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    Meaning

    Language

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    SAW

    Surface Acoustic Wave

    In English

    SBF

    Sociedade Brasileira de Física (www.sbfisica.org.br)

    In Portuguese

    SCMP

    Studies in Condensed Matter Physics

    In English

    SCP
    Specific Candlepower

    The abbreviation SCP (Specific Candlepower) includes the abbreviation CP (Candlepower).

    In English

    SDRC

    Structural Dynamics Research Corporation

    In English

    SEA

    Statistical Energy Analysis

    In English

      SECOQC

      Secure Communication based on Quantum Cryptography

      In English

      SEM

      Scanning Electron Microscope

      In English

      SFO

      Société Française d'Optique (www.sfoptique.org)

      In French

      SGEMP
      Space-Generated Electromagnetic Pulse

      The abbreviation SGEMP (Space-Generated Electromagnetic Pulse) includes the abbreviation EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse).

      In English

      SGEMP
      System-Generated Electromagnetic Pulse

      The abbreviation SGEMP (System-Generated Electromagnetic Pulse) includes the abbreviation EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse).

      In English

      SGX

      Service Général des Rayons X

      In French

      SHARE

      Space Station Heat Pipe Advanced Radiator Element

      In English

      SHEP

      Surveys in High Energy Physics

      In English

      SHMPS

      Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

      In English

      SIFC
      Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator

      = CFIS | Calculateur du Fractionnement des Isotopes Stables | In French

      In English

      SIFCOM

      Structures des Interfaces et Fonctionnalité des Couches Minces

      In French

        SILTS

        Shuttle Infrared Lee-Side Temperature Sensing

        In English

        SIRTF

        Space Infrared Telescope Facility

        In English

        SIXA

        Silicon X-Ray Array

        In English

        SLAC

        Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

        In English

        SLS

        Synchrotron Lichtquelle Schweiz

        In German

        SM

        Standard Model

        In English

        SMArc

        Solid Mechanics Archives

        In English

        SMI

        Stefan Meyer Instituts für subatomare Physik

        In German

        SMILS
        Sonobuoy Missile Impact Location System

        The abbreviation SMILS (Sonobuoy Missile Impact Location System) includes the abbreviation MILS (Missile Impact Location System).

        In English

        SNC

        Société Nucléaire Canadienne (www.cns-snc.ca)

        In French

        SNGR

        Stochastic Noise Generation and Radiation

        In English

        SOISIC

        Saisie Optique Informatique de Structures Industrielles Complexes

        In French

        SOURDINE

        Study of Optimisation procedURes for Decreasing the Impact of NoisE

        In English

        SP2M

        Service de Physique des Matériaux et Microstructures

        In French

        SPI

        Sciences Physiques pour l’Ingénieur

        In French

        SPIO-MRI

        Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging

        In English

        SPIRE

        Spectral Infrared Rocket Experiment

        In English

        SPOT

        Strengthen Photonics and Optical Technologies (for Europe)

        In English

        SPT

        Stationnary Plasma Thruster

        In English

        SSBUV
        Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet

        The abbreviation SSBUV (Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet) includes the abbreviation UV (Ultraviolet).

        In English

        SSCP

        Springer Verlag Springer Series on Chemical Physics

        In English

        SSCom

        Solid State Communications

        In English

        SSEle

        Solid State Electronics

        In English

        SSEp

        Springer Verlag Springer Series on Electrophysics

        In English

        SSHMP

        Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

        In English

        SSIon

        Solid State Ionics

        In English

        SSNMR

        Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

        In English

        SSOS

        Springer Verlag Springer Series on Optical Sciences

        In English

        SSPAR

        Solid State Physics Advances in Research and Applications

        In English

        SSPAS

        Solid State Physics Advances in Research and Applications Supplement

        In English

        SSSSS

        Springer Verlag Springer Series on Solid State Sciences

        In English

        SSSyn

        Springer Verlag Springer Series on Synergetics

        In English

        SSTec

        Solid State Technology

        In English

        SSWP

        Springer Verlag Springer Series on Wave Phenomena

        In English

        STMP

        Springer Tracts in Modern Physics

        In English

        STSSP

        Selected Topics in Solid State Physics

        In English

        SUSIM

        Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor

        In English

        SV

        Shock and Vibration

        In English

        SVD

        Shock Vibration Digest

        In English

        SVICB
        Shock Vibration Information Center - Shock Vibration Bulletin

        The abbreviation SVICB (Shock Vibration Information Center - Shock Vibration Bulletin) includes the abbreviation IC (Information Center).

        In English

        SVICD
        Shock Vibration Information Center - Shock Vibration Digest

        The abbreviation SVICD (Shock Vibration Information Center - Shock Vibration Digest) includes the abbreviation IC (Information Center).

