| KHIT |
KKV (Kinetic Kill Vehicle) Hovering Interceptor Test |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| KIM |
Korean Institute of Metals and Materials (www.kim.or.kr) |
In English |
→ 620
→ Metallurgy |
| KIMMJ |
Korean Institute of Metals and Materials Journal |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ 620
→ Metallurgy |
| KIMS |
KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Inventory Management System |
In English |
→ Management
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KKS |
Koordinierungszentrum für Klinische Studien |
In German |
→ Veterinary medicine |
| KKV |
Kinetic Kill Vehicle |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| KKVWS |
Kinetic Kill Vehicle Weapon System |
In English |
→ Military engineering
→ Vehicle engineering |
| KKW |
Kinetic Kill Weapon |
In English |
→ Military engineering
→ Vehicle engineering |
| KliBA |
Klimaschutz- und Energie-Beratungsagentur |
In German |
→ Meteorology, climatology
→ Energy economics |
| KLM |
Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (www.klm.com) |
In Dutch |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| KMI |
KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Management Instruction |
In English |
→ Management
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KMR |
Kwajalein Missile Range |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| KN |
KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Notice |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KNDB |
Koninklijke Nederlandse Drogisten Bond |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Pharmacology, toxicology |
| KOEF |
Korea Energy Forum |
In English |
→ Energy economics |
| KOI |
KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Operation Instruction |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KOM |
KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Organizational Manual |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KOSC |
Kennedy Operations Support Center |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KPD |
KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Program Directive |
In English |
→ 62078 |
| KPRD |
KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Program Requirements Document |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KPSM |
Klystron Power Supply Modulator |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| KREA |
Kaunas Regional Energy Agency |
In English |
→ Energy economics |
| KSC |
Kennedy Space Center |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KSCAP |
Kennedy Space Center Area Permit |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KSLM |
KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Spacelab Plan/Requirement |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KSLN |
KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Spacelab Notice |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KSLPS |
KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Spacelab Project Specification |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KSM |
KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Shuttle Management Document |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KSPN |
KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Shuttle Project Notice |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KSPS |
KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Shuttle Project Specification |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KSSS |
KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Station Set Specification |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KSSS |
KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Shuttle Project Station Set Specification |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| KUFEM |
Kyushu University Faculty Engineering Memoirs |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Engineering, technology |
| KV |
Kill Vehicle |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| KVWN |
Koninklijke Vereniging voor Waterleidingbelangen in Nederland |
In Dutch |
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| KyITB |
Kyushu Institute Technology Bulletin |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Engineering, technology |
| KyoMe |
Kyoto University Faculty Engineering Memoirs |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Engineering, technology |
| KyUAM |
Kyushu University Research Institute Applied Mechanics Reports |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Mechanical engineering |
| KyUSR |
Kyushu University Research Institute Industrial Science Reports |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals |
| KyUTR |
Kyushu University Technology Reports |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Engineering, technology |
| L&D |
Landing and Deceleration |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| L&L |
Launch and Landing |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| L&LS |
Launch and Landing Site |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| L2ES |
Laboratoire de Recherche en Électronique, Électrotechnique et Systèmes |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Electrical engineering
→ Electronics |
| LA |
Launch Area |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LA |
Launch Azimuth |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LA |
Leucémie Aiguë |
In French |
→ Blood and circulatory system
→ Pathology |
| LAAS |
Laboratory for Analyse and Architecture of Systems |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Engineering, technology |
| LAB |
Laboratoire d'Accidentologie et de Biomécanique |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Traumatology
→ Transport and postal services |
| LAC |
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| LACB |
Landing Aids Control Building |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LADS |
Logistic Automated Data System |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics
→ Engineering, technology |
| LAEPSI |
Laboratoire d'Analyse Environnementale des Procédés et des Systèmes Industriels |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Nature
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| LAES |
Letters in Applied and Engineering Sciences |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Engineering, technology |
| LAGEOS |
Laser Geodynamic Satellite |
In English |
→ Earth sciences
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LAGEOS |
Laser Geodynamics Satellite |
In English |
→ Geophysics
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LAGS |
Launch Abort Guide Simulation |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LAI |
Laboratoire d'Automatique Industrielle |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Mechanical engineering |
| LAIU |
Launch Abort Interface Unit |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LAL |
Leucémie Aiguë Lymphoïde |
In French |
→ Blood and circulatory system
→ Pathology |
| LAM |
Leucémie Aiguë Myéloïde |
In French |
→ Blood and circulatory system
→ Pathology |
| LAM |
Leucémie Aiguë à Mégacaryocytes |
In French |
→ Blood and circulatory system
