Abbreviations related to the theme ‘Mechanical engineering’
- Code
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Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- FACE
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Fonds d'Amortissement des Charges d'Électrification
- FACT
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Flexible Automatic Circuit Tester
- FANP
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Fundamental and Applied Nuclear Physics Series
- FANTOM
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(International Research School for) Fundamental and Applied Nuclear and aTOMic physics
- FAR
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Fuite Avant Rupture
FAR is equivalent to LBB (Leak Before Break) in English.
- FAS
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Forward Acquisition Sensor
- FAS
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Faible Activité Spécifique
- FBR
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Fast Breeder Reactor
- FBV
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Fuel Bleed Valve
- FC
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Fuel Cell
The abbreviation FC (Fuel Cell) is included in abbreviations such as EFC (European Fuel Cells), PEMFC (Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell), SOFC (Solid Oxide Fuel Cell), MCFC (Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell), FCP (Fuel Cell Power Plant), FCP (Fuel Cell Propellant), FCPS (Fuel Cell Power System), FCSS (Fuel Cell Servicing System), FCSTF (Fuel Cell System Test Facility), FCT (Fuel Cell Test), FCTF (Fuel Cell Test Facility), AFC (Alkaline Fuel Cell), HFCV (Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle), PEMFC (Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell), DMFC (Direct-Methanol Fuel Cell) and PAFC (Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell).
- FCC
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Flat Conductor Cable
- FCL
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Fluid Coolant Loop
- FCL
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Freon Coolant Line
- FCL
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Freon Coolant Loop
- FCP
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Fuel Cell Power Plant
The abbreviation FCP (Fuel Cell Power Plant) includes the abbreviation FC (Fuel Cell).
- FCP
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Fuel Cell Propellant
The abbreviation FCP (Fuel Cell Propellant) includes the abbreviation FC (Fuel Cell).
- FCPS
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Fuel Cell Power System
The abbreviation FCPS (Fuel Cell Power System) includes the abbreviation FC (Fuel Cell).
- FCSS
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Fuel Cell Servicing System
The abbreviation FCSS (Fuel Cell Servicing System) includes the abbreviation FC (Fuel Cell).
- FCSTF
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Fuel Cell System Test Facility
The abbreviation FCSTF (Fuel Cell System Test Facility) includes abbreviations FC (Fuel Cell) and TF (Test Facility).
- FCT
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Fuel Cell Test
The abbreviation FCT (Fuel Cell Test) includes the abbreviation FC (Fuel Cell).
- FCTF
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Fuel Cell Test Facility
The abbreviation FCTF (Fuel Cell Test Facility) includes abbreviations FC (Fuel Cell) and TF (Test Facility).
- FCU
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Fluid Checkout Unit
- FCV
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Flow Control Valve
- FD
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Flight Director
The abbreviation FD (Flight Director) is included in abbreviations such as AFD (Assistant Flight Director), FDAI (Flight Director Attitude Indicator), FDI (Flight Director Instrument), FDL (Flight Director Loop), FDO (Flight Director’s Office) and FDRI (Flight Director Rate Indicator).
- FDAI
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Flight Director Attitude Indicator
The abbreviation FDAI (Flight Director Attitude Indicator) includes the abbreviation FD (Flight Director).
- FDI
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Flight Director Instrument
The abbreviation FDI (Flight Director Instrument) includes the abbreviation FD (Flight Director).
- FDL
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Flight Director Loop
The abbreviation FDL (Flight Director Loop) includes the abbreviation FD (Flight Director).
- FDRI
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Flight Director Rate Indicator
The abbreviation FDRI (Flight Director Rate Indicator) includes the abbreviation FD (Flight Director).
- FDS
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Fluid Distribution System
The abbreviation FDS (Fluid Distribution System) is included in the abbreviation FDSCU (Fluid Distribution System Control Unit).
- FDSCU
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Fluid Distribution System Control Unit
The abbreviation FDSCU (Fluid Distribution System Control Unit) includes the abbreviation FDS (Fluid Distribution System).
