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• PRE — Proportional Reduction of Error
• PRDT — Physical Restraint Decision Tree
• PRC — Photometry, Radiometry, and Calorimetry
• US — United States of America
• POCOE — Principle Of Conservation Of Energy
• PR — PRobability of ....
• PPU — Physics processing unit
• PQ — Photon To Quark
• M3/H — Cubic Meters per Hour
• PPP — Physics for Paper and Print
• CT — Computed Tomography
• DT — Differential Temperature
• USA — United States of America
• CPMG — Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill pulse sequence
• MIM — Metal-Insulator-Metal (Diode)
• MM — Millimeter
• ANOVA — Analysis of Variance (statistics)
• CBRN — Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear
• WWW — World Wide Web
• A-BOMB — Atomic Bomb
• A — Ampere
• JMMM — Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
• WHO — World Health Organization
• ESA — European Space Agency
• AIP — American Institute of Physics
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• PI — Penning ionization [
• 19F — Fluorine-19
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• QA/QC — Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• CFF — Critical Flicker Fusion
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• APCVD — Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• CY — Calendar Year
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• XMCD — X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• PN — PN (Pressure Nominal)
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• PNEUM — pneumatic
• EEO — Equal Employment Opportunity
• FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency
• AC — Alternating Current
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• AES — Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• SNOM — Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope
• SPL — Sound Pressure Level
• HD — High Density

• IDMS — Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry
• MEG — Motionless Electromagnetic Generator
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
• TQM — Total Quality Management
• IHPRPTP — Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology Program
• R&D — Research & Development
• CMOS — Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
• RF — Radio Frequency
• BP — Boiling Point
• FOS — Faint Object Spectrograph
• PM — Particle Multiplication
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• DB — Decibel
• AEDY — Aerospace Dynamics
• FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
• APS — American Physical Society
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• LOD — Limit Of Detection
• GR — General Relativity
• ACS — American Chemical Society
• MIL — Military
• NM — Nanometer
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• AEC — Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
• LO — Local Oscillator
• SIMOPS — SIMultaneous OPerationS
• SPR — Surface Plasmon Resonance
• KG — Kilogram
• VHS — Van Hove Singularity
• 2DEG — Two-Dimensional Electron Gas
• LTE — Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium
• AF — Audio Frequency
• IC — Integrated Circuit
• P — Pressure
• SIG — Signal
• ER — Energy Research
• SWAG — Scientific Wild-Ass Guess. A Close Approximation.
• 2PE — Two-Photon Excitation
• STD — Standard
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• LVL — Level
• HPLC — High Performance Liquid Chromatography
• KE — Kinetic Energy
• ECR — Electron Cyclotron Resonance
• ANS — American Nuclear Society
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• CT — Current Transformer

• MRA — Mutual Recognition Arrangement
• ITL — Information Technology Laboratory
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• µ — Micro
• ESR — Electron Spin Resonance
• OSA — Optical Society of America
• ISS — International Space Station
• PHWR — Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor
• PCS — Photon Correlation Spectroscopy
• CV — Constant Velocity
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• CW — Clockwise
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• SIA — Semiconductor Industry Association
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• DAMP — Division of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• YAEL — Yankee Atomic Environmental Laboratory
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• PHD — P-Helicity Decoupling Scheme (P=Momentum)
• DOP — Dilution Of Precision
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• SMYS — Specified Minimum Yield Strength
• PDL — Polarization Dependent Loss
• CDM — Cold Dark Matter
• LF — Low Frequency
• SUPER-K — Super-Kamiokande
• CW — Carrier Wave
• EMT — effective medium theory
• THD — Total Harmonic Distortion
• PMF — Predictor Model File
• FP — Freezing Point
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• PAGE — Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
• NSA — National Security Agency
• HACCP — Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• CW — Continuous Wave
• LMS — Least Mean Square
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• IDCT — Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
• DL — Deciliter
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• QDVP — Quasi-Degenerate Variational Perturbation
• PME — Particle-Mesh Ewald
• YB:YAG — Ytterbium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet
• TLC — Thin Layer Chromatography
• PI — 3.1415926535

• RAI — Resident Assessment Instrument
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• SNS — Spallation Neutron Source
• KLY — Kilo Langley
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• KAMIOKANDE — A solar neutrino experiment at the Kamioka Observatory in Japan
• MDMT — Minimum Design Metal Temperature
• CDF — Collider Detector at Fermilab
• HSI — Hue Saturation Intensity
• PIC — Precision Ion Chamber
• EV — Electron Volt
• PIF — Physics at the Information Frontier
• PHYY — Physics
• PML — Physical Measurement Laboratory
• S — Short
• E=MC2 — Energy=Mass * (Velocity of light)**2
• WG — Working Group
• ATR — Attenuated Total Reflectance
• PHW — Potable Hot Water
• PILAC — Pulsed Ion Linear ACcelerator
• UA — University of Arizona
• PIV — Position Information Vector
• AES — Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• BS — Beam Splitter
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• FWT — Fast Wavelet Transform
• WFI — Water For Injection (pharmaceutical Term)
• PISA — Photovoltaic Information System For Architects
• SRAM — Static Random Access Memory (ess-ram)
• GND — Ground
• DOHC — Dual Overhead Cam
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• CMM — Coordinate Measuring Machine
• UPS — Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• AO — Adaptive Optics
• FMRI — Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• ISE — Ion Selective Electrode
• RIU — Refractive Index Unit
• PECVD — Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
• KAMLAND — KAmioka Liquid Scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector
• 4WM — Four Wave Mixing
• P — Predicted
• α — angular acceleration
• PIE — Possibility of Infinite Energy
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• PL — Proton Loss

• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• FE — Finite Element
• HAPPEX — Hall A Proton Parity Experiment
• HPS — Health Physics Society
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• LE — Low Energy
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• ID — Inside Diameter
• Y' — Out-of-plane Velocity - vertical
• MO — Molecular Orbital
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• NCO — Numerically Controlled Oscillator
• WAXD — Wide-Angle X-Ray Diffraction
• LEP — Large Electron Positron
• QD — Quantum Dot
• EP — Extreme Pressure
• EPR — Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• CMC — Calibration Measurement Capabilities
• EF — Electric Field
• SCC — Standards Coordinating Committee
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• PRL — Physical Review Letters
• T-O-F — time of flight
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• HE — High Energy
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• H — Hotel
• DPP — Division of Plasma Physics
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• R- E/I — Ohms Law (not an acronym)
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• FCC — Face-Centered Cubic
• LT — Low Temperature
• FDR — False Discovery Rate
• PE — Performance Evaluation
• UASER — Ultrasound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
• HPS — High Pressure Sodium
• OTA — Optical Tube Assembly (telescopes)
• PIV — Particle Image Velocimetry
• TOMO-SAR — Synthetic Aperture Radar TOMOgraphy
• CWT — Continuous Wavelet Transform
• OPD — Optical Path Difference
• DQE — Detective Quantum Efficiency
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• JEWA — Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
• OPCPA — Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• A — Atomic

• RAC — Research Advisory Committee
• CGU — Canadian Geophysical Union
• APS — Advanced Photon Source
• DNA — Defense Nuclear Agency
• PE — Potential Energy
• SC — South Carolina
• CC — Closed Circuit
• URL — Universal Resource Locator
• FRET — Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
• CAV — Constant Angular Velocity
• EPC — Electronic Pressure Control
• AC — Aerodynamic Center
• VU — Volume Unit
• BCC — Body-Centered Cubic
• MV — Medium Voltage
• FTF — Fundamental Train Frequency
• DPA — Differential Power Analysis
• N — Normal
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• FP — Focal Plane
• EF — Energy Factor
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• ° C — Degree centigrade
• LM — Lumen
• NRC — National Response Center
• ED — Electron Diffraction
• HDR — High Dose Rate
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• BCT — Body-Centered Tetragonal
• IR — Infrared
• R — Roentgen
• PM — Particulate Matter
• ETC — Electron Transport Chain
• FY — Fiscal Year
• MOD — Minimum Object Distance
• MAD — Mean Absolute Deviation
• TOE — Theory of Everything
• ZPE — Zero Point Energy
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• CEA — Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique
• FEL — Free Electron Laser
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• ACIP — Aerodynamic Coefficient Instrumentation Package
• LTL — Linear Temporal Logic
• NV — Night Vision
• LIF — Laser Induced Fluorescence
• SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
• EM — Environmental Management
• ICR — Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• HQSC — Heisenberg Quantum Spin Chain

• HVLP — high volume, low pressure
• SPM — Scanning Probe Microscope
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• LAF — Laminar Air Flow
• IIT — Indian Institute of Technology
• JETP — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
• COIL — Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser
• C — Countess
• CJLTP — Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics
• MOA — Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
• NPC — Nuclear Pore Complex
• WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
• HEA — High Energy Astrophysics
• EMR — Electromagnetic Radiation
• AJP — American Journal of Physics
• OPC — Optical Particle Counter
• DE — Differential Equation(s)
• PEM — Proton Exchange Membrane
• MJPS — Moldavian Journal of the Physical Sciences
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• ASD — Astrophysics Science Division
• AMS — Acoustic Measurement System
• DSM — Design Structure Matrix
• SCF — Self-Consistent Field
• AMP — Amplitude
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• RMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• PD — Propagation Delay
• PIV — Peak Inverse Voltage
• LC — Liquid Chromatography
• LMU — Location Measurement Unit
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• RG — Radius of Gyration
• E — Electra
• FCA — Formal Concept Analysis
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• TPD — Temperature Programmed Desorption (for Gas Chromatography)
• MMC — Maximum Material Condition
• AFC — Aerodynamic Flight Control
• ASPP — Atmospheric and Space Plasma Physics
• ω — angular velocity
• 1D — One-Dimensional
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• ESD — Electrostatic Discharge
• DLA — Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
• TC — Temperature Control
• PCF — Photonic Crystal Fiber
• AMPS — Atmospheric Magnetospheric Plasma System

• EDS — Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
• AMTF — Acoustic Model Test Facility
• CHIPS — Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
• AEDC — Arnold Engineering Development Center
• PHYN — Physics Notes
• AO — Atomic Orbital
• EDM — Electric Dipole Moment
• N-FSBS — Near-Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• GP — General Physics Corporation
• NEI — Nuclear Energy Institute
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• MSX — Midcourse Space Experiment
• XPS — X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• NLC — Next Linear Collider
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• LOA — Law of Attraction
• QP — Quantization Parameter
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• VAPEPS — Vibroacoustic Payload Environment Prediction System
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• M — Mass
• IDCY — Idle Cycle
• FFF — Field-Flow Fractionation
• 3PE — Three-Photon Excitation
• QEDA — Quantum Electrodynamics Atomic Theory
• STASA — Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
• HOMESTAKE — A solar neutrino experiment in the Homestake Gold Mine in South Dakota
• YP — Yield Point
• FCI — Full Configuration Interaction
• OPS — Optical Physical Section
• HI — High Intensity
• LS — Liquid Scintillation
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instrumental Coefficient Package
• DOT — Diffuse Optical Tomography
• XMLL — X-ray Magnetic Linear Loop
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• PCM — Phase Contrast Microscopy
• MURR — University of Missouri Research Reactor
• IK — Inverse Kinematics
• GS — Gauss
• IC — Internal Combustion
• HS — Hot Spot
• DE — Discrete Event (program specification)
• CF — Cold Fusion
• DDS — Direct Digital Synthesizer
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• 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
• IOR — Index of Refraction
• AEM — Acoustical Emission Monitoring
• CQGRS — Classical and Quantum Gravity Supplement

• QFEB — Quasi-Free Electron Bremsstrahlung
• CEI — Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano
• TC — Thermal Control
• KARMEN — Karlsruhe-Rutherford Medium-Energy Neutrino Experiment
• LSP — Lightest Supersymmetric Particle
• MPI — Multiphoton Ionization
• CMS — Compact Muon Solenoid
• MBQ — Megabecquerel
• DSR — Dynamic Shear Rheometer
• ADAP — Aerodynamic Data Analysis Program
• TMD — Tuned Mass Damper
• PTA — Pure Tone Average
• TM — Transverse Magnetic
• ACESJ — Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal
• HO — High Order
• VIV — Vortex Induced Vibration
• NM — Newton Meter
• NTP — normal temperature and pressure
• SR — Special Relativity
• DVM — Digital Voltmeter
• RAP — Reliable Acoustic Path
• SD — Super Deformed
• TLE — Two Line Elements
• IV — Input Voltage
• SEE — Secondary Electron Emission
• ZQ — Zero-Quantum
• JPCS — Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
• AMS — Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
• ETS — Energy Transfer System
• NTU — Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
• APAS — Aerodynamic Performance and Sizing Program
• GAMS4 — NIST High Resolution Spectrometer
• POGS — polar-orbiting geomagnetic survey
• RST — Rapid Suspension Technology
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• NMR — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• NEMS — National Energy Modeling System
• HV — High Vacuum
• ADB — Aerodynamic Data Book
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• CQGRA — Classical and Quantum Gravity
• AFTA — Acoustic Fatigue Test Article
• ILD — Indentation Load Deflection
• HTD — Heat Transfer Division
• SPH — Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics
• LISS — Linear Imaging Self-Scanning
• SCF — Supercritical Fluid
• RBS — Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry
• UMIST — University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
• SRM — Standard Reference Material

