Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

Abbreviations related to the theme ‘Optical instruments’

Optical instruments and apparatus: lenses, magnifiers, microscopes, spectacles, telescopes, binoculars, etc.; fibre-optic devices.

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Language

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AAIR

Advanced Atmospheric sounder and Imaging Radiometer

In English

ABRIXAS

Broadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey

In English

AIRS

Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

In English

ALEXIS

Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors

In English

AMOS
Air Force Maui Optical System

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

In English

AMSR

Advanced Microwave Sounding Radiometer

In English

    ANTF

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

    In English

    AOS

    ACTS Optical System

    In English

      AOT

      Alignment Optical Telescope

      In English

      ATA

      Allen Telescope Array

      In English

      ATCA

      Australian Telescope Compact Array

      In English

      ATM

      Apollo Telescope Mount

      In English

      AXAF

      Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility

      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

        CCU

        Camera Control Unit

        In English

        CDSC

        Coupling-Display Scanning-Telescope Manual Control

        In English

        CIRRIS

        Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument(ation) for Shuttle

        In English

        CLSM
        Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope

        CLSM is equivalent to MCBL (Microscope Confocal à Balayage Laser) in French.

        In English

        CLSM
        Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy

        CLSM is equivalent to 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

        CRISTA

        Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometer Telescope for Atmosphere

        In English

        CoRoT
        Convection, Rotation & planetary Transits

        CoRoT is equivalent to CoRoT (Convection, Rotation et Transits planétaires) in French.

        In English

        CoRoT
        Convection, Rotation et Transits planétaires

        CoRoT is equivalent to CoRoT (see above).

        In French

        DAC

        Data Acquisition Camera

        In English

        DIRV

        Dedicated Interferometer for Rapid Variability

        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

          ENAC

          Energetic Neutral Atom Camera

          In English

          ETC

          Earth Terrain Camera

          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

            HDC

            Hasselblad Data Camera

            In English

            HIRS

            High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder

            In English

            HRC

            Hasselblad Reflex Camera

            In English

            HRIR

            High-Resolution Infrared Radiometer

            In English

            HRMA

            High-Resolution Mirror Assembly

            In English

              HRSC

              High Resolution Stereo Camera

              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

              ICBC

              IMAX Cargo Bay Camera

              In English

              IRBS

              Infrared Background Sensor

              In English

              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

                JMic

                Journal of Microscopy

                In English

                LAIRT

                Large-Aperture Infrared Telescope

                In English

                LAMP

                LODE Advanced Mirror Program

                In English

                LFC

                Large Format Camera

                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

                    MCBL is equivalent to CLSM, MCBL (see above).

                    In French

                    MCBL
                    Microscopie Confocale à Balayage Laser

                    MCBL is equivalent to 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

                            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

                              OTC

                              Optical Test Chamber

                              In English

                              PALM

                              Photoactivated Localization Microscopy

                              In English

                                PMIRR

                                Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer

                                In English

                                RL

                                Reimaging Lens

                                In English

                                  RM

                                  Relay Mirror

                                  In English

                                    RXTE

                                    Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer

                                    In English

                                    S&T

                                    Sky and Telescope

                                    In English

                                    SIRTF

                                    Space Infrared Telescope Facility

                                    In English

                                    SIRTF

                                    Shuttle Infrared Telescope Facility

                                    In English

                                    SIXA

                                    Silicon X-Ray Array

                                    In English

                                    SMT

                                    Small Missile Telecamera

                                    In English

                                    SOQ

                                    System Optical Quality

                                    In English

                                    SOT

                                    Solar Optical Telescope

                                    In English

                                    SPIRIT

                                    Spatial Infrared Telescope

                                    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

                                    TC

                                    Tracking Camera

                                    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

                                      UIT

                                      Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope

                                      In English

                                      UT

                                      Unit Telescope

                                      In English

                                      VAS

                                      VISSR Atmospheric Sounder

                                      In English

                                      VC

                                      Video Camera

                                      In English

                                      VERITAS

                                      Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System

                                      In English

                                      VISSR

                                      Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer

                                      In English

                                      VLT

                                      Very Large Telescope

                                      In English

                                      VWFC

                                      Very Wide Field Camera

                                      In English

                                      WFPC

                                      Wide Field Planetary Camera

                                      In English

                                      WUPPE

                                      Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment

                                      In English

                                      XEUS

                                      X-Ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy

                                      In English