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CGIComputer Graphics Interface
CGMcomputer graphics metafile
chamchamfer
CIMcomputer input from microfilm; computer-integrated manufacturing
CIPScommunications, information and processing services
circumcircumference
CLEOConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
CLFcapacitive loss factor
CLSMconfocal laser scanning microscope
CNETCentre National d'Etudes de Telecommunications (France)
COCOMCoordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
CODICcolor difference computer
coefcoefficient
COMcomputer-output microfilm; Center for Optical Manufacturing
CONEL-RADcontrol of electromagnetic radiation
COTScommercial off the shelf
COVcoefficient of variation
CPIcommon path interferometry
CRcathode ray; command register; control relay; coupling ratio; crystal rectifier
CRDFcathode-ray direction finding
csccosecant of
CTcomputed tomography; chemical transfer; center thickness
CTDcharge-transfer device
CTEcharge-transfer efficiency; coefficient of thermal expansion
CTLMcharge-transfer light modulator
CTRcurrent transfer ratio; cloud-top radiometer
CVFcontinuously variable filter
DAPdeformation of aligned phase
DARLIdigital angular readout by laser interferometry
DARPADefense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DASdifferential absorption scattering; detector angular subtense; dual attachment station
DBRdistributed Bragg reflector
DCFPdynamic cross-field photomultiplier
DESCDefense Electronics Supply Center
DFBdistributed feedback
DFTdiscrete Fourier transform
DGaODeutsche Gesellschaft für angewandte Optik (German Society for Applied Optics)
dialdifferential absorption lidar
DICdifferential interference contrast
DIDdigital information display
DIRdispersive infrared
DIVADdivision air defense
DLdiffraction-limited; diode logic
DLIPdirect laser interference patterning
DMDdeformable membrane device
DMIdirect measuring interferometry
DMTFdiffraction-limited modulation transfer function
DNADefense Nuclear Agency; deoxyribonucleic acid
DoCDepartment of Commerce
DoDDepartment of Defense
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