• STS — Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
• FIM — Field Intensity Meter
• LAGOS — Laser Gravitational-wave Observatory in Space
• FM — Ferromagnetic
• PMR — Proton Magnetic Resonance
• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• TEF — Time-Energy-Frequency
• JASJA — Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan
• LSND — Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
• 2D WAXD — Two-Dimensional Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction
• EF — Extra Fine
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• RC — Resistor-Capacitor
• BHN — Brinell Hardness Number
• APRF — Army Pulse Radiation Facility
• SFG — Sum Frequency Generation
• PAC — Probably Approximately Correct
• ASC — Aerodynamic Surface Control
• FI — Field Intensity
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• UTD — Uniform Theory of Diffraction
• CH — Continuum Hypothesis
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• SW — Surface Wave
• CARB — Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
• VMD — Visual Molecular Dynamics
• HIC — Hydrogen Induced Cracking
• TC — Thermal Conductivity
• IMS — Institute for Molecular Science
• ZPDH — Z-Pinch-Driven Hohlraum
• TDH — Total Dynamic Head
• AFT — Aerodynamic Flight Test
• ADPHY — Advances in Physics
• CCT — Circuit
• MOT — Magneto Optical Trap
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• COS — Change of State
• TPP — Thermal Power Plant
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• ASAC — aerodynamic surfaces assembly and checkout
• SEA — Statistical Energy Analysis
• EAA — Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• TC — Transmission Convergence (ATM)
• LAQL — Lowest Analytically Quantifiable Level
• XPS — X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• ASAS — Aerodynamic Stability Augmentation System
• MAG — Magnetic
• ATDB — Aerothermodynamic Data Book

• EBIS — Electron Beam Ion Source
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• EGS — Electron Gamma Shower
• WHHM — Werthamer Helfand Hohenberg and Maki
• CAM — Computer-Aided Machining
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• LNP — Lecture Notes in Physics
• AOM — acoustic-optic modulator
• RKR — Rydberg-Klein-Rees
• ALICE — A Large Ion Collider Experiment
• AMS — Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
• IOT — Inductive Output Tube
• AEQ — Aeronautical Quarterly
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• FTMW — Fourier Transform Microwave
• LVR — Lever
• UB — Upper Bound
• PBC — Polarization-Beam Combiner
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• CARS — Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• GUT — Grand Unification Theory
• EOM — Electro-Optic Modulator
• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• POC — Physical Optics Corporation
• GUE — Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (of Random Matrixes In Quantum-transport Studies)
• EDAX — energy dispersive analysis of X-rays
• MICE — Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
• FEGT — Furnace Exit Gas Temperature
• ND — Neutron Density
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• PT — Peak Torque
• SRV — Safety Relief Valve
• TG — Temperature Gradient
• QMS — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• NDT — Nondestructive Test
• VT — Valid Time
• PL&I — Plasmas and Ions
• RHF — Restricted Hartree-Fock
• HASYLAB — Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor
• MEL — Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
• NG6, NG-6 — Monochromatic Beam Line near the end of NG6
• ALVIB — algorithm payload vibration
• PHA — Physics And Astronomy
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
• OD — Optical Density
• AMPS — Atmosphere, Magnetosphere & Plasmas in Space
• ASVIB — algorithm scoreboard vibrations
• FARCAL — Facility for Advanced Radiometric Calibrations
• SBLC — S-Band Linear Collider

• PM — Phase Modulation
• NERI — Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
• PHRV — Physical Review
• CRPL — Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory
• APH — Astroparticle Physics
• EMR — Electromagnetic Resonance
• ITSU — IEEE Transactions on Sonics Ultrasonics
• ADGEO — Advances in Geophysics
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• COASP — Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics
• QO — Quasi-Optical
• CPS — Central Plasma Sheet
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• SVD — Shock Vibration Digest
• KATRIN — KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscopy
• RPT — Refractory Period of Transmission
• NEDT — Noise Equivalent Delta Temperature
• ACPD — Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions
• BGM — Basis Generator Method
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• LFP — Local Field Potential
• WANFCS — West Area Neutrino Facility Control System
• FTNIR — Fourier Near Infra Red
• AMA — Actual Mechanical Advantage
• AUJPA — Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement
• DPF — Displacement Power Factor
• DMC — Dynamic Motion Control
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• ROYGBIV — Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet (Colors of the Rainbow)
• 2-D — Two Dimensional
• LAPHY — Laser Physics
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• EPA — Electron Positron Accumulator
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• ENR — Enrichment and Reprocessing (technology)
• PRF — Petroleum Research Fund
• NCU — Nano Containment Unit
• DMI — Dynamic Momentum Index
• SCF — Stress Concentration Factor
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• COMPASS — COMPuter ASSurance Conference
• AFV — Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
• LBLRR — LBL Research Review
• DN — Diameter Nominal
• ESR — Experimental Storage Ring
• AIH — Acoustical Imaging and Holography
• ARL — Average Run Length
• DIBL — Drain-induced Barrier Lowering

• MOP — Maximum Operating Pressure
• BPM — Beam Position Monitor
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• WDDL — Wave Dynamic Differential Logic
• DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung.
• RT — Reverberation Time
• ESR — Electrical Substitution Radiometer
• ACR — Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• TOV — Threshold of Visibility
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• MFP — Mass Flow Parameter
• UTA — Unresolved Transition Array
• NP — Neper
• SWAP — Short-Wavelength Automated Perimetry
• BBO — Beta-Barium Borate
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection
• BMDO — (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do)
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• FLIR — Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• ELT — Extremely Large Telescope
• RHM — Roentgen Hour Meter
• TD — Time Differential
• RIXS — Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
• IO — Interactive Optimum
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• ADM — Absolute Distance Meter
• ND — Neutron Detector
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• BWO — Backward Wave Oscillator
• EOS — Equation Of State
• TIMS — Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• BELLE — B detector at KEK in Japan
• TEM — Transverse Electromagnetic
• TMP — Turbo Molecular Pump
• CPIP — Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
• TI — Thermal Inertia
• LO — Laser Optics
• SCR — Space Charge Region
• NIDR — National Institute of Dental Research (National Institutes of Health)
• TST — Time-Space-Time
• CMR — Colossal Magnetoresistance
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• IAPT — Indian Association of Physics Teachers
• LBT — Large Binocular Telescope
• QM — Quantum Mechanics
• ST — Spherical Tokamak
• ARES — Advanced Rheometric Expansion System
• 2LOT — 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

• AD — Antimatter Decelerator
• TEMP — Temperature
• CPL — Chemical Physics Letters
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• PMMA — Polymethylmethacrylate
• GFP — Green Fluorescent Protein
• CRP — Coordinated Research Program
• SQ — Scalar Quantization
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• NA — Neutral Axis
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• AAAC — Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
• MTF — Magnetized Target Fusion
• KAERI — Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
• SAXS — Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
• ULTRA — Ultrasonics
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• CZJPH — Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
• JMOA — Journal of Microwaves Optics and Acoustics
• FDTD — Finite Difference Time Domain
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• LRSP — Living Reviews in Solar Physics
• CBR — California Bearing Ratio
• NQR — Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
• EPI — Echo Planar Imaging
• CLV — Constant Linear Velocity
• HERO — High Energy Replicated Optics
• CSLPT — Cambridge Studies in Low Temperature Physics
• CFT — Crystal Field Theory
• ACB — Annular Confinement Beam
• CCD — Charged Coupled Device
• XSV — Expendable Sound Velocimeter
• STAR — Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC
• JAJAP — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
• EVM — Error Vector Magnitude
• LAMSCAL — Large Area Monochromatic Source for Calibrations
• DSM — Dynamic Scattering Mode
• BLB — Black Light Bulb
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• APAC — Applied Acoustics
• TBB — Triple Beam Balance
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• NPSS — Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
• PDSH — Pressure Differential Switch High
• ECT — Error Correction Term
• PDE — Product Data Exchange
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• CPK — Corey, Pauling, Koltun
• GML — General Measurement Loop

• MIST — Microgravity Science and Technology
• BMD — Bending Moment Diagram
• LC — Liquid Crystal
• CHJCP — Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics
• FOC — Forward Only Conversion
• OPA — Optical Parametric Amplifier
• PMT — Photo Multiplier Tube
• SSCP — Springer Series on Chemical Physics
• WAMW — Weight-Average Molecular Weight
• LAFOC — Laser Focus
• EXO — Enriched Xenon Observatory
• UCSUSA — Union of Concerned Scientists, United States of America
• AAPT — American Association of Physics Teachers
• ARROW — Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide
• AFT — Attractor Field Therapy
• PHR — Physics Reports
• AAPM — American Association of Physicists in Medicine's
• CRT — Conformal Radiation Therapy
• CARI — combustion air requirement index
• JETPL — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters
• BES — Beijing Spectrometer (China)
• MOSFET — Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
• ICP — Inductively Coupled Plasma
• MOCVD — Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
• VTZ — Valence Triple Zeta (basis Set)
• NCF — Near Coherence of Filters
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• APOMA — American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
• HPPT — High Pressure Phase Transformation
• XSW — X-Ray Standing Wave
• MCM — Mobil Composition of Matter
• DDF — Distance Distortion Factor
• MIRD — Medical Internal Radiation Dose
• WDM — Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
• ACDC — Alternating Current/Direct Current
• SSNMR — Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• SHP — Shaft Horsepower
• NG7 — Neutron Guide No. 7
• SGORS — Studies in Geophysical Optics and Remote Sensing
• LEACH — Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy
• OLED — Organic Light-Emitting Diode
• JJAPL — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Letters
• JND — Just Noticeable Difference
• PTCA — Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angiography
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• JGE — Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
• WXRF — Wavelength-dispersive X- Ray Fluorescence
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• EER — Estimated Energy Requirement
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

• GRI — Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
• OSRD — Office of Standard Reference Data
• LAND — Large Area Neutron Detector
• CVD — Chemical Vapor Deposition
• PEL — Permissible Exposure Limit
• ADCL — Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory
• ERDA — Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis
• PGNAA — Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis
• ABMP — American Board of Medical Physics
• FFE — Far Field Extension
• ADCHP — Advances in Chemical Physics
• PP2PP — proton-proton to proton-proton
• HHPN — Hydraulic High Pressure Nebulization
• COMPH — Computers in Physics
• APT — Analytic Perturbation Theory
• 3D — Three Dimensional
• EJTP — Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics
• IPM — Ionization Profile Monitor
• EOM — Equation of Motion
• LPCVD — Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• ES — Elementary Stream
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• ULVZ — Ultra-Low Velocity Zone
• DFT — Density Functional Theory
• URA — Universities Research Association, Inc.
• EELS — Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
• CTPHY — Classical Theoretical Physics
• DMF — Decayed, Missing, Filled
• IGC — International Gravity Commission
• CMH — Cubic Meter per Hour
• GEC — General Electrodynamics Corporation
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• EL — Europhysics Letters
• MQA — measurement quality assurance
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• HFS — Hydrogen Forward Scattering
• IRIS — Internal Rotary Inspection System
• COTPH — Communications in Theoretical Physics
• FDR — Failure Divergence Refinement
• ABEC — Annular Bearing Engineering Committee
• ADMPS — Advances in Mechanics and Physics of Surfaces
• FEC — Ferro-Electric liquid Crystal
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• JEPT — Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics
• SCD — Single Crystal Diffraction
• YS — Yield Strength
• DREAMS — Dynamic Range Enhancement Applied to Mass Spectrometry
• CRI — Cambridge Research Instrumentation
• SOC — Second-Order Cone
• HPHT — high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure

• OOCA — Object Oriented Computing in Astrophysics
• REST — Representational State Transfer
• CCPCE — Current Contents Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
• POF — Plane of Focus
• JPCM — Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• ECD — Electron Capture Dissociation
• TRM — Time-Reversal Mirror
• QWW — Quantum Well Wire
• IMA — Ideal Mechanical Advantage
• HTBB — High-Temperature Black Body
• C&E — Cause and Effect
• AESIJ — Aeronautical Society India Journal
• NOBCCHE — National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers
• ACRU — Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit
• DOAS — Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
• JFLU — Journal of Fluorescence
• FHMM — Factorial Hidden Markov Model
• WDXRF — Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
• KWP — Kilowatt-Peak
• BJAP — British Journal of Applied Physics
• MRIR — medium-resolution infrared radiometer
• POPRV — Pilot Operated Pressure Relief Valve
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• PLL — Phase Locked Loop
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• BHLH — Basic Helix-Loop-Helix
• LCAP — Laser Cooling and Atomic Physics
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• ZDR — Z-Differential Reflectivity
• XMLD — X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism
• BTI — Bubble Technology Inc
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• BQ — Becquerel
• PPM — Peak Program Meter
• LOMO — Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital
• JSMAJ — Japan Society of Microgravity Application Journal
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• AFI — Accordion Fringe Interferometry
• OPO — Optical Parametric Oscillator
• AL — argon laser
• SEM — Scanning Electron Microscopes
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• HYPER-CP — A Search for Direct CP Violation in Hyperon Decays
• WL — Weak Localization
• EPJ — European Physical Journal
• FOC — Forward of Center
• STEM — Storable Tubular Extendible Member
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• ARCP — Annual Reviews of Computational Physics

• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• MPLB — Modern Physics Letters B
• TJPH — Turkish Journal of Physics
• CBA — Center for Backyard Astrophysics
• RFI — Relative Fluorescence Intensity
• ASA — Accessible Surface Area
• FTIR — Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
• ARACO — Archives Acoustics
• GMC — Global Motion Compensation
• MRSE — Manifest Refractive Spherical Equivalent
• NVLAP — National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• HTPPL — High Temperature Plasma Physics Lab
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• VNIIFTRI — National Scientific and Russian Research Institute for Physical, Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements
• EGAS — European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy
• PEP — Positron Electron Project
• FD — Finite Difference
• PHL — Physics Letters
• NPA — Nuclear Physics Apparatus
• CLSM — Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
• AMB — As Measured By
• NPGEO — Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
• SBR — Spectral Band Replication
• MTXM — Magnetic Transmission X-Ray Microscopy
• NISTAR — NIST Advanced Radiometer
• LDA — Laser Doppler Anemometry
• BPAS — Bulletin of Pure and Applied Science
• ARDS — Analysis of Rotor Dynamic Systems
• DAP — Donor Acceptor Pair
• BIPM — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
• KOPIO — AKlong decay experiment at Brookhaven.
• CPLIP — Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
• JMP — Journal of Mathematical Physics
• TQW — Triangular Quantum Well
• AT&T — Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
• COMMP — Comments in Modern Physics
• BC — Boundary Condition
• JGP — Journal of Geometry and Physics
• FRET — fluorescence resonant energy transfer
• MTBF — Mean Time Between Failures
• JKPS — Journal of Korean Physical Society
• IFD — Indentation Force Deflection
• TCB — Temporal Coherence Boundary
• PHT — Physics Today
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• ASSP — Advanced Solid-State Photonics
• PTI — Proxima Therapeutics Inc.
• FZK — Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
• XQC — X-ray Quantum Calorimeter

• VAT — Vibro-Acoustic Test
• FM — frequency modulation
• OSU — Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio, United States
• DCT — Discrete Cosine Transformer
• VA — Volt Ampere
• RVMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• IC — indirect calorimetry
• LAL — The Laboratoire de L'Accelerateur Lineaire at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France
• AMJPH — American Journal of Physics
• HID — high intensity discharge (electricity)
• EZW — Embedded Zero-tree Wavelet
• RJMP — Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics
• NEMP — Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse
• SG — Specific Gravity
• TPF — Two Photon Fluorescence
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• JATP — Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
• JMAPH — Journal of Mathematics and Physics
• PHYR — Physical Research
• K2K — KEK to Kamioka
• DLP — Digital Light Processing
• JLWT — Journal of Lightwave Technology
• MICGQ — Microgravity Quarterly
• CHPHY — Chinese Physics
• ABHP — American Board of Health Physics
• LRR — Living Reviews in Relativity
• EIE — electron impact excitation
• PTCP — Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics
• JPSJ — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• PNP — Positive-Negative-Positive
• CEL — Correlated Emission Laser
• NPIC — Nuclear Power Institute of China
• MSLD — Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector
• OPTLE — Optics and Lasers in Engineering
• TC — Technical Committee (HL7)
• MS/MS — Tandem Mass Spectrometry
• VOX — Voice Operated EXchange
• BEFE — Bio-Electric Field Enhancement
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• TCPH — Topics in Current Physics
• CEJPH — Central European Journal of Physics
• AGW — Acoustic Gravity Wave
• MBE — Molecular Beam Epitaxy
• LOCF — Last Observation Carried Forward
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• RRDP — Recent Research Development in Physics
• AECL — Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's
• VRV — Variable Radial Velocity

• ANIPS — Annals of the Israel Physical Society
• CMCV — Charge Motion Control Valve
• OGB — Original Grain Boundary
• PHB — Physics Bulletin
• PFG — Pulsed Field Gradient
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• GPIB — General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus
• SCAMPY — Scanning Micro Pyrometer
• VAC — Vacuum Assisted Closure
• ADGR — Advances in Geophysical Research
• RDP — Rubidium Di-Hydrogen Phosphate
• CPSS — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces
• 2B1Q — Two Binary One Quaternary
• SCOT — Support Coated Open Tubular
• VIS — Visible
• TL — Time Line
• ABF — All but Finitely
• TKN — Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
• PPHTS — Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors
• JCHPH — Journal of Chemical Physics
• PET — positron emission tomography
• JVST — Journal of Vacuum Science Technology
• AF — Anisotropic Filtering
• NMS — Natural Matrix Standard
• ANPHY — Annals of Physics
• 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)
• JESRP — Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
• CCP6 — Collaborative Computational Project 6
• CER — Controlled Energy Release
• WIMP — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
• CPS — Cycles Per Second (now Hertz)
• MCU — Microcontroller Unit
• CXRO — Center for X-Ray Optics at Berkeley, CA
• FBM — Fractional Brownian Motion
• MUT — Material Under Test
• IQEC — International Quantum Electronics Conference
• EGO — Eccentric Geophysical Observation
• FT — Fourier transformation
• LFAE — Ligand Field Activation Energy
• PAES — Positron-Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• PHCHE — Physics and Chemistry of Earth
• ESO — European Southern Observatory
• HSS — Hollow Structural Section
• NVH — Noise Vibration Harshness
• NOE — Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NMR)
• PCPP — Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
• TMA — Thermal Mechanical Analysis
• LOQ — Limit of Quantitation
• STM — Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• CAT — Computed Axial Tomography
• CCDC — Cyclic Channel Die Compression
• CIPM — International Committee of Weights and Measures, France
• GB — Grain Boundary
• ENO — Essentially Non-Oscillatory
• NELAC — National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference
• 3DWBA — Three-Body Distorted-Wave Born Approximation
• BEC — Bose-Einstein Condensation
• RDCMP — Recent Development in Condensed Matter Physics
• RLD — Reciprocal Linear Dispersion
• HBT — Hanbury Brown-Twiss
• PAPGE — Pure and Applied Geophysics
• TXM — Transmission X-ray Microscope
• LENR — Low Energy Nuclear Reactions
• ETRAN — Monte Carlo computer code for Electrons and Photons through Extended Media
• PRVP — Proceedings of Vibration Problems
• PVT — Position Velocity Time
• HHF — High Heat Flow
• NEANDC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Data Committee
• ATU — Accumulated Thermal Unit
• AEJ — Aeronautical Journal
• ASAJ — Acoustical Society of America Journal
• JAE — Journal of Acoustic Emission
• GCK — Geiger Counter Kit
• PREP — Professional Research Experience Program
• ACCW — Auxiliary Component Cooling Water
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• ESU — Energy Storage Unit
• PID — Photoionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
• DMC — Diffusion Monte Carlo
• NACT — Nonlinear Asymptotic Coupling Theory
• CPSSH — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces and Heterogeneous Catalysis
• CCPP — Combined Cycle Power Plant
• PMG — Permanent Magnet Generator
• SIM — Selected ion monitoring
• JPCRD — Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
• HYAAS — Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotom etry.
• STP — Standard Temperature Pressure
• CPCAR — Chemistry and Physics of Carbon
• CSIC — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Spanish
• APEX — AntiProton Experiment
• QRHE — quantum anomalous Hall effect
• NIR — Near Infrared
• QP — quasiparticle
• ITELC — IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
• EIES — Electron Impact Emission Spectroscopy
• IID — independent and identically distributed random variables
• EPJAP — European Physical Journal, Applied Physics
• LSDA — Local Spin Density Approximation

• CLFR — Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector
• EPS — European Physical Society
• DOP — Degree of Polarization
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• JPSJS — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Supplement
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• HRTF — Head-Related Transfer Function
• DCMP — Directions in Condensed Matter Physics
• JJAPS — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Supplement
• FR — Filtered Radiometer
• FWHM — Full Width at Half Maximum
• HFA — Hot Flow Anomaly
• TRFM — Time Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
• MOI — moments of inertia
• GUIDE — Generalized Unbiased Interaction Detection and Estimation
• CERN — Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
• CRYRING — Electron Accelerator and Storage Ring Facility (Stockholm, Sweden)
• SFC — Sideway Force Coefficient
• AF — Acceleration Factor
• QCD — Quantum Chromodynamics
• BAPS — Bulletin of the American Physical Society
• BET — Brunauer - Emmett - Teller
• VHT — Very High Temperature
• DWP — Dispensing Well Plate
• SCMP — Studies in Condensed Matter Physics
• ENSDF — Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File
• JSCI — Journal of Scientific Instruments
• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• PES — Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• MMCP — Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
• WKB — Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (phase-shift Formula For Potential Scattering)
• EOP — Earth and Ocean Physics
• NVIS — Night Vision Imaging System
• REI — Rad Elec Inc.
• ZPF — Zero Point Field
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• GAM — Generalized Additive Model
• DNAA — Delayed Neutron Activation Analysis
• PASTI — Public Address Speech Transmission Index
• GR&R — Gauge Reproducibility And Repeatability
• NEANSC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Science Committee
• BEB — Binary-Encounter-Bethe
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• QFT — Quantitative Fluorescence Technique
• LPB — Laser and Particle Beams
• APL — Advanced Physics Laboratory
• PPCF — Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
• CHJPH — Chinese Journal of Physics
• HTOL — High Temperature Operating Lifetest
• RTT — Round Trip Timer

• PZM — Pressure Zone Microphone
• FUV — Far Ultraviolet
• AECL — Atomic Energy Canada Limited
• QGT — Quantum Graph Theory
• GAPP — Global Analysis of Particle Properties
• TASSII — Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Investigation
• LIPC — laser-induced plasma channel
• MO — Magneto-optic
• CSI — Compton Scatter Imaging
• AVCOR — algorithm vibration correlation
• PHEMT — Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor
• HVT — High Velocity Thermocouple
• AMPC — Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry
• EGR — Entropy Gradient Reversal
• VLT — Visible Light Transmission
• JMPS — Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• IBFM — Interacting Boson-Fermion Model
• GTRD — Generalized Transverse Resonance-Diffraction
• MQT — Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling
• ENAPC — Environmental Analytical and Physical Chemistry Series
• RPN — Remote Plasma Nitridation
• IACS — Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences
• CLC — Capillary Liquid Chromatography
• DSFD — Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• FASCAL — Facility for Automatic Spectroradiometric Calibrations
• JCA — Journal of Computational Acoustics
• SPE — solid phase extraction method
• YPP — Young Particle Physicists
• MPLA — Modern Physics Letters A
• HCCD — Mono-deuterated Acetylene
• UMRK — Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
• BFRL — Building and Fire Research Laboratory
• PFC — Parallel Flange Channel
• JSP — Journal of Statistical Physics
• CCV — Continuing Calibration Verification
• MC — magnetic coil
• ACRR — Annular Core Research Reactor
• JLUM — Journal of Luminescence
• SI — International System of Units (Système international d'unités)
• ACOUL — Acoustics Letters
• FTL — Faster Than Light
• OBQ — Optimize Beam Quality
• TZFC — Triple Zeta Frozen Core
• DIW — De-Ionzied Water
• SSADM — Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology
• COPP — Contributions to Plasma Physics
• BZ — Band Zero
• AFA — Average Fock Approximation

• FCPM — Fundamental Constants and Precision Measurements
• PHYNY — Physics New York
• BABAR — B-Bbar (anti-B) detector at SLAC'sB Factory
• PSST — Plasma Sources Science Technology
• ADTM — Alternate Density Transmission Medium
• MOTRIMS — Magneto-Optical Trap Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• KELVIN — Scientific temperature scale
• KP — Knowles and Physics
• PGP — Physics of Geological Processes
• TWT — Transonic Wind Tunnel
• CPS — Constant Pressure System (toys)
• ICP-AES — Inductively Coupled Plasma-atomic Emission Spectrometry
• EPIC — Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
• CHPHL — Chinese Physics Letter
• LIM — Limit
• MFT — Mean Field Theory
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• ADEXG — Advances in Exploration Geophysics
• AERTE — Aerojet Technology
• FORATOM — FORum ATOMique Européen
• HPLA — High Power Large Aperture
• MOKE — Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect
• WD — Weak Dipole
• VWC — Vector Wavelet Coding
• ITAS — IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
• TLI — Tilted Laser Image
• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• EEEL — Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
• CES — Constant Elasticity of Substitution
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• DIA — Dynamic Input Area
• MEMS — Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
• SCF — Spectral Comparator Facility
• VP — Vapor Pressure
• CEBAF — Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
• HFB — Hartree Fock Bogoliubov
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• FC — Footcandle
• CONPH — Contemporary Physics
• CTMP — Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulp
• APAS — Astrophysical Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences
• RG — renormalization group
• CTP — Course of Theoretical Physics
• BIA — Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• CBNM — Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements
• PTF — Physics of Thin Films
• BTFM — Basic Two Fluid Model
• CCFL — Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
• CED — Cohesive Energy Density

