Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

681

Code

Meaning

Language

Themes and places

AAIR

Advanced Atmospheric sounder and Imaging Radiometer

In English

ABRIXAS

Broadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey

In English

ACCU

Audio Central Control Unit

In English

ACP
Audio Control Panel

The abbreviation ACP (Audio Control Panel) includes the abbreviation CP (Control Panel).

In English

ADR

Automatic Dialogue Replacement

In English

AEM

Acoustical Emission Monitoring

In English

AFTA
Acoustic Fatigue Test Article

The abbreviation AFTA (Acoustic Fatigue Test Article) includes abbreviations FTA (Fatigue Test Article) and TA (Test Article).

In English

AIH

Acoustical Imaging and Holography

In English

AIRS

Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

In English

ALC

Automatic Level Control

In English

ALCA

Automatic Level Control Assembly

In English

ALEXIS

Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors

In English

ALVIB

Algorithm Payload Vibration

In English

AMOS
Air Force Maui Optical System

The abbreviation AMOS (Air Force Maui Optical System) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).

In English

AMS

Acoustic Measurement System

In English

AMSR

Advanced Microwave Sounding Radiometer

In English

AMTF
Acoustic Model Test Facility

The abbreviation AMTF (Acoustic Model Test Facility) includes the abbreviation TF (Test Facility).

In English

ANTF

Australia Telescope National Facility (https://www.atnf.csiro.au/)

In English

AOM

Acoustic-Optic Modulator

In English

AOS

ACTS Optical System

In English

AOT

Alignment Optical Telescope

In English

ASC

Apple Sound Chip

In English

ASVIB

Algorithm Scoreboard Vibrations

In English

ATA

Allen Telescope Array

In English

ATCA

Australian Telescope Compact Array

In English

ATM

Apollo Telescope Mount

In English

AVCOR

Algorithm Vibration Correlation

In English

AXAF

Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility

In English

ApAc

Applied Acoustics

In English

ApOpt

Applied Optics

In English

BAT

Burst Alert Telescope

In English

BBXRT

Broad Band X-Ray Telescope

In English

BBXRT

Broadband X-Ray Telescope

In English

BCFHT

Bulletin d’information du téléscope Canada-France-Hawaii

In French

BDY

Burst Detector Optical Sensor

In English

BUOU

Backup Optical Unit

In English

CDSC

Coupling-Display Scanning-Telescope Manual Control

In English

CETEHOR

Centre Technique de l’Industrie Horlogère

In French

CIRRIS

Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument(ation) for Shuttle

In English

CLSM
Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope

= MCBL | Microscope Confocal à Balayage Laser | In French

In English

CLSM
Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy

= MCBL | Microscopie Confocale à Balayage Laser | In French

In English

CORA

Coherent Optical Radar Amplifier

In English

COSTAR

Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement

In English

CPDH

Comité Professionnel de Développement de l’Horlogerie

In French

CRISTA

Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometer Telescope for Atmosphere

In English

CoRoT
Convection, Rotation & planetary Transits

= CoRoT | Convection, Rotation et Transits planétaires | In French

In English

CoRoT
Convection, Rotation et Transits planétaires

= CoRoT (see above)

In French

DIRV

Dedicated Interferometer for Rapid Variability

In English

DSAD

Darkside Art Developement

In English

E&DSG

Electro-Optical and Data Systems Group

In English

EGRET

Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope

In English

EGRET

Energetic Gamma Ray Explorer Telescope

In English

ELT

Extremely Large Telescope

In English

FO
Fiber-Optic

The abbreviation FO (Fiber-Optic) is included in abbreviations such as FODS (Fiber-Optic Demonstration System), FOG (Fiber-Optic Gyro), FOGM (Fiber-Optic Guided Missile) and FOIRL (Fiber-Optic Inter-Repeater Link).

In English

FOC

Faint Object Camera

In English

FODS
Fiber-Optic Demonstration System

The abbreviation FODS (Fiber-Optic Demonstration System) includes the abbreviation FO (Fiber-Optic).

In English

FOG
Fiber-Optic Gyro

The abbreviation FOG (Fiber-Optic Gyro) includes the abbreviation FO (Fiber-Optic).

