| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLDEN | Pollution, Déchets, Environnement | In French | → Nature → Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| PolPh | Polymer Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Chemistry → Chemical technology → Plastic industry |
| PolRe | National Institute Polar Research Memoirs | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Earth sciences |
| POM | Princeton Ocean Model | In English | → Marine research, oceanography |
| POMic | Publications of Michigan Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| POMil | Pubblicazioni dell'Osservatorio Astronomico di Milano-Merate | In Italian | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| POMin | Publications of the Astronomical Observatory University of Minnesota | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| POP | Parallel Ocean Program | In English | → Computer programs → Marine research, oceanography |
| POPad | Pubblicazioni dell'Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova | In Italian | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| POPal | Pubblicazioni dell'Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo | In Italian | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| POPar | Publication de l'Observatoire de Paris | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PORSEC | Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference | In English | → Congresses → Spaceflight engineering, astronautics → Marine research, oceanography |
| POST | Plan d'Orientation Scientifique et Technique | In French | → Research policy → Applied sciences, technology |
| POStr | Publication de l'Observatoire de Strasbourg | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| POTor | Pubblicazioni Varie Fuori Serie dell'Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino | In Italian | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| POTou | Publications de l'Observatoire de Toulouse | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| POVRO | Publications of the Owens Valley Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PP | Polypropylene | In English | → Plastic industry → Chemicals → Chemistry |
| PPA | Plan de Protection de l'Atmosphère | In French | → Nature → Meteorology, climatology |
| PPAR | Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor | In English | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| PPARC | Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Councils | In English | → Astronomy → Physics |
| PPARC | Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council | In English | → Organizations and associations → Astronomy |
| PPCAS | Publication of the Pomona College Astronomical Society | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PPCF | Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (www.iop.org/EJ/journal/PPCF) | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Plasma physics → Nuclear technology |
| PPCM | Plus Petit Commun Multiple = LCM | Least Common Multiple | In English = KGV | Kleinste Gemene Veelvoud | In Dutch = MCM | Mínim Comú Múltiple | In Catalan = NSN | Nejmenší Společný Násobek | In Czech = ggT | Größter gemeinsamer Teiler | In German = PMKO | Plej Malgranda Komuna Oblo | In Esperanto = MCM | Mínimo Común Múltiplo | In Spanish = PYJ | Pienin yhteinen jaettava | In Finnish = LKKT | Legkisebb közös többszörös | In Hungarian = KPK | Kelipatan persekutuan terkecil | In Indonesian = MCM | Minimo Comune Multiplo | In Italian = NWW | Najmniejsza wspólna wielokrotność | In Polish = MMC | Mínimo Múltiplo Comum | In Portuguese = НОК | Наименьшее общее кратное | In Russian = NSN | Najmenší spoločný násobok | In Slovak = НСК | Найменше спільне кратне | In Ukrainian |
In French | → Number theory |
| PPcPp | Progress in Photochemistry and Photophysics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Electromagnetism |
| PPEP | Plasma Physics and Environmental Perturbation | In English | → Plasma physics |
| PPHTS | Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics |
| PPMtO | Publications of the Purple Mountain Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PPN | Physics of Particles and Nuclei | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics |
| PPPL | Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (www.pppl.gov) | In English | → Research institutes → Plasma physics |
| PPS | Proceedings of the Physical Society | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics |
| PPSL | Proceedings of the Physical Society of London | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics |
| PQE | Progress in Quantum Electronics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics → Electronics |
| PrAeS | Progress in Aerospace Sciences | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy → Aeronautics, aircraft → 6297 |
| PrAst | Practical Astronomy | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PRCO | Publications of the Riverview College Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PrECS | Progress in Energy and Combustion Science | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Thermodynamics |
| PREDIS | Plan Régional d'Élimination des Déchets Industriels Spéciaux | In French | → Nature → Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| PreR | Precambrian Research | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Palaeontology |
| PREST | Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology | In English | → Politics → Applied sciences, technology |
| PRIMEQUAL | Programme de Recherche Interorganismes pour une Meilleure Qualité de l'Air à l'échelle Locale | In French | → Environment, environmental sciences → Meteorology, climatology |