• GEOS — Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• EOPAP — Earth and Ocean Physics Application Program
• RECAN — Regional European and Central Asian ALARA Network
• SEAQUEST — A series of fixed target Drell-Yan experiments at Fermilab
• F&M — Force and moment
• EBSD — Electron Back Scatter Diffraction
• HVL — Half Value Layer
• CCPR — Consultative Committee on Photometry and Radiometry
• CCFL — Countercurrent Flow Limitation
• FIR — Far Infrared
• ECSED — Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data
• ELECM — Electromagnetics
• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• SAJPH — South African Journal of Physics
• BIB — Blocked Impurity Band
• UVB — Ultraviolet B
• JVE — Journal of Vibration Engineering
• PV — plasma volume
• CPR — Chemical Physics Reports
• HDOP — Horizontal Dilution Of Position
• NAPM — National Association of Photographic Manufacturers
• RO — Read Only
• JAG — Journal of Applied Geophysics
• ARPA-E — Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
• VRS — Vortex Ring State
• CDM — Ceramic Discharge Metalhalide
• GHRS — Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
• RVMPS — Reviews of Modern Physics Supplement
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• MOKE — Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
• DPPC — Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
• TEPC — Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter
• AXAF — Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• FFP — Field-Free Point
• TPR — Tangential Pond Return
• DALR — Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
• EDX — Energy-Dispersive X-ray Analysis
• PLDS — Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures
• AUJPH — Australian Journal of Physics
• MMF — Magneto Motive Force
• QFEP — Quantum Free Energy Perturbation (calcn. Method)
• STMP — Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
• FCFC — Full-Coverage Film Cooling
• ITPS — IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
• ALCPG — American Linear Collider Physics Group
• LVDT — Linear Variable Differential Transformer
• WLLN — Weak Law of Large Numbers
• EBIT — Electron Beam Ion Trap
• OPTSP — Optics and Spectroscopy

• CNIF — Californium Neutron Irradiation Facility
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Standards Committee
• LET — Linear Energy Transfer (in Spacecraft Power Systems)
• WDFF — Weak Dipole Form Factor
• BUIPS — Bulletin of the Israel Physical Society
• MFCG — Magnetic Flux Compression Generator
• PMMC — Permanent Magnet Moving Coil
• HPGE — High Purity Germanium
• DRI — Differential Refractive Index
• PEPI — Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
• NQA — Nuclear Quality Assurance
• TTSP — Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
• ADS — Automated Dynamic Shear
• IVBT — Intravascular brachytherapy
• MDR — Mass Distribution Ratio
• GNO — Gallium Neutrino Observatory
• PRPH — Progress of Physics
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• CMMPH — Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• IOP — Institute Of Physics
• LISA — Laser Inferometer Space Antenna
• ADV — Automatic Drain Valve
• ANSOM — Apertureless Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• WGCV — Working Group on Calibration and Validation
• MUNU — An experiment at the Bugey reactor in France studying electron - electron neutrino scattering.
• IC — Initial Condition
• AOI — Angle Of Incidence
• MIS — Magnetic Isolation System
• X — Horizontal axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• TWA — time-weighted averaged
• SWG — Standard Wire Gauge
• SGR — Soft Gamma Repeater
• PISCO — Parallel Imager for Southern Cosmological Observations
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• NZJGG — New Zealand Journal Geology and Geophysics
• FIM — Field Ion Microscope
• STSSP — Selected Topics in Solid State Physics
• CLA — Condition Lever Angle
• CFT — Central Fiber Tracker
• GDOG — Generalized Double Optical Gating
• MGG — Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics
• AESR — Array-Enhanced Stochastic Resonance
• CLM — Compound Light Microscope
• PBE — Pool Boiling Experiment
• LAMPF — Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility
• MEVVA — Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc
• AVN — Accuracy Vanishing Now
• PHRVL — Physical Review Letters
• GXR — Grazing X-ray Reflectometry

• AEC — Active Energy Control
• ITASS — IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing
• PDE — Possible Duplicate Emission
• MS — MilliSeconds
• SPP — Storage Photostimulable Phosphor
• AAPP — Association of Applied Physicists Pakistan
• LCT — Lattice Compatibility Theory
• DSA — digital subtraction angiography
• ADVP — Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profiler
• NIM — National Instrumentation Methods
• SDIF — Sony Digital Interface Format
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• DLV — Direct Linear Valve
• WTMM — Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima
• FDFD — Finite Difference Frequency Domain
• HB — Hydrogen Bond
• QWIP — Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector
• AFCP — Atomic Flux Coating Process
• APPHL — Applied Physics Letters
• FTMS — Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry
• MSA — Meridian Stress Assessment
• XLS — Xenon Light Source
• H — Hotness
• DM — Distance Measured
• CR — Curvature Radiation
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
• AMMAC — Mexican Metrology Association
• DDFT — Dynamic Density Functional Theory
• RVMAP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• EMW — Electromagnetic Wave
• AGS — Alternating-gradient Synchrotron
• MIMIC — Microscopy and Microanalysis
• YAG — Holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet
• JNMP — Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
• ADPLP — Advances in Plasma Physics
• JRLR — Journal of Russian Laser Research
• CAMOS — Committee on Atomic Molecular and Optical Sciences
• CPHY — Communications on Physics
• CAJPH — Canadian Journal of Physics
• JCOPH — Journal of Computational Physics
• OAM — Orbital Angular Momentum
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• PTHPH — Progress of Theoretical Physics
• ADPPR — Advances in Plasma Physics Research
• JAES — Journal of Audio Engineering Society
• MDR — Maximum Detectable Rigidity
• DUV — Deep Ultraviolet
• RSE — Relative Standard Error
• BNCT — Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant

• AGS — The Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven
• ALEPH — Apparatus for LEP PHysics, at CERN
• XRL — X-Ray Lithography
• ICP — Injector Control Pressure
• EOS TPC — Equation of State Time Projection Chamber experiment
• CHJG — Chinese Journal of Geophysics
• RESL — Radiological and Environmental Science Laboratory
• SHWAV — Shock Waves
• MU2E — A Fermilab experiment that will search for the conversion of a muon into an electron
• JGRS — Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement
• GEC — Gaseous Electronics Conference
• ER — Elastic Recoil
• ESSPH — Essays in Physics
• 2DHG — Two-Dimensional Hole Gas
• EDF — Enhanced Depth of Field
• FFAI — Field-Free Associative Ionization
• ECP — Effective Core Potential Approxn.(in Electronic-structure Calcn.)
• GRASP — Graphical Representation and Analysis of Surface Properties
• BB — Blackbody
• DOELAP — Department Of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program
• HIPD — High-Intensity Powder Diffractometer
• GLCP — Global Linear Collider Project
• ECRIS — Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Ion Source
• OFR — Optics for Research
• EUROMET — A European collaboration in measurement standards
• FCDC — Fundamental Constants Data Center
• ASD — Active Surface Definition
• SFCP — Special Foreign Currency Program
• XRF — X-Ray Fluorescence
• APD — VERP)/action potential duration
• PSJ — Pivoted Shoe Journal
• ENZ — Epsilon-Near-Zero
• QCL — Quantum Cascade Laser
• JPHCS — Journal of Physics - Conference Series
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• WWVB — Call letters for NIST lf radio station in Colorado
• BEPC — Beijing Electron Positron Colider
• BSS.2 — Beta-Particle Secondary Standards System
• HAADF — high-angle annular dark field SEM
• APHY — Acoustical Physics
• PACS — Physics and Astronomy Classification Schemex
• RTP — Research Trends in Physics
• CHPH — Chemical Physics
• APM — Absolute Proper Motion
• IGRF — International Geomagnetic Reference Field
• CONFP — Contemporary Fundamental Physics
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
• ENDF — Evaluated Nuclear Data File
• FRIB — Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

• TW — Top of Wall
• ISAC — Isotope Separator and Accelerator Facility
• ACE — Acoustic Compliance Enhancement
• RUPHJ — Russian Physics Journal
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• ENDL — Evaluated Nuclear Data Library
• HVL — Half-Value Layer
• ETDS — Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
• RSM — Response Surface Method
• ACDM — Automated Contour Detection Method
• ELNES — Energy-loss near-edge structure
• CRMMP — Classical Reviews in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• LHC — The Large Hadron Collider
• HF — Hartree-Fock Method
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council Science, Engineering and Technology
• LOCA — Loss of Coolant Accident
• DN/DC — Specific refractive index increment
• CTRZ — Central Torodial Recirculation Zone
• MPAG — Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry
• PE — Plasma Effects
• BQP — Bounded-error Quantum Polynomial time
• ZPV — Zero Pressure Volume
• JSUP — Journal of Superconductivity
• JGGS — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity Supplement
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• MOR — Modulus of Rupture
• HEPIC — High Energy Physics Information Center
• HPM — High Power Microwave
• DUS — Duplex Ultrasound
• HOQS — Highest Occupied Quantum State
• P-P — Peak-to-Peak (Value)
• SPDF — Space Physics Data Facility
• ESRF — The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.
• BD — Below Detection
• DMIP — Division of Medical Imaging Physics
• ADTPH — Advanced Texts in Physics
• GWCE — Generalized Wave Continuity Equation
• EMILY — Extreme Monkey Indigestion Laryngitis Youngen
• TPM — Transport in Porous Media
• WAXS — Wide Angle X-ray Scattering
• SND — Spherical Neutral Detector
• RB — Rigid Body
• AET — Active Edge Table
• NEAR-INFRARED — NIR
• VCM — Voice-Coil Motor
• EQE — External Quantum Efficiency
• LCTE — Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• MW — Microwave
• JSGEO — Journal of Series Geophysics
• HADES — High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer

• SFA — Sachs Freeman and Associates
• MPD — Multiphoton Detector
• FIOP — Field Induced Ordered Phase
• AUM — Arbitrary Unit of Mass
• FTICR — Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• IPC — Integrated Proton Current
• MPDS — Mechanics and Physics of Discrete Systems
• PSD — Physical Sciences Data
• DOT — Degeneration Over Time
• CHJS — Chinese Journal of Semiconductors
• LEFM — Linear Elasticity Fracture Mechanics
• LWR — Light Water Reactor
• CONCP — Contemporary Concepts in Physics
• JVC — Journal of Vibration and Control
• DEPA — Dynamic Elastic Properties Analyzer
• GMRI — Gated Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• CCTF — Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency
• CR — CRystalline solid
• LDA — Local Density Approximation
• GFAAS — graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry
• CFE — Coplaner Fluid Ejector
• RRDSP — Recent Research Development in Statistical Physics
• PSL — Physics of Solids and Liquids
• DOT — Delivery Optimized Thermodynamics
• 2PH TDF — Two-Particle-Hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation
• H — Hotline
• EIEIO — Electron Impact Excitation of Ions from Organics
• HPL — Hot-electron Photo-Luminescence
• HFIR — High Flux Isotope Reactor
• BIM — Body In Motion
• CGS — Centimeter, Gram, Second
• ETI — Environmental Technology Initiative
• INDC — International Nuclear Data Committee
• ATI — Above-Threshold Ionization
• RRV — Record Relocation Vector
• JEMT — Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique
• XDB — X-Ray Data Booklet
• BARC — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• QDT — Quantum-Defect Theory
• DNP — Division of Nuclear Physics
• BAS — Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• WSTC — Westinghouse Science and Technology Center
• APPMT — Advanced Photon Processing and Measurement Technology
• GCA — Gradual Channel Approximation
• RBF — radial basis function network
• EIEO — Energy In, Energy Out
• QZE — Quantum Zeno Effect
• ARO — United States Army Research Office
• NSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• ACTS — Automated Computer Time Service

• UHT — Ultra High Temperature
• SQM — Super Quantum Mechanics
• QMD — Quantum Molecular Dynamics (for Calcns. On The Dynamics Of A Quantum Particle Coupled To A Classical Many-body System)
• C — Counter
• 3DSSPP — Three-Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program
• JAERI — Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
• EAF — Electric Arc Furnace
• OHEP — Office of High Energy Physics
• TIMED — Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
• PLPHR — Plasma Physics Reports
• DQS — Discrete Quantum State
• CRR — Center for Radiological Research
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instituteumental Coefficient Package
• DARE — Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• PCED — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Delta
• 4THD — Fourth Dimension
• JXST — Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology
• CTI — Critical Technologies Institute
• TLD — Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter systems
• ISI — In-Situ Interferometer
• ADSMP — Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics
• KIAA — Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
• WICM — Waves in Complex Media
• RRDAP — Recent Research Development in Applied Physics
• NPHS — Nature Physical Science
• TCH — Transmission Converter Hydraulic
• TOP — Time Optimized Process
• CAP — Current Applied Physics
• SCV — Squared Coefficient of Variation
• LI-ION — Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• RIBD — Reactive Ion Beam Deposition
• DSEG — Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics
• DWNT(S) — double-wall nanotube(s)
• EPB — Extracted Proton Beam
• DCOF — Dynamic Coefficient of Friction
• R — Radiation
• OPERA — Oscillation Project with EmulsiontRacking Apparatus
• ART — Adaptive Resonance Theory
• CSTN — Color Super Twist Nematic
• SI — Système International d'unités (International System of Units)
• VLHC — Very Large Hadron Collider
• APPHY — Applied Physics
• SDFF — Spectroscopically Determined Force Field
• E — Epsilon
• FUSE — Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Explorer
• PHSS — Physics of the Solid State
• CPB — Center Point of Balance
• QCI — Quadratic Configuration Interaction
• ARPES — Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy

• BTE — Brake Thermal Efficiency
• CLIC — Compact Linear Collider
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• SDIU — Scanivalve Digital Interface Unit
• AERD — Alpha Energy Range Discrimination
• B — Baryon
• RMP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• CEV — Constant Elasticity of Variance
• ASTP — Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics
• AICF — Acoustic Inertial Confinement Fusion
• IWEPNM — International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials
• FFR — Fractional Flow Reserve
• CIRRPC — Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination
• HACR — High Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometer
• CASS — Calibration Accuracy Support System
• JPTEO — Journal of Physics - Teacher Education Online
• LWIR — Long-Wave Infrared
• INFN-LNF — The National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Italy
• SSTEC — Solid State Technology
• SIFC — Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator
• ATCS — Active Thermal Convective System
• JNLM — Journal of Non Linear Mechanics
• BSM — Bell State Measurement
• FTG — Full Tensor Gradient
• PHFL — Physics of Fluids
• QGM — Quantitative Gas Measurement
• GLM — Generalized Linear Model
• PSTM — Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope
• NBSR — National Bureau of Standards Reactor
• UVB — Ultraviolet Beta
• JPLPH — Journal of Plasma Physics
• GSI — Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
• GIBI- — 2 ^ 30
• EMMA — Euclidean Model MAtching
• PLA — Physics Letters A
• MBS — Minimum Breaking Strength
• EDR — Equivalant Direct Radiation
• APS — Advanced Propagation Systems
• ACM — Adiabatic Connection Model
• CSEWG — Cross Section Evaluation Working Group
• VQN — Vibrational Quantum Number
• LLB — Laboratoire Leon Brillouin
• PV — Pressure Vessel
• BEAR — Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation
• PPSL — Proceedings of the Physical Society of London
• NJCH — New Journal of Chemistry
• PO2 — Partial pressure of oxygen
• VLG — Varying Localized Geminal
• COPHC — Computer Physics Communications
• BSM — Beam Simulation Method

• CIRMS — Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards
• TTY — Torque to Yield
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• PAW — Plasma Arc Weld
• DAMA — Dark Matter
• SSION — Solid State Ionics
• FACSS — Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
• PTHPS — Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• PCSE — Physical Chemistry: Science and Engineering
• BNC — Boron Nitride Coating
• PHPL — Physics of Plasmas
• VLA — Very Large Array
• GWR — Guided Wave Radar
• QEG — Quantum Einstein Gravity
• EJPH — European Journal of Physics
• JAP — Journal of Applied Physics
• HEPAP — High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
• ADAM — Absolute Disintegration of Available Mass
• BEAM — Bosiger Energy Alignment Method
• SQW — Single Quantum Well
• RPPH — Reports of Progress in Physics
• PEMI — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer
• ITD — Inlet Temperature Difference
• VET — Vibration Energy Transfer
• LTP — Low Temperature Physics
• OIML — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• LOPI — Loss of Piping Integrity
• TTP — Trends in Theoretical Physics
• TAGU — Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
• NAS/NRC — National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
• SAXES — Super Advanced Xray Emission Spectrometer
• ACD — Air Constrained Dampening
• BCR — Boron Control Rod
• RKB — Restricted Kinetic Balance (method In Calcns. Of Wave Functions And Energies)
• FF — Forward Facing
• FED — Field-Emitter Display
• AED — g.l.c.-atomic emission detection
• CCMP — Computational Condensed Matter Physics
• JIMW — Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
• EFS — Enhanced Fujita [EF] scale (weather)
• ICE — Internal combustion engine (transportation)
• DARD — Dynamic Axial Rotational Device
• ISCC — Inter-Society Color Council
• ASME — American Society for Mechanical Engineers
• DONUT — Direct Observation of the Nu Tau
• FFAG — Fixed-Field Alternating Gradient
• REIXS — Resonant Elastic and Inelastic Xray Scattering
• GRT — Germanium Resistance Thermometer
• INSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar

• EU — Entropy Unit
• ODC — Orthogonal Defect Classification
• EURATOM — European Nuclear Energy Organization
• LIGO — Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
• IMECE — International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
• TT — Torsion Twist
• PAMA — Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance
• PDI — percent depth ionization
• MAG — Modern Approaches in Geophysics
• PET — photosynthetic electron transport
• NORAMET — A North American regional collaboration in national measurement standards and services
• MOBY — Marine Optical Buoy
• PSL — Polystyrene-latex
• ICS — Incredible Cross-Section
• IVR — Intramolecular Vibrational Relaxation
• AWA — The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator
• EXMPS — Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences
• ULTIM — Ultrasonic Imaging
• RHR — Right Hand Rule
• ARPES — Angle Resolved Photo Electron Spectroscopy
• MCMS — Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures
• CSD — Computational Structural Dynamics
• RRDPC — Recent Research Development in Physical Chemistry
• PAR — Partially Absorbed or Reflected
• ZPD — Zeta Potential Distribution
• 2PPE — Two-Photon Photoemission
• HRTS — High Resolution Telescope Spectrograph
• TE — Total energy
• CLR — Center of Lateral Resistance
• IMGC — Istituto di Metrologia "G. Colonnetti" (Italy)
• ASET — Association of Super-advanced Electronics Technologies
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• ECRIS — Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source
• TIRF — Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence
• QTG — Quantum Theory of Gravity
• ILC — International Linear Collider
• EHB — Electronic Handbook
• FBS — Few-Body Systems
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy
• SDLA — Serial Data Link Analysis
• WMAP — Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
• HFM — Highly Friction Modified
• MBH — Thousand BTU per Hour
• NAS — Net Analyte Signal
• ZI — Zone Industrielle
• IPL — Intense Pulsed Light
• RTPC — Radial Time Projection Chamber
• ALG — Advanced Lithography Group
• PEAQ — Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality
• FMSF — Fissile Material Storage Facility

• SSELE — Solid State Electronics
• LMRI — Laboratoire de Mesure des Rayonnements Ionisants (France)
• CEC — California Energy Commission
• MEXP — Methods of Experimental Physics
• AIF — Assumed Internal Force
• C — Country
• BEPM — Bielefeld Encounters in Physics and Mathematics
• PPCPP — Progress in Photochemistry and Photophysics
• BLJPH — Bulgarian Journal of Physics
• SINH — hyperbolic sine function
• NPGS — Nanometer Pattern Generation System
• CHORUS — CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research Apparatus
• ICPEAC — International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions
• HUT — Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
• PEP-II — The official name for the SLAC B Factory
• FMI — The Fermilab Main Injector
• RSPS — Rochester Symposium for Physics Students
• BRAN — Boulder Research and Administrative Network
• MCU — Mobile Calibration Unit
• QMIS — Quantum Mechanics of Individual Systems
• LORAN-C — A Radio Navigation System Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard
• DM(S) — Digital material(s)
• JSLR — Journal of Soviet Laser Research
• BAVL — Barium Vapor Laser
• INS — Ion-Neutralization Spectroscopy
• DEA — Downstream Endcap Array
• DACU — Data Acquisition and Control Unit
• TNA — Thermal Neutron Analysis
• SERS — Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering
• ARAC — Arithmetic Robot Application Control
• NRG — Neutron Radiated Glodents
• PPS — Proceedings of the Physical Society
• IBB — Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
• PMBC — Process-Model Based Control
• ILSS — Interlaminar Shear Strength
• AGUSM — American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting
• RSM — Regional Spectral Model
• BGSM — Bowman Gray School of Medicine
• CVAAS — Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
• IPHO — International Physics Olympiad
• SSPG — Solid State Physics Group
• MKSA — Meter, Kilogram, Second, Ampere
• TERS — Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• OMNIS — Observatory For Multiflavor Neutrinos From Supernovae
• OSPL — Output Sound Pressure Level
• DEG — Dimensional Electron Gas
• CCM — Computational Continuum Mechanics
• CBO — Corrected Born-Oppenheimer (in Calcns. For Mol. Complexes)
• ALR — Active Lead Ring
• UDD — Neutron, one up quark (u) and two down quarks (d)

• TL — Total Length
• FCG — Fatigue Crack Growth
• ESB — Electrical Substitution Bolometer
• JGG — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
• BB — Broad-bandwidth
• DEXA — dual energy Xray absorptiometry
• PAW — Physics Analysis Workstation
• KCDB — Key Comparison and Calibration Database
• XRR — X-ray Reflectivity
• ICAMDATA — International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications
• NIST-F1 — Current NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• WERB — Washington Editorial Review Board
• HRC — Rockwell Hardness C
• IOPD — Integrated Optical Path Difference
• AFPS — Analyzing Fluid Power Systems
• XQ — X-ray Quantum
• CTS — Convert Texture Sequence
• BETA NMR — Beta-radiation Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• ALARA — As Long As Radiation Allows
• SPARS — Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
• Z — Depth axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• EBM — Energy by Motion
• AOI — Areas of Interaction
• FOAM — Foam Optics and Mechanics
• EOTD — Enhanced Observed Time Difference
• PWS — Primary Working Standard
• GRS — Gamma Ray Spectrometer
• HALO — Hypersonic Aircraft Launch Option
• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• HEP — DOE's Division of High Energy Physics, part of HENP.
• NML — National Measurement Laboratory (Japan)
• MAPLE — Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment
• PS — polystyren
• RRDCP — Recent Research Development in Chemical Physics
• BF-TEM — Bright-field transmission electron microscopy
• E — Electric
• PCN — Physics and Contemporary Needs
• FFAH — Filament-Filled Annular Helical
• ARIE — Asynchronous Ratio Of Internal To External
• LASJ — Laser Journal
• MEST — Matter Energy Space Time
• JLVEN — Journal of Light & Visual Environment
• SBLOCA — Small-Break Loss-Of-Coolant Accident
• HTRA — High Time Resolution Astrophysics
• ZDR — Zeroth-order Design Report
• HRE — Heterogeneity Recency Exit
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
• ACD — Autoregressive Conditional Duration
• TDCR — Triple-to-Double Coincidence Ratio
• HTS — High Tear Strength

• FSBS — Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• AID — Also Includes Drugs
• PVA — Powerful Vacuum Action
• APM — Associated Particle Method
• DFL — density functional theory
• ULV — Ultra Low Volume
• GGA — Generalized Gradient Approximation
• ADMIT — Analytical Detection Methods for the Irradiation Treatment of foods
• SF — Static force
• FMUP — Flawed Modern Ultramodern Physics
• QPT — Quantum Phase Transition
• EEP — Einstein Equivalence Principle
• QGD — Quantum-Geometry Dynamics
• NIPDE — National Initiative for Product Data Exchange
• CQM — constituent-quark model
• AC — Attenuation Coefficient
• NLDFT — Nonlocal Density Functional Theory
• HFD — High Frequency Detection
• PZT — Piezoelectric Translator
• MP — magnetic particle
• CCSM — Cross Correlogram Spectral Matching
• BOMD — Born Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics
• TJ — TeraJoule
• VRM — Vector Ruggedness Measure
• TLP — Thread-Level Parallelism
• IN2P3 — Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules
• RVPP — Reviews of Plasma Physics
• MDRF — Materials Dosimetry Reference Facility
• TL — Temporal Logic
• BAW — Bulk Acoustic Wave
• DESY — Deutches Elektronen SYnchrotron laboratory in Hamburg, Germany
• BBR — Back Bouncing Rod
• COMPASS — Common Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy
• RTD — Resistance Temperature Detector
• ANTARES — Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research
• HW — Hard Wall
• REL — Recommended Exposure Limit
• ACFM — Advanced Coal Flow Measurement
• PO2 — Pressure of Oxygen
• IDC — Insulation Displacement Contact (connector)
• TCBG — Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group
• CNT(S) — carbon nanotube(s)
• EPV — Exclusion Principle Violating
• EHT — Extra High Tension
• AM1 — First Launch in the morning series of EOS platforms
• BCS — Bragg Crystal Spectrometer
• AFPL — Air Force Phillips Laboratory
• DDDI — Density Dependent Delta Interaction
• SPECT — single-photon emission computed tomography
• SCLIR — Secondary Calibration Laboratories for Ionizing Radiation

• ATD — Above-Threshold Dissociation
• W — Weak
• QNH — Quasi Non-Hydrostatic
• IHEP — Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing, China.
• GLC — Global Linear Collider
• NOMAD — Neutrino Oscillation Magnetic Detector
• MQDT — Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory
• MAFF — Munich Accelerator for Fission Fragments
• TCD — Thermal Conductivity response Detector
• FTIR — Fourier Transform Infra-Red
• FPL — Fluroscent Pulse Light
• SZB — Single Zone Boundary
• RRP — Research Reports in Physics
• AG — Anti-Gravity
• JDEM — The Joint Dark Energy Mission
• CTP — Center for Theoretical Physics
• RMU — Ring Main Unit
• NAA — Neutron Activation Analysis
• OPTLT — Optics Laser Technology
• ATFT — Affine Toda Field Theory
• LBRS — Low Background Reference System
• DTM — Dynamic Thermal Management
• QED — Quantum Electrodynamics
• ALCSG — Asian Linear Collider Steering Committee.
• PER — Physics Education Research
• MICE — Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
• PLTP — Progress in Low Temperature Physics
• SIMS — Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
• UCLA — Harbor-University of California Los Angeles
• HARPS — High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (spectrography)
• CCDM — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Meter
• AOM(S) — acousto-optic modulator(s)
• WBGT — Wet-Bulb Globe Thermometer
• MMC — Moving Micro Cross
• PHP — Physics in Perspective
• COBR — Continuous Oscillatory Baffle Reactor
• ITM — IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
• BEC — Bose Einstein Condensate
• VUV — Vacuum Ultraviolet
• APT — Annular Proton Telescope
• GRNS — Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer
• JGEO — Journal of Geodynamics
• DR-SFG — Doubly Resonant Sum Frequency Generation
• BSS — Beta Secondary System
• HF — High Flange
• MACHO — Massive Compact Halo Object
• JGR — Journal of Geophysical Research
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
• NJPH — New Journal of Physics
• AFP — Accelerated Freefall Progression