In English

FOGM
Fiber-Optic Guided Missile

The abbreviation FOGM (Fiber-Optic Guided Missile) includes abbreviations FO (Fiber-Optic) and GM (Guided Missile).

In English

FOIRL
Fiber-Optic Inter-Repeater Link

The abbreviation FOIRL (Fiber-Optic Inter-Repeater Link) includes the abbreviation FO (Fiber-Optic).

In English

FORC

Fiber Optics Research Center (www.fibopt.ru/eng/)

In English

FOS

Faint Object Spectrograph

In English

FTT

Field Test Telescope

In English

FiIO

Fiber and Integrated Optics

In English

GHRS

Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph

In English

GLAST

Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope

In English

GVTA
Ground Vibration Test Article

The abbreviation GVTA (Ground Vibration Test Article) is included in the abbreviation VGVTA (Vertical Ground Vibration Test Article), and it includes the abbreviation TA (Test Article).

In English

HIRS

High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder

In English

HRIR

High-Resolution Infrared Radiometer

In English

HRMA

High-Resolution Mirror Assembly

In English

HST

Hubble Space Telescope

In English

HUT

Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope

In English

HiRDLS

High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder

In English

IACT

Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope

In English

IASI

Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer

In English

ICASSP

International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing

In English

ICSV

International Congress on Sound and Vibration

In English

IRBS

Infrared Background Sensor

In English

IRCAM

Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (www.ircam.fr)

In French

IRIS
Infrared Instrumentation System

The abbreviation IRIS (Infrared Instrumentation System) includes the abbreviation IS (Instrumentation System).

In English

ISAMS

Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder

In English

ISM

Image Steering Mirror

In English

ISO

Infrared Space Observatory

In English

ITU

Infrared Telescope Unit

In English

InPhT

Infrared Physics and Technology

In English

JASJa

Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan

In English

JMic

Journal of Microscopy

In English

JSV

Journal of Sound Vibration

In English

KR

Keyboards Recording

In English

LAIRT

Large-Aperture Infrared Telescope

In English

LAMP

LODE Advanced Mirror Program

In English

LMD

Large Mirror Development

In English

LOCS

Local Optical Correction System

In English

LST

Large Space Telescope

In English

LST

Large Stellar Telescope

In English

MAGIC

Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope

In English

MAS

Millimeter-wave Atmospheric Sounder

In English

MCBL
Microscope Confocal à Balayage Laser

= CLSM, MCBL (see above)

In French

MCBL
Microscopie Confocale à Balayage Laser

= CLSM, MCBL (see above)

In French

MICOS

Multifunctional Infrared Coherent Optical Sensor

In English

MITTS

Mobile IGOR Tracking Telescope System

In English

MLA

Monochrome Lens Assembly

In English

MLS

Microwave Limb Sounder

In English

MMOS

Multimode Optical Sensor

In English

MRIR

Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer

In English

MSDS

Multispectral Scanner and Data System

In English

MSU

Microwave Sounding Unit

In English

MTEO
Maintenance Test Equipment, Optical

The abbreviation MTEO (Maintenance Test Equipment, Optical) includes abbreviations MTE (Maintenance Test Equipment) and TE (Test Equipment).

In English

MiMic

Microscopy and Microanalysis

In English

NuSTAR

Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array

In English

OAS

Optical Assembly Simulator

In English

OASPL

Overall Sound Pressure Level

In English

ODA

Optical Diagnostic Assembly

In English

OISAR
Optical Inverse Synthetic-Aperture Radar

The abbreviation OISAR (Optical Inverse Synthetic-Aperture Radar) includes abbreviations SAR (Synthetic-Aperture Radar) and ISAR (Inverse Synthetic-Aperture Radar).