        In English

        SVICI
        Shock Vibration Information Center - Shock Vibration Inform Digest

        The abbreviation SVICI (Shock Vibration Information Center - Shock Vibration Inform Digest) includes the abbreviation IC (Information Center).

        In English

        SVICP
        Shock Vibration Information Center - Shock Vibration Computer Program

        The abbreviation SVICP (Shock Vibration Information Center - Shock Vibration Computer Program) includes abbreviations CP (Computer Program) and IC (Information Center).

        In English

        SVPCS

        Springer Verlag Springer Series on Physics Chemistry Space

        In English

        SWIR

        Short-Wavelength Infrared

        In English

        SdHO

        Shubnikov-de Haas Oscillation

        In English

        ShWav

        Shock Waves

        In English

        StCeF

        Studii şi Cercetări de Fizică

        In Romanian

        StHCG

        Studies in High Energy Physics Cosmology and Gravitation

        In English

        StHEP

        Studies in High Energy Physics

        In English

        StMaP

        Studies in Mathematical Physics

        In English

        SvJNP

        Soviet Journal of Nuclear Physics

        In English

        SvJPP

        Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics

        In English

        SvJQE

        Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics

        In English

        SvPAC

        Soviet Physics Acoustics

        In English

        SvPSS

        Soviet Physics Solid State

        In English

        TASC

        Tecnologie Avanzate e nanoSCienza

        In Italian

        TAUVEX
        Tel Aviv University Ultraviolet Explorer

        The abbreviation TAUVEX (Tel Aviv University Ultraviolet Explorer) includes the abbreviation UV (Ultraviolet).

        In English

        TApPh

        Topics in Applied Physics

        In English

        TCO

        Tomographie par Cohérence Optique

        In French

        TCPh

        Topics in Current Physics

        In English

        TCR

        Thermal Concept Review

        In English

        TDDB

        Thermodynamic Design Data Book

        In English

        TEM
        Transmission Electron Microscopy

        = TEM | Transmissionselektronenmikroskopie | In German
        = MET | Microscopie Électronique en Transmission | In French

        In English

        TEM
        Transmissionselektronenmikroskopie

        = MET (see above)

        In German

        TEPC

        Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter

        In English

        THEMIS

        Télescope Héliographique pour l’Étude du Magnétisme et des Instabilités

        In French

        THIR

        Temperature/Humidity Infrared Radiometer

        In English

        TIMPAN

        Technology to IMProve Airframe Noise

        In English

        TIROS

        Television Infrared Observation Satellite

        In English

        TJPh

        Turkish Journal of Physics

        In English

        TLD

        Thermoluminescent Dosimeter

        In English

        TMP

        Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

        In English

        TPM

        Transport in Porous Media

        In English

        TPhy

        Techniques of Physics

        In English

        TTP

        Trends in Theoretical Physics

        In English

        TTSP

        Transport Theory and Statistical Physics

        In English

        TV
        Thermal Vacuum

        The abbreviation TV (Thermal Vacuum) is included in abbreviations such as TVC (Thermal Vacuum Chamber), TVT (Thermal Vacuum Test) and TVTA (Thermal Vacuum Test Article).

        In English

        TVC
        Thermal Vacuum Chamber

        The abbreviation TVC (Thermal Vacuum Chamber) includes the abbreviation TV (Thermal Vacuum).

        In English

        TVT
        Thermal Vacuum Test

        The abbreviation TVT (Thermal Vacuum Test) is included in the abbreviation TVTA (Thermal Vacuum Test Article), and it includes the abbreviation TV (Thermal Vacuum).

        In English

        TVTA
        Thermal Vacuum Test Article

        The abbreviation TVTA (Thermal Vacuum Test Article) includes abbreviations TV (Thermal Vacuum), TVT (Thermal Vacuum Test) and TA (Test Article).

        In English

        TWT

        Transonic Wind Tunnel

        In English

        TWT

        Traveling-Wave Tube

        In English

        TWTA

        Traveling-Wave Tube Amplifier

        In English

        ThAFM
        Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

        The abbreviation ThAFM (Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics) includes the abbreviation FM (Fracture Mechanics).

        In English

        ThCFD
        Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics

        The abbreviation ThCFD (Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics) includes abbreviations CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and FD (Fluid Dynamics).

        In English

        TrOS

        Transactions of the Optical Society

        In English

        UASER

        Ultrasound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

        In English

        UCAFR

        Universitas Comeniana Acta Facultatis Rerum Naturalium Physica

        In Latin

        UIT

        Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope

        In English

        UPWT

        Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel

        In English

        USML

        United States Microgravity Laboratory

        In English

        UV
        Ultraviolet

        The abbreviation UV (Ultraviolet) is included in abbreviations such as EUVL (Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography), UVPI (Ultraviolet Plume Instrument), UVS (Ultraviolet Spectrometer), SSBUV (Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet), EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet), EUVE (Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer), EUVE (Extreme Ultraviolet Experiment), UVAT (Ultraviolet Automatic Tracker), UVS (Ultraviolet Sensor) and TAUVEX (Tel Aviv University Ultraviolet Explorer).