• ODS — Optimized Deformation System
• TUT — Time Under Tension
• CFCD — Computational Fuel Cell Dynamics
• QTI — Quantum Theory of Immortality
• RKE — Rotational Kinetic Energy
• QMC — Quantum Monte Carlo
• OFS — Österreichisches Forschungszentrum
• MINERVA — A neutrino-scattering experiment that uses the NuMI beamline at Fermilab to search for low-energy neutrino interactions
• RVST — Resonance Vibrating Screening Technology
• AF — Alternating Field
• FIMS — Fissionable Isotope Mass Standards
• NEWRAD — New Radiometry
• MEA — Membrane Electrode Assembly
• LO — Local Orbitals
• ANVIS — Aviator Night Vision Imaging System
• DLT — Dynamic Laser Trimming
• P6 — physics
• FEDEM — Finite Element Dynamics in Elastic Mechanisms
• CMT — Chaos Magic Theory
• ASL — Ambient Stress Level
• CTD — Central Tracking Detector
• HECT — High-Energy Computed Tomography
• NUGEO — Nuclear Geophysics
• SGL — Sander Geophysics Ltd
• COLTRIMS — Cold Target Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• RTTR — Real Time Thermal Rating
• QRB — Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics
• SW — Same Wave
• PDML — Photovoltaic Device Measurement Laboratory
• CDMS — Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
• NLCTA — Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator
• COSMOS — Cosmologically Significant Mass Oscillation Search at Fermilab to detect muon neutrino to tau neutrino oscillations.
• SMZ — Strong Measure Zero
• FRAM — Functional Resonance Accident Model
• HVLS — High volume low speed
• DR — Direct Reading
• STLR — Safety Thermal Limit Recorder
• APL — Applied Physics Letters
• ATW — Accelerator Transmutation Of Waste (for Radioactive Waste)
• FTAM — Flow Through Alpha Monitor
• NIMP — National Institute of Materials Physics
• CFR — Continuous Flow Recycling
• SLC — SLAC Linear Electron-Positron Collider
• PFD — Photon Flux Density
• MDS — Measurement Data Set
• C&EA — Cause and Effect Analysis
• HIRDLS — High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder
• CCPP — Collaborative Computational Plasma Physics
• BZ — Brillouin Zone
• MARGR — Marine Geophysical Researches

• POF — Physics of Fluids
• ECPR — Electrically-Calibrated Pyroelectric Radiometer
• FRSE — Freundeskreis Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn
• RXS — Resonant X-Ray Scattering
• PAPPH — Pure and Applied Physics
• ARGONEUT — The Argon Neutrino Teststand
• LEED — Low Energy Electron Diffraction
• PHYED — Physics Education
• FIMS — Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer
• WIAS — Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics
• IMRT — intensity-modulated radiation therapy
• BM — Bending Magnet
• AFVH — Anti- Ferromagnetic van Hove scenario
• NCF — Non-linear Connecting Force
• MNX — Magnetic Nozzle Experiment
• EP — Electrostatic Potential
• PHACO — Physical Acoustics
• HIPE — Helium Image Processing Engine
• ZFF — Zero Forcing Function
• STMAP — Studies in Mathematical Physics
• EIPP — Eastern Interconnect Phasor Project
• BESS — Breaking Electroweak Symmetry Strongly
• NCRA — National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
• ADBMP — Advances in Biological and Medical Physics
• BCS — Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory of superconductivity
• CCG — Calibration Coordination Group
• QOA — Quasi-Optical Amplifier
• LLD — Lamp Lumen Depreciation
• VEEL — Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels
• JULIE — Joint Utilization of Laser Integrated Experiments
• NS — Navier-Stokes
• DOIM — Dense Optical Interface Module
• BPC — Boost Pressure Control
• LTA — Low temperature (oxygen plasma) ashing
• ACCI — Atlantic Canada Coral Initiative
• WNM — Warm Neutral Medium
• MACH — Modelo Acoplado de Coordinacion Hidrotermica
• CIPT — CNS Institute for Physics Teachers
• MAC — Magnitude Amplification Cavity
• BRT — Boundary Region Theory
• VPT — Vizag Port Trust
• HPI — Hybrid Polarization Interferometry
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Press
• LMAPH — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• IGEX — International Germanium Experiment in Spain.
• SOUDAN II — Soudan II underground detector
• ISS — Input-to-State Stability
• ADI — Advanced Distance Integration
• AP — Anti-Proton
• OCLI — Optical Cooling Laboratory Incorporated

• OCQ — Old Covariant Quantization
• FNR — Ford Nuclear Reactor
• CCFP — Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
• P — Propagation
• OQS — Occupied Quantum State
• RHED — Regions of High Electron Density
• AGP — Annals of Geophysics
• BEDO — Beitr. elektronenmikroskop. Direktabb. Oberfl.
• AIC — Analytical Instrument Control
• BHS — Bachelet Hamann Schluter pseudopotentials
• PBG — Photonic Band Gap
• CLEAR — Controlled Liquid Electrophoresis Absorption Reflection
• FCF — Fusion Component Failure
• APPL — APplied Physics Letters
• ARXPS — Angle Resolved X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• ISPP — Illinois State Physics Project
• FBAP — Function Block Application Process
• ISSI — International Space Science Institute (Bern, Switzerland)
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Spectroscopy
• CPEP — Contemporary Physics Education Project
• DELPHI — Detector with Lepton Photon and Hadron Identification at CERN'sLEP accelerator
• CDW — Continuum Distorted Wave
• TGF — Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash
• TOBSY — Total ThroughBond Correlation Spectroscopy
• HPLA — Horizontal Plane Large Amplitude
• CRNP — Cooperative Research Network Physics
• CC — Conservation of Charge
• NPPSB — Nonequilibrium Problems in the Physical Sciences and Biology
• HPLC — High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic
• AIGER — American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium
• CET — Constant Elasticity of Transformation
• SL — Super Linear
• DFTS — Dispersive Fourier Transform Spectrometry
• PDS — power density spectra
• DGT — Discrete Group Transform
• SPIRES — Stanford Public Information Retrieval System
• GWC — Generalized Wave Continuity
• NRLM — National Research Laboratory of Metrology (Japan)
• RIDIC — Radiation Internal Dose Information Center
• ITER — International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
• QFEX — Quantim Field Theory under the influence of EXternal conditions
• ODE — Ordinary Differential Equation
• TD-FW — Time Domain Floquet Wave
• MPPCF — Million particles per cubic foot
• HT — High Tension
• SSCOM — Solid State Communications
• FISCO — Fieldbus Instrinsic Safety Concept
• AFFT — Asymptotically Free Field Theories
• TLA — Temporal Logic of Actions
• MOS — Marine Optical System

• MCC — Mesoscale Compressible Community
• BKT — Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless crossover
• SHC — Specific Heat Capacity
• DD — Differential Detection
• QMF — quadrature mirror filter banks
• ZETA — Zero Energy Thermonuclear Apparatus
• VFH — Vector Field Histogram
• MSDB — Magnetically Stabilized Fluidized Bed
• ELL — Equivalent Loudness Level
• ACP — American Center for Physics
• HELEN — High Energy Laser Embodying Neodymium
• REB — Relativistic Electron Beam
• NR — Nuclear Reactor
• MBIR — Medium Background Infrared Facility
• SEY — Secondary Electron Yield
• CMMPE — Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics
• MONO — MONOphonic
• RBNP — Reverse Brazil Nut Problem
• ERCOFTAC — European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion
• RHIC — Brookhaven'sRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider began operation in 2000
• SASER — Soud Amplification by Stimulated Emmision of Radiation
• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• FPC — Fullerene Production Chamber
• C — Count
• FZS — Far Zone Scattering
• ACR — Advanced Candu Reactor
• CCM — complementary contact model
• DFL — Distributed Feedback Laser
• BBN — Brains And Backbone Network
• FCC — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker
• FPS — foot-pound-second [cf. cgs and mks]
• PQS — Parallel Quantum Solutions
• AKD — Altered Kinetic Distance
• FOE — Force of Energy
• ILL — L'Institut Laue Langevin
• APGR — Association for Pushing Gravity Research
• AQ — Anomalous Quadrupole
• TDIF — Teac Digital Interface Format
• XUV — Extreme Ultraviolet
• PIGP — Proceedings of the Institute of General Physics
• IPTS — International Practical Temperature Scale
• MFR — Mass Flow Rate
• BINP — Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia.
• DAFS — Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure
• ICBP — International Conference on Biological Physics
• NRIP — NIST Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program
• PMTS — Predetermined Motion Time System
• SPEAR — The Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring
• QCC — Quadrupole Coupling Constant
• PADE — Parallel Applications Development Environment

• FTMS — Fluid Transfer Management System
• NMI — National Metrology Institute
• URNC — Ultra- Relativisitic Nuclear Collision
• BCMPA — Billion Cubic Meters per Annum
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Process
• TTZ — Teisseyre Tornquist Zone
• LCRD — Linear Collider Research and Development
• FRAP — FRibourg Atomic Physics
• LAT — Lowest Achievable Temperature
• PSI — Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland, Joint Institute of ETH)
• CARS — coherent antistokes raman scattering
• PCL — Physics and Chemistry of Liquids
• AMSB — Anomaly Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking
• NDE — Nucleon Decay Experiment
• TRU — Transuranic
• HAM — Hoshino Anniversary Model
• E — Efficiency
• NSOM — Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• CORM — Council for Optical Radiation Measurements
• DAFNE — Double Annular Factory for Nice Experiments
• ASCA — Japan-NASA X-ray Satellite
• PFID — Perturbed Free Induction Decay
• PL — Physics Laboratory
• ATLAS — A Toroidal LHC Apparatus
• ADTMP — Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
• TPHY — Techniques of Physics
• DRIP — Detector Response Intercomparison Program
• PHYES — Physics Essays
• WFSS — Weak Field Seeking State
• CSU — Complete Set of Unifiers
• GMTI — Global Magnetization Transfer Imaging
• EPAD — Environmental Physics and Design
• ALB — Anti Lock Brake
• PEEI — Physics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior
• HMT — Hybrid Metamorphose Theory
• WONP — Workshop on Nuclear Physics
• FTSI — Fourier Transform Spectral Interferometry
• CPIC — International Physics Center, Elba
• ECFA — European Committee for Future Accelerators
• ICARUS — Imaging Cosmic and Rare Underground Signal
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• QHE — Quantum Hall Effect
• CXRS — Charge-Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy
• BSSI — British Superultramodern Scientific Institution
• BCC — Broadband Calibration Chamber
• MCQDT — Multi Channel Quantum Defect Theory
• AI — Associative Ionization
• VCO — voltage control oscillator
• MTF — Modulation transfer function.
• ADR — Automatic Device Replacement

• BW — Bottom of Wall
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
• WDXS — Wavelength Dispersive Xray Spectroscopy
• DOG — Double Optical Gating
• FNAL — Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
• SLM(S) — spatial light modulator(s)
• SSDL — Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories
• CFCT — Combined Field Collisional Transitions
• UHV — Use An Ultrahigh Vacuum
• WFTE — Wigner Function Transport Equation
• CCPP — Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
• RSP — Rapid Solidification Process
• LENA — Laboratory For Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (Duke University)
• FC — Farben Centrum
• ITOP — Improving the Teaching of Physics
• FTMS — Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy
• EGG — Energy Gradient Growth
• QFT — Quantum Field Theory
• WTCQ — Wavelet Trellis Coded Quantization
• CPT — conjugation, parity, and time
• ESS — European Spallation Source
• DE — Dynamic Effort
• MEAS — Measurements
• ASTER — Advance Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer
• FNAL — The Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois
• WFST — Weighted Finite State Transducers
• ORLAND — Oak Ridge Large Neutrino Detector
• WI — Wavelet Image
• LBNE — long baseline neutrino experiment
• PEPSI — Proton Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging
• BP — Before Polarization
• HRG — High Radius of Gyration
• TPAG — Theory and Practice of Applied Geophysics
• SNPA — Standard Nuclear Physics Approach
• HPL — High Pressure Lanes
• MOEMS — Micro-Optical Electro-Mechanical System
• LCG — light curve generator
• LPC — LHC Physics Center
• NAD — Nihilistic Animation Data
• CNO — Carbon Nitrogen And Oxygen
• ISR — Initial State Radiation
• ARUPS — Angle-Resolved Ultra-violet Photoemission Spectroscopy
• CQW — Coupled Quantum Wells
• IBIS — Ion Beam Information System
• LITA — Laser-Induced Thermal Acoustics
• QMF — Quadrature Mirror Filter
• NED — Nuclear Effects Directorate
• TCAOCC — Two-Center Atomic Orbital Close Coupling
• MONOLITH — Massive Observatory for Neutrino Oscillations or LImits on THeir existence
• POT — Power Over Time