- FDU
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Fluid Distribution Unit
- FEA
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Fluids Experiment Apparatus
- FEA
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Finite Element Analysis
- FEB
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Functional Electronic Block
- FED
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Fachverband Elektronik-Design (www.fed.de)
- FEDA
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Forces Elèctriques d'Andorra (https://www.feda.ad/)
- FEF
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Forskrift om elektriske forsyningsanlegg
- FEII
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Fachverband der Elektro- und Elektronikindustrie
- FELIN
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Fantassin à Équipement et Liaisons INtégrées
- FET
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Field Effect Transistor
- FET
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Feldeffekttransistor
- FFA
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Fast Forward Award
- FFEO
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Fachverband der Elektro- und Elektronikindustrie
- FGMEE
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Fédération nationale des syndicats de Grossistes distributeurs en Matériel Électrique et Électronique
- FHASA
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Forces Hidroelèctriques d'Andorra
- FICIME
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Fédération des entreprises internationales de la mécanique et de l'électronique
- FICMES
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Foundry Institution of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society
- FIE
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Flight Instrumentation Engineer
- FIEEC
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Fédération des Industries Électriques, Électroniques et de Communication (www.fieec.fr)
- FIGLEC
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French Investment Guangxi Laibin Electric Power Company
- FIM
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Fédération des Industries Mécaniques (www.fim.net)
- FIMM
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Fabbrica Italiana Magneti Marelli
- FINEL
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Finanziaria di Partecipazioni Elettriche
- FIRE
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Force d'Intervention Rapide Électricité
- FIV
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Fuel Isolation Valve
- FIVRE
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Fabbrica Italiana Valvole Radio Elettriche
- FM
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Fluid Module
- FMA
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(Déchets de) Faible et Moyenne Activité
- FMAD
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Fluid Management and Distribution
- FMS
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Fluid Management System
- FMSP
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Frequency Modulation Signal Processor
The abbreviation FMSP (Frequency Modulation Signal Processor) includes the abbreviation SP (Signal Processor).
- FMV
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Forces Motrices Valaisannes (www.fmv.ch)
- FNSICAE
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Fédération Nationale des Sociétés d'Intérêt Collectif Agricole d'Électricité (www.fnsicae.asso.fr)
- FOLED
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Flexible Organic Light-Emitting Diode
The abbreviation FOLED (Flexible Organic Light-Emitting Diode) includes abbreviations OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) and LED (Light-Emitting Diode).
- FPBOV
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Fuel Preburner and Oxidizer Valve
The abbreviation FPBOV (Fuel Preburner and Oxidizer Valve) includes the abbreviation FPB (Fuel Preburner).
- FPC
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Federal Power Commission
- FPCA
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Forward Power Controller Assembly
- FPDE
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Focal Plane Drive Electronics
- FPE
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Fonds de Péréquation de l'Électricité
- FPGA
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Field-Programmable Gate Array
- FPL
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Florida Power & Light Company
- FPOV
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Fuel Preburner Oxidizer Valve
- FPP
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Freon Pump Package
- FPSP
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Focal Plane Signal Processor
The abbreviation FPSP (Focal Plane Signal Processor) includes the abbreviation SP (Signal Processor).
- FPV
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Flow Proportioning Valve
- FS
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Freon Servicer
- FS
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Fluid System
- FSPPE
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Fonds du Service Public de la Production d'Électricité
- FSU
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Freon Servicing Unit
- FTP
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Foiled Twisted Pair
- FaaS
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Farming as a Service
- FeMik
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Finommechanika-Mikrotechnika
- Fer
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Ferroelectrics
- FerLS
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Ferroelectrics Letters Section
- FiMek
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Fizicheskaia Mekhanika
- FizEl
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Fizicheskaia Elektronika
- FizGV
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Fizika Goreniia i Vzryva
FizGV is equivalent to FizGV (Физика горения и взрыва) in Russian.
- FizGV
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Физика горения и взрыва
FizGV is equivalent to FizGV (see above).