| PRISM | Partnership for Research Infrastructures in Earth System Modeling (http://prism.enes.org) | In English | → Earth sciences |
| PrOce | Progress in Oceanography | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Marine research, oceanography |
| PROE | Publications of the Royal Observatory of Edinburgh | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PrPh | Progress of Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics |
| PrPNP | Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics |
| PRPV | Programme Régional de Protection des Végétaux | In French | → Nature and society → Botany |
| PRQA | Plan Régional de la Qualité de l'Air | In French | → Nature → Meteorology, climatology |
| PRSV | Papaya Ringspot Virus | In English | → Virology → Agricultural sciences |
| PRTR | Pollutant Release and Transfer Register | In English | → Nature and society → Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| PrVP | Proceedings of Vibration Problems | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Acoustics |
| PS | Polystyrene | In English | → Plastic industry → Chemicals → Chemistry |
| PSA | Poultry Science Association (www.poultryscience.org) | In English | → Associations → Zoology → Agricultural sciences |
| PSAC | Presidential Scientific Advisory Committee | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| PSAIL | Pubblicazioni della Stazione Astronomica Internazionale di Latitudine | In Italian | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PSCDS | Publication Spéciale du Centre de Données Stellaires | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PSCEC | Physical Sciences - Series of the Commission of European Communities | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics |
| PSD | Physical Sciences Data | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics |
| PSEBM | Proceedings of The Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Biological sciences → Medicine |
| PSGB | Primate Society of Great Britain (www.psgb.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Primates |
| PSI | Paul Scherrer Institut = GEKT | Grupoj Eŭropaj je Koopero Teritoria | In Esperanto = GECT | Groupement Européen de Coopération Transfrontalière | In French |
In German | → Applied sciences, technology |
| PSI | Parametric Subharmonic Instability | In English | → Mathematics |
| PSJ | Palynological Society of Japan | In English | → Organizations and associations → Paleobotany, palynology |
| PSL | Physics of Solids and Liquids | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics |
| PSMI | Patch Slice Microincubator | In English | → Biological sciences → Medicine |
| PSprO | Publications of the Sproul Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PSS | Physica Status Solidi | In Latin | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics |
| PSST | Plasma Sources Science Technology | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Plasma physics |
| PTB | Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt | In German | → Physics → Engineering, technology |
| PTCP | Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics → Theoretical chemistry |
| PTF | Physics of Thin Films | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics |
| PTH | Parathyroid Hormone | In English | → Hormones |
| PThPh | Progress of Theoretical Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics |
| PThPS | Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics |
| PTPPB | Physics and Technology of Particle and Photon Beams | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics |
| PUAms | Publications of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Amsterdam | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PUFA | Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid | In English | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| PUFir | Pubblicazioni della R. Universita degli studi di Firenze | In Italian | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PULei | Publikationen der Königlichen Universitäts-Sternwarte zu Leipzig | In German | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PUS | Public Understanding of Science | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| PUSK | Publikation der Königlichen Sternwarte in Kiel | In German | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PUSNO | Publications of the US Naval Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PVasO | Publications of the Vassar College Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PVDF | Polyvinylidenefluoride | In English | → Plastic industry → Chemicals → Chemistry |
| PVO | Pioneer Venus Orbiter | In English | → Astronomy → Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| PVSS | Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, Publications of Variable Star Section | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PVVO | Publications of the Van Vleck Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PW&SO | Publications of the Warner Swasey Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PWasO | Publications of the Washburn Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PWHHO | Publications of West Hendon House Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PYerO | Publications of the Yerkes Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PYJ | Pienin yhteinen jaettava = PPCM, LCM, KGV, MCM, NSN, ggT, PMKO, LKKT, KPK, NWW, MMC, НОК, НСК (look above) |
In Finnish | → Number theory |
