Abbreviations/Acronyms

alternating current

automatic current control

software package Atmospheric Correction Now

acquisition control processor

active-cavity radiometer

American Chemical Society

AC thin film electroluminescent display devices

advanced communication technology satellite

digital-to-analog converter

electronic wide-angle camera system

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

linear accelerator

mid-infrared advanced chemical laser

paraxial/axial color

picture archiving and communications system

research into advanced communications in Europe

terminal radar control

active-matrix liquid crystal display

active-matrix organic light-emitting diode

highly accelerated life test

absolute (kelvin degrees), absorption, acoustic, alpha particle, analog, anode, ampere, amplitude, area, atomic, atomic mass, Helmholtz free energy, mass number, nucleon number

acousto-optic

The ABg model or Harvey-Shack is a method of describing bidirectional scattering from isotropic or polished surfaces.

absorbance; acrylonitrile butadiene styrene

angular displacement sensor

accessible emission limit

aerospace ground equipment

acoustic imaging system

active matrix; air mass; amplitude modulation

acousto-optic beam deflector

acousto-optic deflector

acousto-optic modulator

acousto-optic tunable filter

application programming interface

American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association

active pixel sensor; active pixel system; Advanced Photon Source; American Physical Society; atom probe spectroscopy; autocorrelated photon spectroscopy

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

activated reactive evaporation

acceptable reliability level

active swept frequency interferometer radar

advanced tactical air reconnaissance system

automatic tracking laser illumination system

acceptance test plan; Advanced Technology Plan

acoustic traveling wave lens

active vibration cancellation

acoustic video processor integrated display station

American Vacuum Society

advanced x-ray astrophysics facility

black and white

bulk acoustic wave