Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

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Meaning

Language

Themes and places

PVSS

Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, Publications of Variable Star Section

In English

PVT

Passive Visible Tracker

In English

    PVT
    Preflight Verification Test

    The abbreviation PVT (Preflight Verification Test) includes the abbreviation VT (Verification Test).

    In English

    PVT

    Pressure, Volume, and Temperature

    In English

      PVT
      Pyrotechnic Verification Test

      The abbreviation PVT (Pyrotechnic Verification Test) includes the abbreviation VT (Verification Test).

      In English

      PVT

      Psychomotor Vigilance Task

      In English

      PVTCS
      Photovoltaic Thermal Control System

      The abbreviation PVTCS (Photovoltaic Thermal Control System) includes abbreviations TC (Thermal Control) and TCS (Thermal Control System).

      In English

      PVTOS

      Physical Vapor Transport Organic Solids

      In English

        PVVO

        Publications of the Van Vleck Observatory

        In English

        PVWA

        Planned Value of Work Accomplished

        In English

        PVWS

        Planned Value of Work Scheduled

        In English

        PVasO

        Publications of the Vassar College Observatory

        In English

        PW

        Plan Washer

        In English

          PW

          Printed Wiring

          In English

            PW

            Pulse Width

            In English

              PW&SO

              Publications of the Warner Swasey Observatory

              In English

              PWA

              Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

              In English

              PWA

              Printed Wiring Assembly

              In English

              PWA

              Private Write Area

              In English

              PWA
              Product Work Authorization

              The abbreviation PWA (Product Work Authorization) includes the abbreviation WA (Work Authorization).

              In English

              PWA

              Progressive Web App

              In English

              PWB

              Printed Wiring Board

              In English

              PWBS
              Program Work Breakdown Structure

              The abbreviation PWBS (Program Work Breakdown Structure) includes the abbreviation WBS (Work Breakdown Structure).

              In English

              PWD

              Proceed With Design

              In English

                PWDS

                Protected Wire Distribution System

                In English

                PWGSC
                Public Works and Government Services Canada (www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca)

                PWGSC is equivalent to TPSGC (Travaux Publics et Services Gouvernementaux Canada) in French.

                In English

                PWHHO

                Publications of West Hendon House Observatory

                In English

                PWHS

                Public Works Historical Society

                In English

                PWM

                Pulse Width Modulation

                In English

                  PWMD

                  Printed Wiring Master Drawing

                  In English

                  PWR
                  Pressurized Water Reactor

                  PWR is equivalent to REP (Réacteur à Eau Pressurisée) in French, and DWR (Druckwasserreaktor) in German.

                  In English

                  PWS

                  Pricing Work Statement

                  In English

                  PWT
                  Propulsion Wind Tunnel

                  The abbreviation PWT (Propulsion Wind Tunnel) includes the abbreviation WT (Wind Tunnel).