• MML — Material Measurement Laboratory
• PHYW — Physics World
• TOSCA — Toplological Oscillation Search with kinematic analysis
• HWP — Half Wavelength Plate
• SVPSS — Soviet Physics Solid State
• FIOA — Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics
• KF — Kinematical Factor
• ATWE — Annual Time Weighted Exposure
• CT — Computed tomographic scan
• FIR — far-infrared radiation
• DSM — Differential Stress Model
• CV — Flow Coefficient
• MOP — Minds on Physics
• CCDS — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Second
• UXT — Uniaxial Strain Test
• OPALS — Optronic, Photonic, and Advanced Laser Simulator
• AMD — Area Mass Density
• EAPL — Electronic AstroPhysical Journal Letters
• I — Amperage
• DCP — Dielectronic Core Polarization
• EGR — Energy Generation Region
• CISR — Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation
• LHCB — Large Hadron Collider beauty Experiment
• MARLAP — Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Procedures
• CTF — CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) Test Facility
• OPTPN — Optics & Photonics News
• MET — Medium Energy Telescope
• AIM — Advanced Idea Mechanics
• QFED — Quantum Field-Effect Directional coupler
• LHEP — Left Hand Elliptical Polarization
• SLAC — The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California
• HSI — Hot Surface Igniter
• CESR — The Cornell Electron Storage Ring
• PV — Product Volume
• INPE — National Space Research Institute (Brazil)
• FCI — Fast Causal Inference
• CTP — Classical Turning Point
• MMKT — Methods and Models of Kinetic Theory
• CAD — Charged Area Development
• HAARP — Hf Active Auroral Research Program (Hf being "high frequency")
• WDWF — Wavelet- Domain Wiener Filter
• OPD — Ocean Physics Department
• NMS — Nihilistic Motion Set
• 3DFFM — Three-Dimensional Fourier Filtering Method
• ASA — Aperture Setting Adjustment
• WANF — West Area Neutrino Facility
• EDN — Event Detection and Notification
• PMM — Perpetual Motion Machine
• NM — Non-Magnetic
• INM — Institute National de Metrologie

• DORT — Discrete Ordinates Code
• AXAF-I — Imaging Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• GN — Gaussian Noise
• ENEA — Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E L'Ambiente
• SAM — Super Accelerator Machine
• NAMT — National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed
• QGD — Gate - Drain Charge
• CAST — Council of Agricultural Science and Technology
• CKM — Charged Kaons at the Main Injector
• UVA — University of Virginia
• HPPT — HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS AND TECHNICS
• CRS — Comprehensive, Representative, or Selective
• SPS — Super Proton Synchrotron
• ROCK — Rigidity Optimized Conformational Kinetics
• ADATS — Analog Delayed Annihilation Time Spectra
• BENE — Beams for European. Neutrino Experiments
• EIC — Electron Ion Collider (nuclear physics)
• LHM — Liquide Hydraulique Minerale
• PSS — Physics Selection Strategy
• FSW — Fast Spherical Wavelet
• SUBI — Southern Urals Biophysics Institute
• GERDA — The GERmanium Detector Array
• FBG — Fiber Bragg Grating
• SCOF — Static Coefficient of Friction
• JMAGR — Journal of Magnetic Resonance
• FCFR — Fusion Component Failure Rate
• GCFC — Generalized Complementary Flux Condition
• LDMS — Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry
• DDD — Dynamic Digital Depth
• MAT — Manifold Air Temperature
• NEBM — Nudged Elastic Band Method
• PCM — Phase Change Materials
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatory
• ECFA STUDY — Study group Physics and Detectors of a Linear Collider.
• LPM — Light-Particle Monitor
• COP — Coefficient Of Power
• LHC-B — Large Hadron Collider B Experiment
• FZ — Far Zone
• ERF — Energy Rejection Filter
• LLI — Laser-Induced Incandescence
• D — Dense
• EOM — Electron-Optical Modulator
• TNO — Trans-Neptunian Object
• GRAND — gamma ray and neutron detector
• CER — Classical Estimation Ratio
• PEMFD — Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field Device
• UTNF — Ultraweak Thermalized Neutron Field
• CMPA — Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics
• ESPD — European Solar Physics Division
• PRC — Pressure Regulator Control

• SERS — Surfaced Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• RDQ — Rate Distortion Quantization
• ASCA — Advanced Spacecraft for Cosmology and Astrophysics
• KET — Komitee für ElementarTeilchenphysik
• ROCK — Rigidity Optimized Confirmation Kinetics
• HEPL — High Energy Physics Laboratory
• LZT — Lead Zirconate Titanate
• AMS — Accelerator-Mass Spectrometry
• SEMPA — Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis
• LCLS — Linac Coherent Light Source
• FIRI — Fourth International Radiocarbon Intercomparison
• FRAC — Fracture Research and Application Consortium
• ACIP — Aerodynamic Coefficient Instituteumentation Package
• EFW — Evanescent Floquet Wave
• PHAPP — Physics and its Applications
• R — Result
• CAO — Carlsbad Area Office
• DFIR — Diffused Infrared
• ESP — Easy Surface Preparation
• SMS — Spectral Modeling Synthesis
• RMC — Radiative Muon Capture
• QVB — Quasiempirical Valence Bond (method)
• HPP — Hydropower Plant P
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center
• RSS — Regression Sum of Squares
• ICBM — Iogen Configuration Building Module
• APIF — Astroparticle Physics International Forum
• H — Hot
• MRSM — Multiple Response Surface Modeling
• CFM — Creates Forward Motion
• CMPC — Constrained Multivariable Predictive Control
• FLIR — Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
• ARB — Active Rere Beam
• EFP — Effective Fringing Property
• SM — Standard Model
• BR — Branching Ratio
• MOEMS — Micro Optp Electro Mechanical Systems
• IPSN — L'Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
• CHAOS — Canadian High Acceptance Orbit Spectrometer
• EC — electron-capture
• BBIR — Broad Band Infrared
• HSST — Heavy-Section Steel Technology
• FEA — Field-Emitter Array
• CCRI — Comité Consultatif des Rayonnements Ionisants
• HWP — Half-Wave Plate
• ASWT — Arbitrary Shape Wavelet Transform
• NSTP — Non-Spatial Thinking Process Theory
• TMBP — Thermal Mechanical Back Plate
• HRDE — High Resolution Digital Extensometer

• TESLA — TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator
• CDCC — Continuum Discretized Coupled Channels
• FMSS — Fermi Mass Storage System
• PHWC — Pseudo Horizontally Weakly Conformal
• AFTA — Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets
• CWP — Century Women to Physics
• SPY — Secondary Particle Yield
• CFCP — Copecenter For Cosmological Physics
• HSE — Hard Sphere Expansion
• ESC — Environmental Stress Cracking
• NDSM — Non-Dimensional Schmidt Model
• UNI — Ultrafast Nonlinear Interferometer
• DOE — Dynamic Operating Environment
• MDAP — Momentum Density of Annihilation Pairs
• RTI — Relative to the Input
• AGUFM — American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
• ECH — Eddy Current Heating
• LVE — Light Vibrational Energy
• TAM — Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• IRIS — Integrated Radiation Information System
• NEC — Nippon Electric Corporation
• COUPP — The Chicagoland Observatory for Underground Particle Physics
• HEAD — High Energy Astrophysics Division
• DHV — Demonstrate Higher Value
• FF — Fission Fragments
• OMEGA — 24-Beam Laser Facility at Rochester
• MBB — Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
• MOPITT — Measurement of Pollution In The Troposphere
• IRDCF — Infrared Detector Calibration Facility
• RVGSP — Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
• ATLAS — The Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator
• JCCRER — U.S.-Russia Joint Coordinating Committee on Radiation Effects Research
• CFL — Compact Fluorescent Lamp
• BOMAB — Bottle Manikin Absorber
• RFP — Radiation Flux Parameter
• LH — Light Hole
• ICFA — International Committee for Future Accelerators
• HDMS — Heidelberg Dark Matter Search
• SF — Surface Friction
• EDXRF — energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• CDCU — Correlated Dimension Correlated Uniqueness
• EPICC — Energy Policy Issues & Climate Change
• PH — Percentage Hydrogen
• BF — Back and Forth
• ESCR — Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance
• ALPS — Applications And Libraries For Physics Simulations
• NAAL — North American Aerodynamic Laboratory (Wind Tunnel)
• IBFW — Incidence of the reflected Beam from the Front Wall
• BD — Bounded Distortion
• CNDD — conspecific negative density dependence

• VQW — Voronoi Quantized Crossover
• SDF — Spectral Density Function
• BRP — Barrier Ring Position
• AAA — Advanced Applications of Accelerators
• CPPM — Center for Particle Physics of Marseilles
• CPS — Centimeters Per Second
• CRESST — Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers
• BB — Back Bombardment
• SOT — Space Or Time
• HR3DCT — High Resolution 3-D Computed Tomography
• IETS — Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy
• LEIR — Low Energy Ion Ring
• ITS — International Temperature Scale
• NAMP — National Analytical Management Program
• RT — Ray Tracing
• MINIMAX/ T-864 — A search for disoriented chiral condensates at Fermilab.
• KN — Kilo Newton
• ASP — Advanced Spectroscopic Portal
• CTMC — Classical Trajectory Monte Carlo
• RPV — Reactor Pressure Vessel
• WWV — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Colorado
• NV — No Vacuum
• BG — Boltzmann Gibbs
• LRA — Locked Rotor Ampere
• SCCM — standard cubic centimeters per minute
• UATD — Uniform Asymptotic Theory of Diffraction
• NCNR — NIST Center for Neutron Research
• BSDF — Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function
• SEMATECH — Consortium of 14 U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturers
• QHF — Quantum Heisenberg Ferromagnet
• CBH — Correlated Barrier Hopping
• N — Neutrino
• OSL — Optical Stimulated Luminescence
• RH — Reference Height
• MLS — Magnetic Levitation System
• CBS — Compton BackScattering
• PAR — Parabolic Aluminum Reflector
• USAL — Urban Spectra Artificial Light
• AGO — Automatic Geophysics Observatory
• FIM — Functional Imaging Methods
• DBC — Delicate Balance Collective
• CUP — Curl Usability Productivity
• ISBR — Inter-SubBand Radiation
• ALU — Applied Laser Unit
• FSS — Final Steady State
• DCOI — Directional Cone Of Influence
• STPD — Solar Terrestrial Physics Division
• ICPS — International Conference of Physics Students
• FCC — Fully Convoluted Concept
• QCD — Quantum Chromo Dynamics

• CFSE — Crystal Field Stabilization Energy
• VOC — Volts, Open-Circuit
• ICMP — Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
• LLG — Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation
• GSL — Generalized Second Law
• ADM — Arnowitt-Deser-Misner
• WGFF — Working Group for Fluid Flow
• AIAA — American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
• ASSI — Airglow Solar Spectrometer Instrument
• RAA — Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
• IFEL — Inverse Free Electron Laser
• PD — Projective Dimension
• NCSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• SI — selectivity index
• QHO — Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
• QIO — Quantum Infinite-Order
• ISOLDE — Isotype On-Line separator at CERN
• CTE — Correlated Transfer And Excitation
• W/F — Wandel/ Fietstochten
• SSTR — Solid State Track Recorder
• STL — Solid To Layer
• NRCC — National Research Council Canada
• TEM — Tunneling Electron Microscopy
• ZDC — Zero-Degree Calorimeter
• HEPA — High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting
• CLO — Colour Light Output
• IDCL — Inverse Dynamics Control Law
• MAF — Mass Air Filter
• LMFC — Liquid Mass Flow Controller
• GTR — Generalized Threshold Replenishment
• IGRA — interferon-gamma release assay
• ACFF — Alternating Current Field Measurement
• NFAL — Near Field Acoustic Levitation
• SEF — Spectral Energy Flux
• INFN — Italy's Institute Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
• PMB — Physics in Medicine and Biology
• HENP — Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics
• ORM — Office of Radiation Measurement
• RBUU — Relativistic Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck
• JTURB — Journal of Turbulence
• DEC — Digital Electronics Corporation
• MPS — The Microdrop Particle Search at SLAC
• MQSA — Mammography Quality Standards Act
• DRM — Digital Radio Mondial
• WWVH — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Hawaii
• UV-B — Ultraviolet-Biological
• CM — Center of Mass
• BXR — BMDO Transfer Radiometer
• SIRCUS — Spectral Irradiance and Radiance Calibration with Uniform Sources
• ACFA — Asian Committee for Future Accelerators.

