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There are 133 abbreviations that begin with 'P'
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P
peta-; poise
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p
pico-
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Pa
Pascal
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PA
power amplifier
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pA
picoampere
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PABX
private automatic branch exchange
7
PAC
paraxial/axial color
8
PACS
picture archiving communications system
9
PAL
phase alternation line
10
PAM
pulse amplitude modulation
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PAMA
pulse address multiple access
12
PAS
photoacoustic spectroscopy
13
PAT
pointing, acquisition and tracking
14
PB
proton bombardment
15
PBC
polarization beam combiner
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PBX
private branch exchange
17
PC
photoconductive; printed circuit; personal computer
18
PCAOM
polychromatic acousto-optic modulator
19
PCD
plasma-coupled device
20
PCE
phase-change erasable
21
PCF
photonic crystal fiber
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PCI
peripheral component interconnect
23
PCM
pulse code modulation; phase-conjugate mirror
24
PCMI
photochromic microimage
25
PCP
plastic-clad plastic
26
PCR
photoconductive relay; polymerase chain reaction
27
PCS
plastic-clad silica
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PCT
photon-coupled transistor
29
PCVD
plasma chemical vapor deposition
30
PD
perfect diffuser
31
PDA
photodiode array; postdeflection acceleration
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PDCR
polarization-dependent coupling ratio
33
PDG
polarization-dependent gain
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PDIO
photodiode
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PDK
phase-delay keying
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PDL
polarization-dependent loss
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pdl
poundal
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PDLC
polymer dispersed liquid crystals
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PDM
pulse duration modulation
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PDP
parallel detection polychromator
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Term of the moment...
chroma - 1. Attribute of a visual sensation that permits a judgment to be made of the amount of pure chromatic color present. 2. The portion of a composite video signal that carries the chrominance values, including hue and saturation.

See also Munsell chroma; saturation.

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