→ Pathology |
| LAM |
Low-Altitude Mission |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LAMIH |
Laboratoire d'Automatique et de Mécanique Industrielles et Humaines |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Mechanical engineering |
| LAMPS |
Light Airborne Multipurpose System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| LaMSID |
Laboratoire de Mécanique des Structures Industrielles Durables |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Mechanical engineering |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
In English |
→ Networks, communication
→ Telecommunications |
| LANCER |
Light Amplifiers with NanoClusters and ERbium |
In English |
→ Engineering, technology |
| LAP |
London Action Plan |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| LARSSYAA |
Laboratory for Application of Remote Sensing Aircraft Analysis |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| LASER |
Mouvement de Liaison des Associations de SÉcurité Routière |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Transport and postal services |
| LASER |
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
In English |
→ Physics
→ Engineering, technology |
| LASS |
Laboratoire d'Analyse des Systèmes de Santé |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Public health and hygiene |
| LASS |
Large-Amplitude Space Simulator |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LASV |
Low-Altitude Supersonic Vehicle |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| LATERE |
Loirénergie, Agence Technique pour une Énergie Respectueuse de l'Environnement |
In French |
→ Energy economics |
| LAUF |
Landssamtök áhugafólks um flogaveiki (www.lauf.is) |
In Icelandic |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Neurology |
| LAV |
Light Armored Vehicle |
In English |
→ Military engineering
→ Vehicle engineering |
| LAVIA |
Limitateur s'Adaptant à la Vitesse Autorisée |
In French |
→ Vehicle engineering
→ Transport and postal services |
| LAW |
Low-Altitude Weapon |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| LB |
Launch Boost |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| LBB |
Leak Before Break
= FAR | Fuite Avant Rupture | In French
|
In English |
→ Nuclear technology |
| LBB |
Laboratoire Biotechnologie-Bioprocédés |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Biotechnology |
| LBE |
Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia |
In Portuguese |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Neurology |
| LBICR |
Ludwig Boltzmann Institut for Cancer Research |
In English |
→ Oncology |
| LBM |
Liquid Boost Module |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| LBMA |
London Bullion Market Association |
In English |
→ Associations
→ Financial markets
→ Metallurgy |
| LBTA |
Latvijas Būvmateriālu Tirgotāju Asociācija |
In Latvian |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Trade
→ Building |
| LBTB |
Launch Base Test Plan |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LBTPP |
Launch Base Test Plan/Procedure |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LC |
Launch Countdown |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LC |
Launch Cost |
In English |
→ Prices
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LC |
Launch Complex |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LC&CO |
Launch Control and Checkout |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LCA |
Launch Control Amplifier |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LCA |
Leber's Congenital Amaurosis |
In English |
→ Pathology |
| LCBC |
Lake Chad Basin Commission |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ International relations
→ Fishing, hunting |
| LCC |
Launch Control Center |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LCC |
Launch Commit Criteria |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LCC |
Launch Control Complex |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LCCD |
Launch Commit Criteria Document |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
In English |
→ Human-computer interaction
→ Electronics |
| LCE |
Liga Colombiana contra la Epilepsia |
In Spanish |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Neurology |
| LCE |
Launch Complex Engineer |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LCE |
Launch Complex Equipment |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LCI |
Laboratory of Clinical Investigation |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Medicine |
| LCIE |
Laboratoire Central des Industries Électriques |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Electrical engineering |
| LCM |
Linz Center of Mechatronics |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| LCMS |
Low-Cost Modular Spacecraft |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LCPC |
Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (www.lcpc.fr) |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Civil engineering |
| LCROSS |
Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LCS |
Launch Control System |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LCS |
Libyan Cardiac Society |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Cardiology |
| LCV |
Logistics Cargo Vehicle |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics
→ Vehicle engineering |
| LCVR |
Ligue Contre la Violence Routière |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Transport and postal services |
| LDD |
Land Degradation & Development |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Agricultural sciences |
| LDEC |
Lunar Docking Events Controller |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LDF |
Ligue des Diabétiques de France (www.diabetenet.com) |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Physiology
→ Pathology |
| LDIU |
Launch Data Interface Unit |
In English |
→ Human-computer interaction
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LDMS |
Laboratoire de Dynamique des Machines et des Structures |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Mechanical engineering |
| LDS |
Landing, Deservicing, and Safing |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LDS |
Launch Detection Satellite |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LDS |
Layered Defense System |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| LE |
London Electricity |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| LEA |
Logistics Engineering Analysis |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics
→ Engineering, technology |
| LEA/MP |
Logistics Engineering Analysis and Maintenance Planning |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics
→ Engineering, technology |
| LEAD |
Lupus Érythémateux Aigu Disséminé |
In French |
→ Immunology and allergy
→ Pathology |
| LEAP |
Lightweight Exoatmospheric Projectile |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| LEAT |
Laboratoire d'Électronique, Antennes et Télécommunications |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Electronics
→ Telecommunications |
| LEC |
Lockheed Electronics Company |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| LED |
