Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

Abbreviations in Germanic languages

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Code

Meaning

Language

Themes and places

PU

Propellant Unit

In English

PU

Propellant Utilization

In English

PUAms

Publications of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Amsterdam

In English

PUC

Permanent UNIMARC Committee

In English

PUCS

Propellant Utilization Control System

In English

PUFA

Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid

In English

PUGS

Propellant Utilization and Gauging System

In English

PUKAR

Partners for Urban Knowledge Action & Research

In English

PULei

Publikationen der Königlichen Universitäts-Sternwarte zu Leipzig

In German

PUP

Previously Untreated Patient

In English

PUP

Potentially Unwanted Program

In English

PUS

Public Understanding of Science

In English

PUSK

Publikation der Königlichen Sternwarte in Kiel

In German

PUSNO

Publications of the US Naval Observatory

In English

PUV

Propellant Utilization Valve

In English

PV

Photovoltaic

In English

PV

Physical Volume

In English

PVA

Psychische Vermoeidheid in de Arbeidssituatie

In Dutch

PVA

Preburner Valve Actuator

In English

PVA

Propellant Valve Actuator

In English

PVC

Polyvinyl Chloride

In English

PVC

Pressure-Volume Compensated

In English

    PVC

    Permanent Virtual Circuit

    In English

    PVC

    Pedo Volucri Cogimus

    In Dutch

    PVCV
    Patronaats Voetbal Club Vleuten

    The abbreviation PVCV (Patronaats Voetbal Club Vleuten) includes the abbreviation VC (Voetbal Club).

    In Dutch

    PVD

    Passive Vibration Damping

    In English

      PVD

      Purge, Vent, and Drain

      In English

        PVD

        Polyvinylidene Fluoride

        In English

        PVDC

        Polyvinylidene Chloride

        In English

        PVDF

        Polyvinylidenefluoride

        In English

        PVDS

        Propellant Vent and Drain System

        In English

        PVDV

        Plezierig Vertoeven Door Vriendschap

        In Dutch

        PVED

        Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Division

        In English

        PVF

        Personeels Vereniging Fokker

        In Dutch

        PVL
        Periventrikuläre Leukomalazie

        PVL is equivalent to PVL (Periventricular Leukomalacia) in English, PVL (Periventriculaire Leukomalacie) in Dutch, LMPV (Leucomalacie périventriculaire) in French.

        In German

        PVL
        Periventricular Leukomalacia

        PVL is equivalent to LMPV (see above).

        In English

        PVL
        Periventriculaire Leukomalacie

        PVL is equivalent to LMPV (see above).

        In Dutch

        PVLA

        Purchase Versus Lease Analysis

        In English

        PVMA

        Pre-Veterinary Medical Association

        In English

        PVO

        Pioneer Venus Orbiter

        In English

        PVO

        Private Voluntary Organization

        In English

        PVR

        Personal Video Recording

        In English

        PVR

        Precision Voltage Reference

        In English

        PVRD

        Purge, Vent, Repressurize, and Drain

        In English

          PVS

          Parochie Voetbalclub Sint Servaas

          In Dutch

          PVS

          Passive Vulnerability Scanner

          In English

          PVSS

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

          In English

          PVSS

          Personeels Vereniging Stads Schouwburg

          In Dutch

          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

                PVV

                Peaparkse Voetbal Vereniging

                In Dutch

                PVV

                Partij voor de Vrijheid (www.pvv.nl)

                In Dutch

                PVV

                Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang

                In Dutch

                PVVO

                Publications of the Van Vleck Observatory

                In English

                PVWA

                Planned Value of Work Accomplished

                In English

                PVWA

                Personeels Vereniging Werkspoor Amsterdam

                In Dutch

                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

                      Prinses Wilhelmina

                      In Dutch

                        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

                        PWC

                        Pieterburen Westernieland Combinatie

                        In Dutch

                        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, 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

                              PZH

                              Provincie Zuid Holland

                              In Dutch

                              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 (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, Pd (钯) in Chinese languages, Pd (Palladium) in English.

                              In Afrikaans

                              Pd
                              Palladium

                              Pd is equivalent to Pd (see above).

                              In Danish

                              Pd
                              Palladium

                              Pd is equivalent to Pd (see above).

                              In German

                              Pd
                              Palladín

                              Pd is equivalent to Pd (see above).

                              In Icelandic

                              Pd
                              Palladium

                              Pd is equivalent to Pd (see above).

                              In Letzeburgesh

                              Pd
                              Palladium

                              Pd is equivalent to Pd (see above).

                              In Dutch

                              Pd
                              Palladium

                              Pd is equivalent to Pd (see above).

                              In Norwegian

                              Pd
                              Palladium

                              Pd is equivalent to Pd (see above).

                              In Nynorsk

                              Pd
                              Palladium

                              Pd is equivalent to Pd (see above).

                              In Swedish

                              Pd
                              Palladium

                              Pd is equivalent to Pd (see above).

                              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

                              PfWB

                              Pfälzisches Wörterbuch

                              In German

                              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

                                PhJ

                                Philosophisches Jahrbuch

                                In German

                                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

                                PhuZ

                                Physik in unserer Zeit

                                In German

                                PhyCP

                                Physiological Chemistry and Physics

                                In English

                                PhyEd

                                Physics Education

                                In English

                                PhyEs

                                Physics Essays

                                In English

                                PhyG

                                Physikalische Gesellschaft

                                In German

                                PhyGZ

                                Physikalische Gesellschaft Zürich

                                In German

                                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

                                PhyZ

                                Physikalische Zeitschrift

                                In German

                                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

                                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

                                PvdA

                                Partij van de Arbeid (www.pvda.nl)

                                In Dutch

                                PvdD

                                Partij voor de Dieren (www.partijvoordedieren.nl)

                                In Dutch

                                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, Q (穀氨醯胺) in Chinese languages.

                                In English

                                Q
                                Glutamin

                                Q is equivalent to Q (see above).

                                In German

                                Q
                                Glutamin

                                Q is equivalent to Q (see above).

                                In Letzeburgesh

                                Q
                                Glutamine

                                Q is equivalent to Q (see above).

                                In Dutch

                                Q
                                Glutamin

                                Q is equivalent to Q (see above).

                                In Swedish

                                Q&A

                                Question and Answer

                                In English

                                QA
                                Quality Assurance

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

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