• PCE — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
• BTEV — Proposed dedicated B physics experiment at Fermilab's Tevatron
• QKE — Quadrupolar Kondo Effect
• CTPE — Corrected Transient Potential Energy
• CF — Cross Flow
• DSOG — Discharge Singlet Oxygen Generator
• UEB — Universal Energetic Balancing
• DP — Data Point
• LGG — Least General Generalization
• FTG — Field Testing Group
• PBO — Particle Beam Optics
• DSB — Diagonal Spin Basis
• LSC — Liquid Scintillation Counting
• GAC — Generic Application Concept
• DBG — Disease Biophysics Group
• BM — Behavioral Model
• BSDM — Biased Site Disordered Model
• JPG — Journal of Physics G
• IIP — International Institute of Physics
• EPICS — Experiment Physics and Industrial Control System
• SXR — SeaWiFS Transfer Radiometer
• HTS — High-Temperature Superconductivity
• CRDS — Cavity-Ring-Down Spectroscopy
• LVD — Gran Sasso's Large Volume Detector
• DNC — Does Not Change
• BTD — Basic Thermodynamics
• RCU — Rapid Cooling Unit
• MUCOOL — MUon COOLing experiment
• ITAMP — International Meeting of Theory of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• BEV — Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Vienna, Austria
• LBIR — Low Background Infrared Radiometry
• CHTM — Center for High Technology Materials
• GALLEX — The Gallium EXperiment at Gran Sasso
• JCMT — James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
• NRRT — Normal Reference Range Table
• QMD — Quantum Metrology Division
• DPR — Differential Phase Residual
• TME — Theory Model Elimination
• DC — Double Capture
• ATLAS — Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System
• WIPM — Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
• EMP — Electron MicroPulse
• DPS — Disintegrations Per Second
• VATF — Vibration and Acoustic Test Facility
• MLDA — Modified Local Density Approximation
• F — Flux
• AIM — Accurate, Intentional, Measurable
• FLAP — Flexible Learning Approach to Physics
• CH — Color Hold
• FTM — Fluid Transfer Management

• ITU — Institut für Transurane
• ND — None Detected
• ILCSG — International Linear Collider Steering Group
• GMR — Giant Magnetoresistance Recording
• EDT — Equivalent Difference Transmission
• THERMAL AND EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS — thermal and epithermal neutrons
• TCS — Three-Dimensional Complex Space Theory
• LNLS — National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (Brazil)
• WYP — World Year of Physics
• GVHD — Graft-Versus Host Disease
• NSLS — National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory
• LSOP — Little Shop Of Physics
• CAA — Computational Aeroacoustics
• AMO — Atomic, Molecular and Optical
• SV — Shock and Vibration
• MIRF — Medical and Industrial Radiation Facility
• LTEC — Lamp Testing Engineers Conference
• NIKHEF — National Institute for Subatomic Physics
• REDA — Resonant-Excitation-Double-Autoionization
• VARS — Variable Room Acoustic System
• TOT — Typical Operating Temperature
• LEAR — Low Energy Antiproton Ring
• EEPROM — Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• BIFL — Burst Integrated Fluorescence
• MPMS — Magnetic Property Measurement System
• QELS — Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
• DMM — Deep Mixing Method
• HERA — Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator at DESY
• SANS — Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
• SCR — Silicon Controlled Rectifier
• MCHF — Multi-Configuration Hartree-Fock
• DMP — Division of Material Physics
• RPMP — Reports on Mathematical Physics
• XPOP — X is Perpendicular to Orbit Plane
• BE — Bose Einstein
• ES — Event Set
• CICP — Communications in Computational Physics
• RPSS — Resonance Peak Spectral Splitting
• PEMF — Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field
• BPSD — Biological Physics Structure and Design
• IDRG — Interaction Design Reading Group
• DIGM — Diffusion Induced Grain Motion
• COP — Cooling Operating Procedures
• USNO — U.S. Naval Observatory
• PBCS — Physics of Biological and Complex Systems
• FTS — Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
• STIM — Scanning Transmission Ion Microscopy
• ICNIRP — International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
• PVST — Pressure Vacuum Stability Test
• TXR — Thermal-infrared Transfer Radiometer

• MWI — Many-Worlds Interpretation
• DTI — Diesel Turbo Intercooled
• INMRI-ENEA — Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti - Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie
• HL — Heat Loss
• CIAQ — Committee on Indoor Air Quality
• DSC — differential scattering cross section
• VR-SFG — Vibrationally Resonant Sum-frequency Generation
• NEEP — Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
• LH — Left Handed
• NOVA — The NuMI Off-axis ve Appearance experiment
• CCF — Correlation Crystal Field
• MAP — Maximum A Posteriori estimate
• TRIUMF — Tri-University Meson Facility
• CCEMRI — Consultative Committee for Ionizing Radiations, CIPM
• RHIP — Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
• QOG — Quasi-Optical Grill
• MIP — Minimum Ionizing Particle
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
• EOA — Effective Orifice Opening
• NSEP — National Standard Examination in Physics
• CAMP — Computational and Applied Mathematical Physics
• LWGR — Light-Water-cooled, Graphite-moderated Reactor
• CDC — Controlled Dispersion Characteristic
• DW — Dilution Well
• VQM — Visual Quantum Mechanics
• LMP — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• BLP — boron-loaded plastic (scintillator)
• FAST — Force, Angle, Speed, Torque
• FST — Full Scale Tunnel
• NIM — Nuclear Interaction Module
• EBR — Enormous Black Rhombus
• SRDP — Standard Reference Data Program
• PEP — Pauli Exclusion Principle
• VQW — Vertical Quantum Well
• CPA — Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• PBQ — PhotoBeam Quantum
• MINIBOONE — Booster Neutrino Experiment, petite size
• ROII — Relative Optical Interference Intensity
• GSQM — General Superfield Quantization Method
• CSTL — Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
• ITRP — International Technology Recommendation Panel
• CI — Constant Intensity
• LNV — Lepton-Number Violating
• TAPS — Two-Arm Photon Spectrometer
• HERMES — DESY fixed-target experiment to explore spin
• SVPCS — Springer Series on Physics Chemistry Space
• 1PI — One Particle Irreducible
• IMF — Intermediate Mass Fragments
• BIT — Bulk Ion Temperature
• MPAM — Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics

• LDP — Low Density Plasma
• FSC — Free Space Coil
• UVV — Ultra-Violet V (395-445nm)
• OMPI — Ottawa Medical Physics Institute
• PAB — Physics Astronomy Building
• WFSM — Weak Field And Slow Motion
• BM — Baryonic Mat
• CCE — Consultative Committee on Electricity
• GD — Good Deformation
• SCF — Standard Chromatogram File
• ZGS — Zero Gradient Synchrotron
• GRASP — General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception
• VSV — Vacuum Switching Valve
• IF — Intrinsic Field
• CPI — Computational Physics Inc
• SSSYN — Springer Series on Synergetics
• FAD — FASCAL Absolute Detector
• LCL — lifting condensation level
• SVPAC — Soviet Physics Acoustics
• QZP — Quantum Zeno Paradox
• HEI — Heat Exchange Institute Inc.
• MCT — Mercury-cadmium-telluride
• IES — Illumination Engineering Society
• LVIS — Low Velocity Intense Source
• HS — Hard Sphere
• CNRF — Cold Neutron Research Facility
• NASSP — National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme
• AR — Absorptive Region
• MPN — Most Probable Number
• VA — Voltage Ampere
• FT-IRAS — Fourier Transform-Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• SPPS — surface plasmon polaritons
• PBS — Polarizing Beam Splitter
• ATC — Active Thermal Cooling
• MM — Molecular Mechanics
• MIS — Mirror Image Stimulation
• KIT — Kinetic Interactive Technology
• CS — Chern-Simons
• BCS — Bardeen Cooper Schrieffer theory of superconductivity
• DS — Stokes diameter
• SWIP — Society of Women in Physics
• GWRI — Gravitonic Wave Resonance Imaging
• BGO — bismuth-germanate (scintillator)
• SMSI — Strong Metal-support Interaction
• PPEP — Plasma Physics and Environmental Perturbation
• DXA — dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry
• DCIC — Drift-Corrected Image Composition
• HELEN — High Energy physics Latin-American-European Network
• FVL — Future of Vertical Lift
• BM — Bohr Magnetron

• ICM — Internal Coordinate Mechanics
• CAT — Cherenkov Array at Themis
• TBDM — Tissue Bubble Diffusion Model
• CDC — Correlated-Double-Capture
• ART — Algebraic Reconstruction Technique
• IRIS — International Reactor Innovative and Secure
• PAIS — Photo Acoustic Infrared Spectroscopy
• NPL — Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
• IFD — Internal Force Deflection
• HP — High Pressure
• HSD — Hadron String Dynamics
• PMATP — Progress in Mathematical Physics
• PTPT — Pure Time Preference Theory
• JILA — formerly Joint Institute Laboratory for Astrophysics
• LNF — Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, near Rome, Italy
• IESNA — Illumination Engineering Society of North America
• CDS — Continuous Deflection Separation
• OP — Opening Pressure
• JCGM — Joint Committee for Guides on Metrology
• RFZ — Reflection Free Zone
• LTTR — Long-Term Thermal Resistance
• VXT — Virtual Axis Tilt
• ATC — Automatic Temperature Conversion
• EMIS — Electro Magnetic Interpretation System
• CTE — Controlled Tractive Effort
• CDDP — Cellular Digital Data Packet
• FND — Folded Normal Density
• EPICS — Environmental Physics And Industrial Control System
• CDP — Center for Defect Physics
• APOP — Automatic Particle Orientation Procedure
• ED — Element Distinctness
• SVGL — Silicon Valley Group Lithography
• GLAST — Gammaray Large Area Space Telescope
• QTE — Quantum Transport Equation
• PFX — Penning Fusion EXperiment
• SSE — Sum of Squares for Error
• GGCP — Generalized Grand Canonical Potential
• QPD — Quantum Physics Division
• FM — Fluid Mechanics
• KSU — King Saud University
• CCFR — Chicago Columbia Fermilab Rochester
• RBE — Relative Biological Efficiency
• MESSIAEN — Methods for the Efficient Simulation of Aircraft Engine Noise
• MEIBEL — Merged Electron-Ion Beam Energy Loss
• QF — The Quasiconvexification of F
• SWBXT — Synchrotron White Beam X-Ray Topography
• BED — Binary-encounter-dipole
• SVJPP — Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics
• SV — Short Vector
• GSP — Generalized Sequential Pattern

• RFZ — Reverse Flow Zone
• BRAHMS — The Broad Range Hadron Magnetic Spectrometer located at Brookhaven.
• NRRS — Near Resonance Rayleigh Scattering
• CHEM-1 — Chemistry
• CP — Coulomb potential
• CBT — Corrected Brake Torque
• SFD — Shear Force Diagram
• AFC — Amplitude to Frequency Conversion
• FANS — Filter Analyzer Neutron Spectrometer
• HRTEM — high-resolution transition electron microscopy
• TSFU — Two Scale Factor Universality
• STP — Space Time Product
• CEM — Cascade Exciton Model
• DGT — Denier Gradient Technology
• SPTR — Scottish Physics Teaching Resources
• MESM — Multifunctional Energetic Structural Material
• GEMS — General Electro Magnetic Solvers
• RAP — Roentgen area product
• JPARC — Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
• MES — Minimum Efficient Scale
• MAPHS — Mathematical Physics Studies
• SF — Shield Fusion
• QSW — Q-switched laser
• NM — Nano Modified
• RPT — Reference Point Tracking
• SSWP — Springer Series on Wave Phenomena
• PMG — Precision Measurement Grant
• RBMK — Reactor Bolshoi Moshchnosti Kanalni
• QWI — Quantum Well Intermixing
• GDT — Gas Discharge Tube
• INISO-TTC — Experimental Radiochromic Film
• RIMS — Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• NH — Number of Holes
• NPSS — Nuclear Physics Summer School
• SACR — Space-based Active Cavity Radiometer
• EXAFS — Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
• IE — Independent Event
• IAG — International Association of Gravity
• MEA — Materials Engineering Associates
• LMR — Laser Magnetic Resonance
• CIE — Commission Internationale De L'Éclairage
• SIR — Selective Internal Radiation
• SYM — Super Yang-Mills Theory
• RICE — Radio Ice Cerenkov Experiment
• LDDV — Least Distance of Distinct Vision (optometry)
• GPU — Georgia Physics Unintelligible
• WCFG — Weighted Control Flow Graph
• CDU — Coolant Distribution Units
• KTG — Kinetic Theory of Gases
• ROC — Receiver Operator Characteristic Curve

• ODEND — Optical Detected Electron Nuclear Double Resonance
• ERP — Event Related Potentials
• POS — Point of Stress
• OPSO — Optimized Particle Swarm Optimization
• HTPS — Hierarchical Tangent Plane Scan
• MOTA — Man Of The Atom
• MOM — Modification of Mu
• SSPM — Solid State Photomultipliers
• PEWD — Potential Energy Well Depth
• PA — Proton Affinity
• HET — High Energy Transformation
• CM — Convenient Measure
• IMD — Interactive Molecular Dynamics
• QSA — Quantitative Surface Analysis
• CJP — Canadian Journal of Physics
• CNTFGL — Centrifugal
• MBS — Many Body Systems
• FH — Fermi Hole
• PGS — Plane Grating Spectrometer
• UPWT — Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel
• VNIIM — Mendeleyev Institute of Metrology
• TI — Transfer Ionization
• NGS — National Geological Society
• JINR — The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.
• DP — Dynamically Positioned
• AO — Advanced Optics
• RAND — Radio Neutrino Detector array
• ND:YAG — Neodymium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet
• ETF — Energy, Time, Frequency