        In English

        UVAT
        Ultraviolet Automatic Tracker

        The abbreviation UVAT (Ultraviolet Automatic Tracker) includes the abbreviation UV (Ultraviolet).

        In English

        UVPI
        Ultraviolet Plume Instrument

        The abbreviation UVPI (Ultraviolet Plume Instrument) includes the abbreviation UV (Ultraviolet).

        In English

        UVS
        Ultraviolet Spectrometer

        The abbreviation UVS (Ultraviolet Spectrometer) includes the abbreviation UV (Ultraviolet).

        In English

        UVS
        Ultraviolet Sensor

        The abbreviation UVS (Ultraviolet Sensor) includes the abbreviation UV (Ultraviolet).

        In English

        UdPPC

        Union des Professeurs de Physique et de Chimie

        In French

        UkFiZ

        Ukrainskii Fizicheskii Zhurnal

        In Russian

        UltIm

        Ultrasonic Imaging

        In English

        Ultmi

        Ultramicroscopy

        In English

        Ultra

        Ultrasonics

        In English

        V

        Volt

        In many languages

        VAPEPS

        Vibroacoustic Payload Environment Prediction System

        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

        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

        VLBI

        Very Long Baseline Interferometer

        In English

        VPPAW
        Variable Polarity Plasma Arc Welding

        The abbreviation VPPAW (Variable Polarity Plasma Arc Welding) includes the abbreviation PAW (Plasma Arc Welding).

        In English

        W

        Watt

        In many languages

        W&S

        Wärme und Stoffübertragung

        In German

        WASP

        Water and Steam Properties

        In English

        WDVS

        Wärmedämmverbundsystem

        In German

        WISHE

        Wind-Induced Surface Heat Exchange

        In English

        WUPPE

        Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment

        In English

        XEUS

        X-Ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy

        In English

        XFH

        X-ray Fluorescence Holography

        In English

        XMCD

        X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism

        In English

        XRD

        X-Ray Diffraction

        In English

        XRF

        X-Ray Fluorescence

        In English

        YAG

        Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet

        In English

        ZAPhy

        Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Physik

        In German

        ZFE

        Zentrum für Elektronenmikroskopie

        In German

        ZGeo

        Zeitschrift fur Geophysik

        In German

        ZMP

        Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik

        In German

        ZPCF

        Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie Frankfurt

        In German

        ZPCL

        Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie Leipzig

        In German

        ZPhy

        Zeitschrift fur Physik

        In German

        ZVMMF
        Zhurnal Vychislitel'noi Matematiki i Matematicheskoi Fiziki

        = ZVMMF | Журнал вычислительной математики и математической физики | In Russian

        In Russian

        ZVMMF
        Журнал вычислительной математики и математической физики

        = ZVMMF (see above)

        In Russian

        ZaMP

        Zeitschrift Angewandte Mathematik und Physik

        In German

        ZeiPh

        Zeitschrift Physik

        In German

        ZhETF
        Zhurnal eksperimental'noi i teoreticheskoi fiziki

        In Russian

        ZhFK

        Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii

        In Russian

        ZhTFi

        Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki

        In Russian

        fMRI

        Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

        In English

        ÖPG

        Österreichische Physikalische Gesellschaft (www.oepg.at)

        In German

        ЖТФ

        Журнал технической физики

        In Russian

        ЖЭТФ

        Журнал экспериментальной и теоретической физики

        In Russian

        НМР
        Нуклеарна магнетна резонанција

        = RMN | Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire | In French
        = 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

        In Serbian

        ПМР

        Протонный магнитный резонанс

        In Russian

        ФНТ
        Физика низких температур

        = FizNT | Fizika Nizkikh Temperatur | In Russian

        In Russian

        ФТІНТ
        Фізико-технічний інститут низьких температур

        = ILTPE | Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering | In English
        = ФТИНТ | Физико-технический институт низких температур | In Russian

        In Ukrainian

        ФТИНТ
        Физико-технический институт низких температур

        = ФТІНТ, ILTPE, ФТИНТ (see above)

        In Russian

        Фтт
        Физика твердого тела

        = FizTT | Fizika Tverdogo Tela | In Russian

        In Russian

        ЯМР
        Я́дерного магни́тного резона́нса

        = НМР, RMN, NMR, תמ"ג, ЯМР (see above)

        In Russian

        תמ"ג
        תהודה מגנטית גרעינית

        = НМР, RMN, NMR, תמ"ג, ЯМР (see above)

        In Hebrew

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