Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

Mechanical engineering

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Language

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PDB

Power Distribution Box

In English

PDC

Power Distribution Control

In English

PDE

Producteur Distributeur d'Électricité

In French

PDU

Pressure Distribution Unit

In English

PDV

Pressure Disconnect Valve

In English

PEA

Payload Electronics Assembly

In English

PEC

Parallel Earth Conductor

In English

PEC

Protective Earth Conductor

In English

PEM

Payload Electronics Module

In English

PEMFC
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell

The abbreviation PEMFC (Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell) includes the abbreviation FC (Fuel Cell).

In English

PEMFC
Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

The abbreviation PEMFC (Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell) includes the abbreviation FC (Fuel Cell).

In English

PENCE

Promouvoir Ensemble le Nouveau Confort Électrique

In French

PERG

Programme d'Électrification Rurale Global

In French

PES

Photoelectric Scanner

In English

PET

Protective Earth Terminal

In English

PFC

Power-Factor-Corrected

In English

PFL

Primary Freon Loop

In English

PG

Power Generation

In English

PGA

Power Generating Assembly

In English

PGA

Programmable Gain Amplifier

In English

PGD&CS

Power Generation, Distribution, and Control Subsystem

In English

PGEM

Provinciale Gelderse Electriciteits Maatschappij

In Dutch

PGS

Power Generation System

In English

PGU

Power Generating Unit

In English

PHILEAS

Packaging Hermétique Intégré fiabLE Avancé sur Silicium

In English

PHMC

Probe Heater Motor Controller

In English

PHWR

Pressure Vessel Heavy Water Reactor

In English

PIBRAC

PIezo electric BRake ACtuator

In English

PIC

Pyrotechnic Initiator Circuit

In English

PIC

Pyrotechnic Initiator Controller

In English

PICW

Product In Crate Washer

In English

PIR

Plate-forme Individuelle Roulante

In French

PIRL

Plate-forme Individuelle Roulante Légère

In French

PIU

Pyrotechnic Initiator Unit

In English

PIV

Peak Inverse Voltage

In English

PL

Power Level

In English

PLA

Programmable Logic Array

In English

PLAGE

Plattform gegen Atomgefahren

In German

PLATON

Prototype Lannionais d’Autocommutateur Temporel à Organisation Numérique

In French

PLC

Programmable Logic Controller

In English

PLC

Power Line Communication

In English

PLD

Programmable Logic Device

In English

PLED
Polymere Light-Emitting Diode

The abbreviation PLED (Polymere Light-Emitting Diode) includes the abbreviation LED (Light-Emitting Diode).

In English

PLL

Phase Lock Loop

In English

PLSP
Payload Signal Processor

The abbreviation PLSP (Payload Signal Processor) includes the abbreviation SP (Signal Processor).

In English

PLV

Postlanding Valve

In English

PLV

Postlanding Ventilation

In English

PM

Pointe Mobile

In French

PMA
Programa Mundial de Alimentos

= PMA | Programa Mundial d'Alimentos | In Asturian
= PAM | Programme Alimentaire Mondial | In French
= WFP | World Food Programme | In English
= WFP | 세계 식량 계획 | In Korean
= WFP | მსოფლიო სასურსათო საბჭო | In Georgian
= WFP | 国際連合世界食糧計画 | In Japanese
= PAM | Programma Alimentare Mondiale | In Italian

In Spanish

PMAD

Power Management And Distribution

In English

PMC

Plutonia-Molybdenum Cermet

In English

PMD

Power Management and Distribution

In English

PMF

Pression Moyenne de Frottement

In French

PMP

Premodulation Processor

In English

PMPL

Preferred Mechanical Parts List

In English

PMS

Payload Mounting Structure

In English

PMS

Power Management System

In English

PNB

Pôle Nucléaire Bourguignon

In French

PO

Power On

In English

PO

Power Oscillator

In English

POAC

Process on a Chip

In English

POGDC

Piston Octogonal à Géométrie Déformable Contrôlée

In French

POI

Power-On/Off Interrupt

In English

POID

Power-On/Off Interrupt Delay

In English

POP

Preburner Oxidizer Pump

In English

POR

Power-On Reset

In English

POV

Peak Operating Voltage

In English

POV

Pneumatically Operated Valve

In English

PP

Power Plant

In English

PP

Premodulation Processor

In English

PPA

Power Pitch-Around

In English

PPCF

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (www.iop.org/EJ/journal/PPCF)

In English

PPD

Power Pitch-Down

In English

PPE

Premodulation Processor Equipment

In English

PPE

Programme de Principe d'Essais

In French

PPEE

Periodica Polytechnica Electrical Engineering

In English

PPME

Periodica Polytechnica Mechanical Engineering

In English

PPR

Programme de Principe de Requalification

In French

PPS

Pneumatic Power Subsystem

In English

PQE

Progress in Quantum Electronics

In English

PQFP
Plastic Quad Flat Pack

The abbreviation PQFP (Plastic Quad Flat Pack) includes the abbreviation QFP (Quad Flat Pack).