                  In English

                  PWTN

                  People's Watch - Tamil Nadu

                  In English

                  PWW

                  Project West Wing

                  In English

                    PWasO

                    Publications of the Washburn Observatory

                    In English

                    PXN

                    Paxillin

                    In English

                    PYPL

                    PopularitY of Programming Language

                    In English

                    PYerO

                    Publications of the Yerkes Observatory

                    In English

                    PYunO

                    Publications of the Yunnan Observatory

                    In English

                    PZM

                    Pressure Zone Microphone

                    In English

                    PaReL

                    Pattern Recognition Letters

                    In English

                    PaaS

                    Platform as a Service

                    In English

                    Pacman

                    Package manager

                    In English

                    PalOc

                    Paleoceanography

                    In English

                    Palb

                    Paleobiology

                    In English

                    ParC

                    Parallel Computing

                    In English

                    PcG

                    Polycomb Group

                    In English

                    Pd
                    Palladium

                    Pd is equivalent to Pd (Palladium) in Afrikaans, Pd (بالاديوم) in Arabic, Pd (প্যালাডিয়াম) in Bengali, Pd (Паладый) in Belarusian, Pd (Paladijum) in Bosnian, Pd (Паладий) in Bulgarian, Pd (Pal·ladi) in Catalan, Pd (Palladium) in Czech, Pd (Palladiu) in Corsican, Pd (Paladiwm) in Welsh, Pd (Palladium) in Danish, Pd (Palladium) in German, Pd (Pallaadium) in Estonian, Pd (Παλλάδιο) in Greek, Pd (Paladio) in Spanish, Pd (Paladio) in Esperanto, Pd (Paladio) in Basque, Pd (Palladium) in French, Pd (Paladi) in Friulian, Pd (Pallaadjum) in Manx, Pd (Paladio) in Galician, Pd (팔라듐) in Korean, Pd (Պալադիում) in Armenian, Pd (पलाडियम) in Hindi, Pd (Paladij) in Croatian, Pd (Paladio) in Ido, Pd (Paladium) in Indonesian, Pd (Palladín) in Icelandic, Pd (Palladio) in Italian, Pd (פלדיום) in Hebrew, Pd (Paladium) in Javanese, Pd (ಪಲ್ಲಾಡಿಯಮ್) in Kannada, Pd (Paladi) in Swahili, Pd (Paladyòm) in Haitian Creole, Pd (Paladyûm) in Kurdish, Pd (Palladium) in Latin, Pd (Pallādijs) in Latvian, Pd (Palladium) in Letzeburgesh, Pd (Paladis) in Lithuanian, Pd (jinmrpaladi) in Lojban, Pd (Palládium) in Hungarian, Pd (പലേഡിയം) in Malayalam, Pd (पॅलॅडियम) in Marathi, Pd (Palladium) in Dutch, Pd (パラジウム) in Japanese, Pd (Palladium) in Norwegian, Pd (Palladium) in Nynorsk, Pd (Palladi) in Occitan, Pd (Palladiy) in Uzbek, Pd (Pallad) in Polish, Pd (Paládio) in Portuguese, Pd (Paladiu) in Romanian, Pd (Палладий) in Russian, Pd (Palladiu) in Sicilian, Pd (Paládium) in Slovak, Pd (Paladij) in Slovenian, Pd (Паладијум) in Serbian, Pd (Paladijum) in Serbo-Croatian, Pd (Palladium) in Finnish, Pd (Palladium) in Swedish, Pd (பலேடியம்) in Tamil, Pd (แพลเลเดียม) in Thai, Pd (Paladi) in Vietnamese, Pd (Paladyum) in Turkish, Pd (Паладій) in Ukrainian, and Pd (钯) in Chinese languages.

                    In English

                    PerCo

                    Perkins Observatory Contributions

                    In English

                    PetDB
                    Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor (https://www.earthchem.org/petdb)
                    PetDB (Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor) is a searchable database of published geochemical data for igneous and metamorphic rocks of the ocean floor, including magmatic rocks generated at mid-ocean ridges, back-arc basins, or young seamounts, abyssal peridotites, old oceanic crust, mantle xenoliths, and ophiolites.

                    In English

                    PhASp

                    Physics and Astrophysics from Spacelab

                    In English

                    PhAco

                    Physical Acoustics

                    In English

                    PhApp

                    Physics and its Applications

                    In English

                    PhB

                    Physics Bulletin

                    In English

                    PhBRML

                    Physically Based Rendering Modeling Language

                    In English

                      PhBio

                      Physical Biology

                      In English

                      PhChE

                      Physics and Chemistry of Earth

                      In English

                      PhChH

                      PhysicoChemical Hydrodynamics

                      In English

                      PhD
                      Philosophical Doctor

                      PhD is equivalent to PhD (Philosophiae Doctor) in Latin.