- G-APD
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Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiode
- GACU
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Ground Avionics Cooling Unit
The abbreviation GACU (Ground Avionics Cooling Unit) includes abbreviations ACU (Avionics Cooling Unit) and CU (Cooling Unit).
- GAEC
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Guide d’Action de l’Équipe de Crise (nucléaire)
- GALICE
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Gestion d'une Augmentation Limitée de l'Irradiation du Combustible en Exploitation
- GARANCE
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Gestion Avancée des REP 900 avec Adaptation aux Nouvelles Conditions d'Exploitation
- GARD
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Group of Autonomous Robots for Demining
- GATT
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Gate-Assisted Turnoff Thyristor
- GAU
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Größter Anzunehmender Unfall
- GBR
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Ground-Based Radar
- GCA
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Guidance Coupler Assembly
- GCHWR
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Gas Cooled Heavy Water Reactor
- GCHX
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Ground Cooling Heat Exchanger
- GCILU
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Ground Control Interface Logic Unit
- GCN
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Groupe Combustible Nucléaire
- GCR
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Ground-Controlled Radar
- GCR
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Gas Cooled Reactor
- GCU
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Generator Control Unit
- GCU
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Ground Cooling Unit
The abbreviation GCU (Ground Cooling Unit) includes the abbreviation CU (Cooling Unit).
- GDA
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Gimbal Drive Actuator
- GE
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General Electric
- GEA
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Gimbal Electronics Assembly
- GEAESD
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General Electric Aerospace Electronics Systems
- GEC
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General Electrodynamics Corporation
- GEDAC
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General Electric Detection and Automatic Correction
- GEII
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Génie Électrique et Informatique Industrielle
- GEM
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Generic Electronics Module
- GEODE
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Getion de l'Équilibre Offre-Demande d'Électricité
- GEODSS
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Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep-Space Surveillance
- GEOSEPS
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Geosynchronous Solar Electric Propulsion Stage
- GEP
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Génie Électrique et des Procédés
- GER
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Générateurs Électro-Radiologiques (https://www.ger-int.com/)
- GESTAC
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GEStion du compTeur jAune éleCtronique
- GET
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Groupe d'Exploitation Transport
- GFCI
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Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
- GFI
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Ground Fault Interrupter
- GFTM
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Generic Fluids Transfer Model
- GGF
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La Gérance Générale Foncière
- GGVM
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Gas Generator Valve Module
- GIDS
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General-Purpose Interactive Display System
- GIMELEC
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Groupement des Industries de Matériels d'Équipement Électrique et de l'Électronique industrielle associée
- GIMES
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Groupement des Industriels en Matériel de Sécurité Électronique
- GIN
-
Growth Initiative for Nanoelectronics
- GIRCEP
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Groupement des Industries et Centres de Recherche en Électronique de Puissance
- GITEP
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Groupement des Industries de Télécommunications et d'Électronique Professionnelle
- GMA
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Génie Mécanique et Automatique
- GMAL
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General Electric Macro Assembly Language
- GMAW
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Gas Metal Arc Welding
- GME
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Gimbal Module Electronics
- GMP
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Génie Mécanique et Productique
- GNE
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Guidance and Navigational Electronics
- GOMR
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Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
The Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer (GOMR) planned for the Polar Platform is conceived as two elements: a Nadir Sounder (GNS) for determining total ozone and a Limb Sounder (GLS) for determining vertical distributions of ozone, temperature and other trace gases at altitudes above the tropopause.
- GONLO
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Groupe d'Optique Non-Linéaire et d'Optoélectronique
- GPNDS
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Global Positioning and Nuclear Detection System
- GPPEP
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Groupement des Particuliers Producteurs d’Électricité Photovoltaïque
- GPR
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Ground Penetrating Radar
- GPR
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Groupe Permanent chargé des Réacteurs nucléaires
- GPS
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Ground Power Supply
The abbreviation GPS (Ground Power Supply) includes the abbreviation PS (Power Supply).