In English

PRE

Power Regulation Equipment

In English

PRIIM

Projet de Réalisation et d’Innovation Industrielle de Microsystèmes Hétérogènes

In French

PRISMA

Productique et Informatique des Systèmes Manufacturiers

In French

PRLA

Payload Retention Latch Actuator

In English

PRM

Payload Retention Mechanism

In English

PROACT

Programme for Advanced Contactless Technology

In English

PROGRESS

Programme for Research on Embedded Systems & Software

In English

PRV

Pressure-Reducing Valve

In English

PS
Power Supply

The abbreviation PS (Power Supply) is included in abbreviations such as EPSMA (European Power Supply Manufacturers Association), EPS (Experimental Power Supply), GPS (Ground Power Supply), HVPS (High Voltage Power Supply), IPS (Inverter Power Supply), KPSM (Klystron Power Supply Modulator), LVPS (Low Voltage Power Supply), MBPS (Main Bus Power Supply), PSCU (Power Supply Control Unit), UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply), UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) and PSU (Power Supply Unit).

In English

PSA

Power and Servoassembly

In English

PSA

Power Servoamplifier

In English

PSA

Power Switching Assembly

In English

PSCU
Power Supply Control Unit

The abbreviation PSCU (Power Supply Control Unit) includes the abbreviation PS (Power Supply).

In English

PSD

Power Spectral Density

In English

PSD

Power Systems Division

In English

PSDU

Power and Signal Distribution Unit

In English

PSEPR

Pôle Système Électrique Production Régionale

In French

PSF

Probability of Stress Failure

In English

PSG

Power Subsystem Group

In English

PSI
Paul Scherrer Institut (https://www.psi.ch/de)

= IPS | Institut Paul Scherrer | In French

In German

PSI

Programme de Surveillance de l’Irradiation

In French

PSIU

Power and Signal Interface Unit

In English

PSL

Pressure Seal

In English

PSP
Payload Signal Processor

The abbreviation PSP (Payload Signal Processor) includes the abbreviation SP (Signal Processor).

In English

PSP
Programmable Signal Processor

The abbreviation PSP (Programmable Signal Processor) includes the abbreviation SP (Signal Processor).

In English

PSPA

Pilotage des Systèmes de Production Automatisée

In French

PSS

Portable Survival Shelter

In English

PSU

Power Switching Unit

In English

PSU
Power Supply Unit

The abbreviation PSU (Power Supply Unit) includes the abbreviation PS (Power Supply).

In English

PT

Pneumatic Tube

In English

PTCS

Propellant Tanking Computer System

In English

PTR

Projektträger Reaktorsicherheitsforschung

In German

PU

Power Unit

In English

PUC

Poste Urbain Compact

In French

PUCE

Programme pour l’Utilisation des Composants Électroniques

In French

PUV

Propellant Utilization Valve

In English

PVA

Preburner Valve Actuator

In English

PVA

Propellant Valve Actuator

In English

PVR

Precision Voltage Reference

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

PWA

Printed Wiring Assembly

In English

PWB

Printed Wiring Board

In English

PWDS

Protected Wire Distribution System

In English

PWMD

Printed Wiring Master Drawing

In English

PWR
Pressurized Water Reactor

= REP | Réacteur à Eau Pressurisée | In French
= DWR | Druckwasserreaktor | In German

In English

PhiJR

Philips Journal Research

In English

PhiRR

Philips Research Reports

In English

PhiTR

Philips Technical Review

In English

PoE

Power over Ethernet

In English

QAVT

Qualification Acceptance Vibration Test

In English

QCM

Quartz Crystal Microbalance

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

QVVT

Qualified Verification Vibration Testing

In English

RA
Radar Altimeter

The abbreviation RA (Radar Altimeter) is included in abbreviations such as RADVS (Radar Altimeter and Doppler Velocity Sensor) and RAI (Radar Altimeter Indicator).

In English

RACV

Rotary Air Control Valve

In English

RADVS
Radar Altimeter and Doppler Velocity Sensor

The abbreviation RADVS (Radar Altimeter and Doppler Velocity Sensor) includes the abbreviation RA (Radar Altimeter).

In English

RAI
Radar Altimeter Indicator

The abbreviation RAI (Radar Altimeter Indicator) includes the abbreviation RA (Radar Altimeter).

In English

RALT
Radar Altimeter

The abbreviation RALT (Radar Altimeter) is included in abbreviations such as CRALT (CNES Radar Altimeter) and NRALT (NASA Radar Altimeter).