                      In English

                      PhFl

                      Physics of Fluids

                      In English

                      PhGeo

                      Physical Geography

                      In English

                      PhL

                      Physics Letters

                      In English

                      PhLF

                      Physics Laser Fusion

                      In English

                      PhLRv

                      Physics of Life Reviews

                      In English

                      PhMet

                      Physics of Metals

                      In English

                      PhP

                      Physics in Perspective

                      In English

                      PhPl

                      Physics of Plasmas

                      In English

                      PhQE

                      Physics of Quantum Electronics

                      In English

                      PhR

                      Philosophical Review

                      In English

                      PhR

                      Physics Reports

                      In English

                      PhRv

                      Physical Review

                      In English

                      PhRvL

                      Physical Review Letters

                      In English

                      PhSS

                      Physics of the Solid State

                      In English

                      PhT

                      Physics Today

                      In English

                      PhTea

                      The Physics Teacher

                      In English

                      PhTec

                      Physics in Technology

                      In English

                      PheWAS

                      Phenome-Wide Association Study

                      In English

                      PhiJR

                      Philips Journal Research

                      In English

                      PhiRR

                      Philips Research Reports

                      In English

                      PhiTR

                      Philips Technical Review

                      In English

                      PhyCP

                      Physiological Chemistry and Physics

                      In English

                      PhyEd

                      Physics Education

                      In English

                      PhyEs

                      Physics Essays

                      In English

                      PhyM

                      Physiological Measurement

                      In English

                      PhyN

                      Physics Notes

                      In English

                      PhyNY

                      Physics New York

                      In English

                      PhyR

                      Physical Research

                      In English

                      PhyW

                      Physics World

                      In English

                      PhylS

                      Physiologist Supplement

                      In English

                      PiA

                      Peace-building in Africa

                      In English

                      PiCT

                      Prothrombinase-induced Clotting Time

                      In English

                      PiReM

                      Pipe Rehabilitation Management

                      In English

                      Pl&I

                      Plasmas and Ions

                      In English

                      PlAst

                      Planetary Astronomy

                      In English

                      PlPh

                      Plasma Physics

                      In English

                      PlPhR

                      Plasma Physics Reports

                      In English

                      PlPo

                      Plasmas and Polymers

                      In English

                      PlR

                      Planetary Report

                      In English

                      PnP

                      Plug 'n play

                      In English

                      PoCom

                      Polymer Composites

                      In English

                      PoE

                      Power over Ethernet

                      In English

                      PolPh

                      Polymer Physics

                      In English

                      PolRe

                      National Institute Polar Research Memoirs

                      In English

                      PorB

                      Corynebacterial Porin B

                      In English

                      PrAA

                      Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics

                      In English

                      PrAeS

                      Progress in Aerospace Sciences

                      In English

                      PrAst

                      Practical Astronomy

                      In English

                      PrECS

                      Progress in Energy and Combustion Science

                      In English

                      PrEx

                      Propellants and Explosives

                      In English

                      PrExP

                      Propellants and Explosives Pyrotechnics

                      In English

                      PrMS

                      Progress in Materials Science

                      In English

                      PrOce

                      Progress in Oceanography

                      In English

                      PrPNP

                      Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics

                      In English

                      PrPh

                      Progress of Physics

                      In English

                      PrSS

                      Progress In Surface Science

                      In English

                      PrVP

                      Proceedings of Vibration Problems

                      In English

                      PreR

                      Precambrian Research

                      In English

                      PyG

                      PyTorch Geometric

                      In English

                      Q
                      Glutamine

                      Q is equivalent to Q (Glutamina) in Catalan, Q (Glutamin) in Czech, Q (Glutamin) in German, Q (Glutamina) in Spanish, Q (Glutamino) in Esperanto, Q (Glutamine) in French, Q (글루타민) in Korean, Q (Glutamin) in Indonesian, Q (Glutammina) in Italian, Q (גלוטמין) in Hebrew, Q (Glutamīns) in Latvian, Q (Glutamin) in Letzeburgesh, Q (Glutaminas) in Lithuanian, Q (Glutamine) in Dutch, Q (グルタミン) in Japanese, Q (Glutamina) in Polish, Q (Glutamina) in Portuguese, Q (Глутамин) in Russian, Q (Glutamín) in Slovak, Q (Глутамин) in Serbian, Q (Glutamiini) in Finnish, Q (Glutamin) in Swedish, Q (Glutamin) in Turkish, Q (Глутамін) in Ukrainian, and Q (穀氨醯胺) in Chinese languages.