- GPU
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Ground Power Unit
- GQA
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Groupe des Questions Atomiques
- GRACE
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Ground Radar Calibration Equipment
- GREAH
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Groupe de Recherche en Électrotechnique et Automatique du Havre
- GSCU
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Ground Service Cooling Unit
The abbreviation GSCU (Ground Service Cooling Unit) includes the abbreviation CU (Cooling Unit).
- GSI
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Génie des Systèmes Industriels
- GSN
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Global Sensor Networks (http://gsn.sourceforge.net)
- GSPR
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Guidance Signal Processor-Repeater
The abbreviation GSPR (Guidance Signal Processor-Repeater) includes the abbreviation SP (Signal Processor).
- GSV
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Glove Stop Valve
- GTA
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Gas Tungsten Arc
The abbreviation GTA (Gas Tungsten Arc) is included in the abbreviation GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding).
- GTAW
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Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
The abbreviation GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding) includes the abbreviation GTA (Gas Tungsten Arc).
- GTE
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General Telephone and Electronics
- GTE
-
Groupe Technique Électricité
- GTM
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Ground Test Motor
The abbreviation GTM (Ground Test Motor) includes the abbreviation GT (Ground Test).
- GVMK
-
Gibridnye Vychislitel'nye Mashiny i Kompleksy
- GaMuM
-
Gesellschaft Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik
- HANE
-
High-Altitude Nuclear Explosion
- HARM
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High-speed Anti-Radar Missile
The abbreviation HARM (High-speed Anti-Radar Missile) includes the abbreviation ARM (Anti-Radar Missile).
- HAVL
-
(Déchets de) Haute Activité à Vie Longue
- HCP
-
Hydraulic Circulation Pump
- HCT
-
Hot Cell Technology
- HCU
-
Hydraulic Charging Unit
- HCV
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Helium Check Valve
- HD
-
Hydrogen Drain
- HDRA
-
High-Data-Rate Assembly
- HDS
-
Hydrogen Disposal System
- HEMT
-
High Electron Mobility Transistor
- HEMV
-
Helium Manual Valve
The abbreviation HEMV (Helium Manual Valve) includes the abbreviation MV (Manual Valve).
- HEOO
-
Honeywell Electro-Optical Operations
- HERA
-
Hermes Robotic Arm
- HEU
-
High Enriched Uranium
- HEW
-
Hamburgische Elektrizitätswerkstatt
- HEg-V
-
Helium Gauge Valve
- HF
-
Hydrogen Fill
- HFCV
-
Helium Flow Control Valve
- HFCV
-
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle
The abbreviation HFCV (Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle) includes the abbreviation FC (Fuel Cell).
- HFDS
-
Hydrogen Fluid Distribution System
- HFP
-
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Platform
The European Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Platform (HFP) was tasked with coordinating a European strategy to develop and exploit the potential of a hydrogen-based economy.
- HFP
-
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Platform
- HFRW
-
High-Frequency Resistance Welding
- HGS
-
Hydrogen Gas Saver
- HGV
-
Hydrogen Gas Valve
- HGW
-
Heat Generating Waste
- HIV
-
Helium Isolation Valve
- HLLW
-
High Level Liquid Waste
- HMC
-
Hybrid Microcircuit
- HMV
-
Hydrogen Manual Valve
The abbreviation HMV (Hydrogen Manual Valve) includes the abbreviation MV (Manual Valve).
- HP
-
Horsepower
The abbreviation HP (Horsepower) is included in abbreviations such as BHP (Brake Horsepower), DHP (Developed Horsepower), IHP (Indicated Horsepower), SHP (Shaft Horsepower), THP (Thrust Horsepower), EHP (Effective Horsepower) and EHP (Electrical Horsepower).
- HP
-
Hydrogen Purge
- HPA
-
High-Power Amplifier
- HPC
-
Haut Pouvoir de Coupure
- HPM
-
High-Performance Motor
- HPR
-
Hydrogen Pressure Regulator
- HPRV
-
Hydrogen Pressure Relief Valve
- HPV
-
High-Pressure Valve