In English

OTA

Optical Telescope Assembly

In English

PALM

Photoactivated Localization Microscopy

In English

PAMA

Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance (www.pamalliance.org)

In English

PASTI

Public Address Speech Transmission Index

In English

PEAQ

Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality

In English

PFL

Pre-Fade Listen

In English

PMIRR

Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer

In English

PMPO

Peak Music Power Output

In English

PMPO

Peak Momentary Performance Output

In English

PPM

Peak Program Meter

In English

PZM

Pressure Zone Microphone

In English

RASTI

Rapid Speech Transmission Index

In English

RL

Reimaging Lens

In English

RLA

Ribbon Line Array

In English

RLA

Richard Long & Associates

In English

RM

Relay Mirror

In English

RXTE

Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer

In English

RvAc

Revue d'Acoustique

In French

S&T

Sky and Telescope

In English

S2S^2

Sound to Sense, Sense to Sound

In English

SAC

Sound Absorption Coefficient

In English

SBR

Spectral Band Replication

In English

SDIF

Sony Digital Interface Format

In English

SIAP

System for Improved Acoustic Performance

In English

SIL

Sound Interference Level

In English

SIRTF

Space Infrared Telescope Facility

In English

SIRTF

Shuttle Infrared Telescope Facility

In English

SIXA

Silicon X-Ray Array

In English

SL
Sound Level

The abbreviation SL (Sound Level) is included in the abbreviation SLM (Sound Level Meter).

In English

SLM
Sound Level Meter

The abbreviation SLM (Sound Level Meter) includes the abbreviation SL (Sound Level).

In English

SOFAR

Sound Fixing And Ranging

In English

SONAR

Sound Navigation Ranging

In French

SOQ

System Optical Quality

In English

SOT

Solar Optical Telescope

In English

SPARS

Society of Professional Audio Recording Services (www.spars.com)

In English

SPAS

Sound and Particle Absorbing System

In English

SPIRIT

Spatial Infrared Telescope

In English

SPL

Sound Pressure Level

In English

ST

Space Telescope

In English

STORM

Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy

In English

STScI

Space Telescope Science Institute (https://www.stsci.edu/)

In English

TDA

Technique Design Acoustique

In French

TDIF

Teac Digital Interface Format

In English

TDS

Time-Delay Spectrometry

In English

TEF

Time-Energy-Frequency

In English

TERC
Tuned Electromagnetic Resonance Collar
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Advanced Speech Encoding project is developing non-acoustic sensor technologies such as the Tuned Electromagnetic Resonance Collar (TERC). TERC is a capacitor worn around the neck that is sensitive to tiny movements in the wearer’s vocal cords. Its capacitance changes are measured and processed by microchips and converted into synthesized human speech by computers running custom-made software. However, the TERC technology is still unable to detect plosives and fricatives [...].

In English

TETRA

Terminal Tracking Telescope

In English

THEMIS

Télescope Héliographique pour l’Étude du Magnétisme et des Instabilités

In French

THIR

Temperature/Humidity Infrared Radiometer

In English

TMA

Technology Mirror Assembly

In English

TRE/ITU

Teal Ruby Experiment/Infrared Telescope Unit

In English

UASER

Ultrasound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

In English

UIT

Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope

In English

UMRK

Utility Muffin Research Kitchen

In English

UT

Unit Telescope

In English

VARS

Variable Room Acoustic System

In English

VAS

VISSR Atmospheric Sounder

In English

VAT

Vibroacoustic Test

In English

VATA
Vibroacoustic Test Article

The abbreviation VATA (Vibroacoustic Test Article) includes the abbreviation TA (Test Article).

In English

VATF
Vibration and Acoustic Test Facility

The abbreviation VATF (Vibration and Acoustic Test Facility) includes the abbreviation TF (Test Facility).

In English

VERITAS

Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System

In English

VGVTA
Vertical Ground Vibration Test Article

The abbreviation VGVTA (Vertical Ground Vibration Test Article) includes abbreviations GVTA (Ground Vibration Test Article), VGVT (Vertical Ground Vibration Test) and TA (Test Article).

In English

VISSR

Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer

In English

VITC

Vertical Interval Time Code

In English

VLT

Very Large Telescope

In English

VOX

Voice Operated Exchange

In English

VTPS
Vibroacoustic Test Plan Summary

The abbreviation VTPS (Vibroacoustic Test Plan Summary) includes the abbreviation TP (Test Plan).

In English

VTS

Vibroacoustic Test Summary

In English

WFPC

Wide Field Planetary Camera

In English

WFS

Wavefield Synthesis

In English

WUPPE

Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment

In English

XBT

Expendable Bathythermograph

In English

XEUS

X-Ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy

In English

XSV

Expendable Sound Velocimeter

In English