                      In English

                      Q&A

                      Question and Answer

                      In English

                      QA
                      Quality Assurance

                      The abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance) is included in abbreviations such as QAM (Quality Assurance Manual), SDQA (Software Development Quality Assurance), LRQA (Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance), T&QA (Test and Quality Assurance), SR&QA (Safety, Reliability, and Quality Assurance), SQA (Subcontractor Quality Assurance), SDQA (Space Division Quality Assurance), RM&QA (Reliability, Maintainability, and Quality Assurance), R&QA (Reliability and Quality Assurance), QAR (Quality Assurance Report), QAP (Quality Assurance Product), QAOP (Quality Assurance Operating Procedure), ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), QAFM (Quality Assurance Forms Manual), QAD (Quality Assurance Division), QACAD (Quality Assurance Corrective Action Document), QAC (Quality Assurance Chart), QA&T (Quality Assurance and Test), PQA (Procurement Quality Assurance), ABQAURP (American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians), QAA (Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education), ECQAC (Electronic Components Quality Assurance Committee) and SQA (Software Quality Assurance).

                      QA is equivalent to AQ (Assurance Qualité) in French.

                      In English

                      QA

                      Quality Audit

                      In English

                      QA
                      Question Answering

                      The abbreviation QA (Question Answering) is included in the abbreviation CoQA (Conversational Question Answering).

                      In English

                      QA&T
                      Quality Assurance and Test

                      The abbreviation QA&T (Quality Assurance and Test) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

                      In English

                      QAA
                      Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

                      The abbreviation QAA (Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

                      In English

                      QAC
                      Quality Assurance Chart

                      The abbreviation QAC (Quality Assurance Chart) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

                      In English

                      QACAD
                      Quality Assurance Corrective Action Document

                      The abbreviation QACAD (Quality Assurance Corrective Action Document) includes abbreviations QA (Quality Assurance) and CA (Corrective Action).

                      In English

                      QAD
                      Quality Assurance Division

                      The abbreviation QAD (Quality Assurance Division) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

                      In English

                      QAFM
                      Quality Assurance Forms Manual

                      The abbreviation QAFM (Quality Assurance Forms Manual) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

                      In English

                      QALY

                      Quality-Adjusted Life Years

                      In English

                      QAM

                      Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

                      In English

                      QAM
                      Quality Assurance Manual

                      The abbreviation QAM (Quality Assurance Manual) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

                      QAM is equivalent to MAQ (Manuel d’Assurance Qualité) in French.

                      In English

                      QANTAS

                      Queensland And Northern Territories Airline System (https://www.qantas.com)

                      In English

                      QAOP
                      Quality Assurance Operating Procedure

                      The abbreviation QAOP (Quality Assurance Operating Procedure) includes abbreviations QA (Quality Assurance) and OP (Operating Procedure).

                      In English

                      QAP

                      Quality Assessment Procedure

                      In English

                      QAP
                      Quality Assurance Product

                      The abbreviation QAP (Quality Assurance Product) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

                      In English

                      QAPF

                      Quartz, Alkali feldspar, Plagioclase, Feldspathoid

                      In English

                      QAR
                      Quality Assurance Report

                      The abbreviation QAR (Quality Assurance Report) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

                      In English

                      QAT

                      Quantization-Aware Training

                      In English

                      QAVT

                      Qualification Acceptance Vibration Test

                      In English

                      QApMa

                      Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

                      In English

                      QBF

                      Qatar Basketball Federation

                      In English

                      QBIC

                      Query By Image Content

                      In English

                      QBO

                      Quasi-Biennial Oscillation

                      In English

                      QC
                      Quality Control

                      The abbreviation QC (Quality Control) is included in abbreviations such as ASQC (American Society for Quality Control), FTSQCO (Fiji Trade Standards and Quality Control Office), COSQC (Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control), PQC (Procurement Quality Control), SQC (Statistical Quality Control), QCOP (Quality Control Operating Procedure) and QCDR (Quality Control Deficiency Report).

                      In English

                      QCA

                      Quantum Cellular Automata

                      In English

                      QCB

                      Queue Control Block

                      In English

                        QCD
                        Quantum Chromodynamics

                        QCD is equivalent to CDQ (Cromodinàmica Quàntica) in Catalan.

                        In English

                        QCDR
                        Quality Control Deficiency Report

                        The abbreviation QCDR (Quality Control Deficiency Report) includes the abbreviation QC (Quality Control).