Light-Emitting Diode |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| LED |
Lupus Érythémateux Disséminé |
In French |
→ Pathology |
| LEDC |
Low-Energy Detonating Charge |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| LEDI |
Low Endoatmospheric Defense Interceptor |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| LEE |
Locus of Enterocyte Effacement |
In English |
→ Blood and circulatory system
→ Pathology |
| LEEM |
Les Entreprises du Médicament |
In French |
→ Pharmacology, toxicology |
| LEG |
London Electricity Group |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| LEGTA |
Lycée d'Enseignement Général et Technologique Agricole |
In French |
→ Specialized or (poly)technical colleges
→ Agricultural sciences |
| LEH |
Launch and Entry Helmet |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LEI |
Landbouw-Economisch Instituut (www.lei.wur.nl) |
In Dutch |
→ Economics
→ Agricultural sciences |
| LEI |
Lithuanian Energy Institute |
In English |
→ Energy economics |
| LEM |
Launch Escape Monitor |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LEM |
Lunar Excursion Module |
In English |
→ Planets and satellites
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LEO |
Low Earth Orbit |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LES |
Lincoln Experimental Satellite |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LES |
Launch-Entry Suit |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LES |
Launch Equipment Shop |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LES |
Launch Escape Subsystem |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LES |
Lupus Érythémateux Systémique
= SLE | Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | In English
|
In French |
→ Immunology and allergy
→ Pathology |
| LET |
Laboratoire d'Économie des Transports |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Economics
→ Transport and postal services |
| LETCO |
Liberian Eastern Timber Corporation |
In English |
→ Forestry
→ Timber and woodworking industry |
| LETF |
Launch Equipment Test Facility |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LETI |
Laboratoire d'Électronique et de Technologie de l'Informatique |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Computer science
→ Electronics |
| LETIT |
Local Energy Technology Implementation |
In English |
→ Energy economics |
| LETS |
Leiden Thrombophilia Study |
In English |
→ Pharmacology, toxicology
→ Pathology |
| LEV |
Lunar Excursion Vehicle |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LF |
Launch Facility |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LFB |
Laboratoire français du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies (www.lfb.fr) |
In French |
→ Biotechnology
→ Pharmacology, toxicology |
| LFC |
Lit Fluidisé Circulant |
In French |
|
| LFCC |
Laboratoire Franco-Chinois sur la Catalyse |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Chemistry
→ Chemical technology |
| LFCE |
Ligue Française Contre l'Épilepsie (www.lfce-epilepsies.fr) |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Neurology |
| LFOP |
Landing and Ferry Operations Panel |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| LFP |
La Française des Plastiques (www.lfp-sa.com) |
In French |
→ Plastic industry |
| LFRR |
Low-Frequency Radio Range |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| LFT |
Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| LFV |
Lunar Flying Vehicle |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LGA |
Low-Gain Antenna |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| LGE |
Laboratoire de Génie Électrique |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Electrical engineering |
| LGS |
Landing Gear Subsystem |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LGTA |
Landing Gear Test Article |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LGV |
Ligne à Grande Vitesse |
In French |
→ Transport and postal services |
| LH |
Lateral Hypodermis |
In English |
→ Medicine |
| LH |
Luteinizing Hormone |
In English |
→ Hormones
→ Gynaecology |
| LHBl |
La Houille Blanche |
In French |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Mining |
| LICE |
Lega Italiana Contro L'Epilessia (www.lice.it) |
In Italian |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Neurology |
| LICHE |
Liga Chilena contra la Epilepsia (www.ligaepilepsia.cl) |
In Spanish |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Neurology |
| LIEF |
Ligue des Infirmiers et des Infirmières de l'Espace Francophone |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Medicine |
| LIER |
Laboratoire d'essais INRETS Équipements Routiers |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Civil engineering
→ Transport and postal services |
| LIF |
Laser Induced Fluorescence |
In English |
|
| LIF |
Lighting Industry Federation |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| LIMHP |
Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Matériaux et des Hautes Pressions |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Engineering, technology |
| LIMSI |
Laboratoire d'Informatique pour la Mécanique et les Sciences de l'Ingénieur |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Computer science
→ Mechanical engineering |
| LINS |
Laser Inertial Navigation System |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| LIOS |
Linz Institute for Organic Solarcells
= LIOS | Linzer Institut für Organische Solarzellen | In German
|
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Energy economics |
| LIOS |
Linzer Institut für Organische Solarzellen
= (look above)
|
In German |
→ Research institutes
→ Energy economics |
| LIRMM |
Laboratoire d’Informatique, de Robotique et de Micro-électronique de Montpellier |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Computer science
→ Electronics |
| LISA |
Life Science Austria |
In English |
→ Biological sciences
→ Medicine |
| LISMMA |
Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Mécaniques et MAtériaux |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Mechanical engineering |
| LIST |
Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Engineering, technology |
| LJB |
Libya Jamahiriya Broadcasting (http://en.ljbc.net) |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| LLCF |
Launch and Landing Computational Facility |
In English |
→ Computer science
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LLO |
Low Lunar Orbit |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LLP |
Launch and Landing Project |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LLPO |
Launch and LAnding Project Office |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LLS |
Launch and Landing Site |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| LM |
Lunar Module |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LM&SS |
Lunar Mapping and Scientific Survey |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| LMC |
Lean Manufacturing Consulting |
In English |
→ Engineering, technology |
| LMC |
Leucémie Myéloïde Chronique |
In French |
→ Blood and circulatory system
→ Pathology |
| LMDE |
Lunar Module Descent Engine |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