In English

RAM

Radar Absorption Material

In English

RANC

Radar Absorption Noise and Clutter

In English

RAPCON

Radar Approach and Control

In English

RAPHAEL

ReActor for Process heat, Hydrogen And ELectricity generation

In English

RAPID

Revolutionary Avalanche Photodiode Infrared Detector

In English

RAS

Remontée Aéro-Souterraine

In French

RASIT

Radar de Surveillance des Intervalles

In French

RASM

Remote Analog Submultiplexer

In English

RAVIOLI

RAdar Vision Orienté LIdar

In French

RB
Radar Beacon

The abbreviation RB (Radar Beacon) is included in the abbreviation RBA (Radar Beacon Antenna).

In English

RBA
Radar Beacon Antenna

The abbreviation RBA (Radar Beacon Antenna) includes the abbreviation RB (Radar Beacon).

In English

RBA

Recovery Beacon Antenna

In English

RBDE

Radar Bright Display Equipment

In English

RBE

Relative Biological Effectiveness

In English

RBMK
Reaktor Bolshoy Moshchnosti Kanalnyi

= РБМК | Реактор Большой Мощности Канальный | In Russian

In Russian

RBS

Radar Bomb Scoring

In English

RC

Resistance-Capacitance

In English

RCB
Remote Circuit Breaker

The abbreviation RCB (Remote Circuit Breaker) includes the abbreviation CB (Circuit Breaker).

In English

RCC-C

Règles de Conception et de Construction des Assemblages de Combustible des Centrales Nucléaires

In French

RCC-E

Règles de Conception et de Construction des Matériels Électriques des Centrales Nucléaires

In French

RCC-G

Règles de Conception et de Construction du Génie Civil des Îlots Nucléaires REP

In French

RCC-M

Règles de Conception et de Construction des Matériels Mécaniques des Îlots Nucléaires REP

In French

RCC-MR

Règles de Conception et de Construction des Matériels Mécaniques des Îlots Nucléaires RNR

In French

RCCB
Remote Central Circuit Breaker

The abbreviation RCCB (Remote Central Circuit Breaker) includes the abbreviation CB (Circuit Breaker).

In English

RCD

Réacteur Complétement Déchargé

In French

RCM

Reciprocating Chemical Muscle

In English

RCO

Radio Comptoir de l'Ouest

In French

RCS

Roux-Combaluzier-Schindler

In French

RDI

Radar Doppler à Impulsions

In French

REB
Réacteur à Eau Bouillante

= BWR | Boiling Water Reactor | In English
= SWR | Siedewasserreaktor | In German

In French

REC

Regional Electricity Company

In English

REDAC

Rockwell Electronic Design Analysis Code

In English

REEP

Radio Engineering and Electronic Physics

In English

REG

Résistances Électriques et Gazières

In French

REP
Réacteur à Eau Pressurisée

= PWR, DWR (see above)

In French

RESC

Réacteur à Eau SuperCritique

In French

RET

Régie d'Electricité de Thônes

In French

RETS

Reconfigurable Electrical Test Stand

In English

REU

Remote Electronics Unit

In English

RFI

Radio Frequency Interference

In English

RFS

Règle Fondamentale de Sûreté

In French

RFrM

Revue Francaise de Mécanique

In French

RGC

Rénovation Générale de Cuves

In French

RGC

Réalisation interne à Géométrie Contrainte

In French

RGN

Revue Générale Nucléaire

In French

RIAM

Research Institute for Applied Mechanics

In English

RIC

Resistance, Inductance, and Capacitance

In English

RIIC
Research Institute for Integrated Circuits

The abbreviation RIIC (Research Institute for Integrated Circuits) includes the abbreviation IC (Integrated Circuit).

In English

RIPS

Radar Impact Prediction System

In English

RISE

Radargestützte Identifikation von Sensoren unter Extrembedingungen

In German

RJTAM

Russian Journal Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

In English

RKI

Rheinkraftwerk Iffezheim GmbH

In German

RLPME

Research Laboratory Precision Machinery Electronics Bulletin

In English

RMBT
Raccordement Modulaire Basse Tension

The abbreviation RMBT (Raccordement Modulaire Basse Tension) includes the abbreviation BT (Basse Tension).

In French

RMN
Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire

= NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance | In English
= RMN | Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear | In Catalan
= RMN | Risonanza Magnetica Nucleare | In Italian
= תמ"ג | תהודה מגנטית גרעינית | In Hebrew
= ЯМР | Я́дерного магни́тного резона́нса | In Russian
= НМР | Нуклеарна магнетна резонанција | In Serbian

In French

RMN
Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear

= NMR, תמ"ג, ЯМР, НМР (see above)

In Catalan

RMN
Risonanza Magnetica Nucleare

= NMR, תמ"ג, ЯМР, НМР (see above)

In Italian

RMNT

Réseau Micro et Nanotechnologies

In French

RNEP

Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator

In English

RNPP

Reliability and Network Planning Panel

In English

RNR

Réacteur à Neutrons Rapides

In French

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