                        In English

                        QCG

                        Qualification in Career Guidance

                        In English

                        QCM

                        Quartz Crystal Microbalance

                        In English

                        QCOP
                        Quality Control Operating Procedure

                        The abbreviation QCOP (Quality Control Operating Procedure) includes abbreviations OP (Operating Procedure) and QC (Quality Control).

                        In English

                        QCS

                        Qualified Calibration Source

                        In English

                        QD

                        Quantum Dot

                        In English

                        QD

                        Quick Disconnect

                        In English

                          QDA
                          Quadratic Discriminant Analysis

                          The abbreviation QDA (Quadratic Discriminant Analysis) is included in the abbreviation SQDA (Sparse Quadratic Discriminant Analysis).

                          In English

                          QDOS
                          Quick and Dirty Operating System

                          The abbreviation QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) includes the abbreviation OS (Operating System).

                          In English

                          QDR
                          Qualification Design Review

                          The abbreviation QDR (Qualification Design Review) is included in the abbreviation CQDR (Critical Qualification Design Review), and it includes the abbreviation DR (Design Review).

                          In English

                          QDS

                          Quality Data System

                          In English

                          QE

                          Quadrant Elevation

                          In English

                            QE

                            Quality Engineer

                            In English

                            QE

                            Quality Engineering

                            In English

                            QEC

                            Quick Engine Change

                            In English

                              QED
                              Quantum Electrodynamics

                              QED is equivalent to EQD (Electrodinàmica Quàntica) in Catalan.

                              In English

                              QEL

                              Queue Element

                              In English

                                QES

                                Qwam E-content Server

                                In English

                                QFD

                                Quality Function Deployment

                                In English

                                QFD

                                Quality Functional Deployment

                                In English

                                QFP
                                Quad Flat Pack

                                The abbreviation QFP (Quad Flat Pack) is included in abbreviations such as SQFP (Shrink Quad Flat Pack), TQFP (Thin Quad Flat Pack) and PQFP (Plastic Quad Flat Pack).

                                In English

                                QFT

                                Queens Film Theatre

                                In English

                                QFT

                                Quantum Field Theory

                                In English

                                QFT

                                Quoted For Truth

                                In English

                                  QGS

                                  Quantity Gauging System

                                  In English

                                    QI

                                    Quality Information

                                    In English

                                    QIC

                                    Quality Information Control

                                    In English

                                    QIC

                                    Queensland Investment Corporation

                                    In English

                                    QIS

                                    Quantitative Impact Study

                                    In English

                                    QIS

                                    Quality Improvement Service

                                    In English

                                    QIS

                                    Qualcomm Internet Services

                                    In English

                                    QIS

                                    Quantum Information Science

                                    In English

                                    QJMAM

                                    Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

                                    In English

                                    QJMat

                                    The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics

                                    In English

                                    QJRAS

                                    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society

                                    In English

                                    QJRMS

                                    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

                                    In English

                                    QL

                                    Quick Look

                                    In English

                                      QLDS

                                      Quick-Look Data Station

                                      In English

                                      QLS

                                      Quick-Look Station

                                      In English

                                        QM

                                        Qualification Motor

                                        In English

                                        QMS
                                        Quality Management System

                                        The abbreviation QMS (Quality Management System) is included in the abbreviation SQMS (Scottish Quality Management System).

                                        In English

                                        QMS

                                        Qualification Model Spacecraft

                                        In English

                                        QMUL

                                        Queen Mary University of London (https://www.qmul.ac.uk)

                                        In English

                                        QOM

                                        Quick Ontology Mapping

                                        In English

                                        QOS

                                        Quality Operating System

                                        In English

                                        QPD

                                        Quality Planning Document

                                        In English

                                        QPL

                                        Qualified Parts List

                                        In English

                                        QPL

                                        Qualified Products List

                                        In English

                                        QPL

                                        Q Public License

                                        In English

                                        QPP

                                        Quality Program Plan

                                        In English

                                        QPR
                                        Quarterly Progress Report

                                        The abbreviation QPR (Quarterly Progress Report) includes the abbreviation PR (Progress Report).

                                        In English

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