| PYunO | Publications of the Yunnan Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| Q | Glutamina = Q | Glutamine | In English = Q | Glutamina | In Catalan = Q | Glutamin | In Czech = Q | Glutamin | In German = Q | Glutamino | In Esperanto = Q | Glutamine | In French = Q | 글루타민 | In Korean = Q | Glutamin | In Indonesian = Q | Glutammina | In Italian = Q | גלוטמין | In Hebrew = Q | Glutamīns | In Latvian = Q | Glutamin | In Letzeburgesh = Q | Glutaminas | In Lithuanian = Q | Glutamine | In Dutch = Q | グルタミン | In Japanese = Q | Glutamina | In Polish = Q | Glutamina | In Portuguese = Q | Глутамин | In Russian = Q | Glutamín | In Slovak = Q | Глутамин | In Serbian = Q | Glutamiini | In Finnish = Q | Glutamin | In Swedish = Q | Glutamin | In Turkish = Q | Глутамін | In Ukrainian = Q | 穀氨醯胺 | In Chinese |
In Spanish | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutamin = (look above) |
In German | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Глутамин = (look above) |
In Serbian | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutamine = (look above) |
In Dutch | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutamin = (look above) |
In Czech | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutamina = (look above) |
In Catalan | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Глутамін = (look above) |
In Ukrainian | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutamine = (look above) |
In English | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutamiini = (look above) |
In Finnish | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutamin = (look above) |
In Swedish | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutamin = (look above) |
In Turkish | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutamine = (look above) |
In French | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | 글루타민 = (look above) |
In Korean | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutamino = (look above) |
In Esperanto | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutamín = (look above) |
In Slovak | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Глутамин = (look above) |
In Russian | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutamina = (look above) |
In Portuguese | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutamina = (look above) |
In Polish | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | グルタミン = (look above) |
In Japanese | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutaminas = (look above) |
In Lithuanian | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutamin = (look above) |
In Letzeburgesh | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutamīns = (look above) |
In Latvian | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | גלוטמין = (look above) |
In Hebrew | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutammina = (look above) |
In Italian | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | Glutamin = (look above) |
In Indonesian | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| Q | 穀氨醯胺 = (look above) |
In Chinese | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| QAPF | Quartz, Alkali feldspar, Plagioclase, Feldspathoid | In English | → Mineralogy → Petrology |
| QApMa | Quarterly of Applied Mathematics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mathematics |
| QBO | Quasi-Biennial Oscillation | In English | → Earth sciences |
| QCD | Quantum Chromodynamics | In English | → Physics |
| QED | Quantum Electrodynamics = EQD | Electrodinàmica Quàntica | In Catalan |
In English | → Physics |
| QFB | Químico Farmacobiología | In Spanish | → Biochemistry, biophysics → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| QIS | Quantum Information Science | In English | → Computer science → Physics |
| QJMAM | Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mathematics → Mechanical engineering |
| QJMat | The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mathematics |
| QJRAS | Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| QJRMS | Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Meteorology, climatology |
| QRBio | Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| QSRv | Quaternary Science Reviews | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| QuFin | Quantitative Finance | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mathematics → Finance |
| QUICKEST | Quadratic Upstream Interpolation for Convective Kinematics with Estimated Streaming Terms | In English | → Marine research, oceanography |
| QuOpt | Quantum Optics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Optics |
| QuSOp | Quantum and Semiclassical Optics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Optics |
| R | Arginin = R | Arginine | In English = R | Arginina | In Catalan = R | Arginin | In German = R | Arginina | In Spanish = R | Arginino | In Esperanto = R | Arginine | In French = R | 아르기닌 | In Korean = R | Arginin | In Croatian = R | Arginin | In Indonesian = R | Arginina | In Italian = R | ארגינין | In Hebrew = R | Arginīns | In Latvian = R | Arginin | In Letzeburgesh = R | Argininas | In Lithuanian = R | Arginine | In Dutch = R | アルギニン | In Japanese = R | آرګېنين | In Pashto = R | Arginina | In Polish = R | Arginina | In Portuguese = R | Аргинин | In Russian = R | Arginín | In Slovak = R | Arginiini | In Finnish = R | Arginin | In Swedish = R | Arginin | In Turkish = R | Аргінін | In Ukrainian = R | 精氨酸 | In Chinese |
In Czech | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginina = (look above) |
In Catalan | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginine = (look above) |
In English | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginin = (look above) |
In German | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginina = (look above) |
In Spanish | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Аргінін = (look above) |
In Ukrainian | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginin = (look above) |
In Swedish | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginiini = (look above) |
