Abbreviations/Acronyms

beta rays

Abbe refractometer; acoustic radiometer; acoustic resonance; active region; alpha ray; amplitude ratio; antireflective; aperture ratio; applied research; argon; aspect ratio; atomic reactor; augmented reality

American wire gauge;arrayed waveguide grating

advanced x-ray astrophysics facility

cathode-ray tube automatic direction finding

common-aperture multifunction array radar

charge-coupled photodiode array

channel multiplier array

cathode ray; command register; control relay; coupling ratio; crystal rectifier

cathode-ray direction finding

cathode-ray oscilloscope

cathode-ray tube

diode array multichannel analyzer

energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence

earth radiation array

extended x-ray absorption edge fine structure

fiber-linked array image formatter

focal plane array; focal plane assembly

field-programmable gate array

gamma ray amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

gray

malfunction array radar

magnetic array system

nonredundant array

photodiode array; postdeflection acceleration

phased-array optical scanner

particle-induced x-ray emission

Rayleigh quotient iteration

ray surfaces per second; reduced space symbology

serial advanced technology attachment — redundant array of inexpensive discs

small-angle x-ray scattering

surface-emitting array

self-scanned photodiode array

solar-A soft x-ray telescope

uniformly redundant array

video graphics array

very large array

x-ray density probe

x-ray emission gauge

x-ray energy spectroscopy

x-ray multimirror

x-ray fluorescent spectrometer

x-ray laser

x-ray projection microscope