• ICPS — International Conference of Physics Students
• QCD — Quantum Chromo Dynamics
• GLAST — Gammaray Large Area Space Telescope
• GSL — Generalized Second Law
• SWIP — Society of Women in Physics
• OQS — Occupied Quantum State
• APM — Associated Particle Method
• DFL — density functional theory
• IGEX — International Germanium Experiment in Spain.
• PTR — Proton Transfer Reaction
• SSTR — Solid State Track Recorder
• RHED — Regions of High Electron Density
• EROS — Electric Resonance Optothermal Spectrometer
• MAT — Manifold Air Temperature
• JASPER — Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research

• CLO — Colour Light Output
• RAP — Roentgen area product
• UCN — Ultra Cold Neutron
• LNL — Laboratori Nazionali di Leganaro, in northern Italy.
• EMIS — Electro Magnetic Interpretation System
• NCSL — National Conference of Standards Laboratories
• ZF — Zero Field
• IE — Independent Event
• HEPA — high efficiency particulate air (filter)
• PCE — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
• TGF — Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash
• PV — Product Volume
• ED — Element Distinctness
• MARLAP — Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Procedures
• PAR — Partially Absorbed or Reflected
• UPWT — Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel
• QCT — Quantitative Computed Tomography
• UEB — Universal Energetic Balancing
• PBO — Particle Beam Optics
• BEPM — Bielefeld Encounters in Physics and Mathematics
• SL — Super Linear
• PUM — Physics Union Mathematics
• CRDS — Cavity-Ring-Down Spectroscopy
• LNS — Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, in southern Italy.
• KF — Kinematical Factor
• VNIIM — Mendeleyev Institute of Metrology
• LTW — Linearly Transformed Wave
• QFEX — Quantim Field Theory under the influence of EXternal conditions
• DP — Dynamically Positioned
• NR — Non-Relativistic