In Finnish | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginín = (look above) |
In Slovak | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | 精氨酸 = (look above) |
In Chinese | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginino = (look above) |
In Esperanto | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginine = (look above) |
In French | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginin = (look above) |
In Turkish | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginin = (look above) |
In Letzeburgesh | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Argininas = (look above) |
In Lithuanian | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Аргинин = (look above) |
In Russian | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | アルギニン = (look above) |
In Japanese | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | آرګېنين = (look above) |
In Pashto | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginina = (look above) |
In Portuguese | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginina = (look above) |
In Polish | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginīns = (look above) |
In Latvian | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | 아르기닌 = (look above) |
In Korean | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginine = (look above) |
In Dutch | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginin = (look above) |
In Croatian | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | ארגינין = (look above) |
In Hebrew | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginin = (look above) |
In Indonesian | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| R | Arginina = (look above) |
In Italian | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| RA | Ricerche Astronomiche | In Italian | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| RABF | Radio Astronomy Bandstop Filter | In English | → Astronomy → Telecommunications |
| RAE | Radio Astronomy Explorer | In English | → Astronomy |
| RAE | Range, Azimuth, and Elevation | In English | → Astronomy |
| RAG | Recombination Activating Gene | In English | → Genetics → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| RAGIE | Red Avanzada Guatemalteca para la Investigación y Educación | In Spanish | → Computer science → Education → Telecommunications |
| RAICES | Red Avanzada de Investigación, Ciencia y Educación Salvadoreña | In Spanish | → Computer science → Education → Telecommunications |
| RAISE | Rangelands Atmosphere-Hydrosphere-Biosphere Interaction Study Experiment in Northeastern Asia | In English | → Meteorology, climatology → Ecology → Hydrology → 5514 |
| RALPH | Reduction and Acquisition Of Lunar Pulse Heights | In English | → Astronomy → Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| RAMS | Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (http://rams.atmos.colostate.edu) | In English | → Meteorology, climatology |
| RANK | Receptor Activator of NF-KappaB | In English | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| RAOU | Recherches Astronomiques de l'Observatoire d'Utrecht | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| RAS | Royal Astronomical Society | In English | → Organizations and associations → Astronomy |
| RAZEL | Range, Azimuth, and Elevation | In English | → Astronomy |
| RBE | Radiation Biological Effectiveness | In English | → Biological sciences |
| RBrFi | Revista Brasileira de Física | In Portuguese | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics |
| RCB | Réseau Complémentaire de Bassin | In French | → Hydrology |
| RCO | Rencontres Chimiques de l’Ouest | In French | → Specialized or (poly)technical colleges → Chemistry → Chemical technology |
| RCP | Right Circular Polarizer | In English | → Optics |
| RCPGs | Récepteurs Couplés aux Protéines-G | In French | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| RDCMP | Recent Development in Condensed Matter Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics of condensed matter |
| REB | Radiation and Environmental Biophysics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Environment, environmental sciences → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| REC | Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe | In English | → Environment, environmental sciences |
| RECONS | Research Consortium on Nearby Stars | In English | → Astronomy |
| RECOVER | Research on Coping with Vulnerability to Environmental Risk | In English | → Nature → Environment, environmental sciences |
| RedCYT | Red Científica y Tecnológica | In Spanish | → Computer science → Applied sciences, technology → Telecommunications |
| REM | Roentgen Equivalent Man | In English | → Radioactivity → Medicine |
| REM | Rapid Eye Movement | In English | → Biological sciences |
| REN-ISAC | Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Centre | In English | → Education |
| RéNaSS | Réseau National du Surveillance Sismique (http://renass.u-strasbg.fr) | In French | → Organizations and associations → Seismology, earthquakes |
| RES | Reticuloendothelial system | In English | → Cytology |
| ReSMA | Reparto Sperimentazioni di Meteorologia Aeronautica | In Italian | → Meteorology, climatology |
| RESSAC | Recherches en radioécologie sur des Écosystèmes Soumis à des Situations Accidentelles Contrôlées | In French | → Nature |
| REVIVAL | Retrofitting for Environmental Viability Improvement of Valued Architectural Landmarks | In English | → Environment, environmental sciences → Regional planning → Architecture |
| RGF | Rudarsko Geološki Fakultet | In Serbian | → Earth sciences |
| RGII | Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative | In English | → Nature and society → Meteorology, climatology |
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