| Acronym |
Sense |
Language |
Topics |
| RGN |
Revue Générale Nucléaire |
In French |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics
→ Nuclear technology |
| RHIO |
Regional Health Information Organization |
In English |
→ Medicine |
| RHS |
Rocketdyne Hybrid Simulator |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| RIA |
Rakennusinsinöörit ja -arkkitehdit |
In Finnish |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Construction
→ Architecture |
| RIA |
Research Institute on Addictions (www.ria.buffalo.edu) |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Pathology
→ Psychology
→ United States |
| RIA |
Robinet Incendie Armé |
In French |
→ Firefighting |
| RIAGG |
Regionale Instelling voor Ambulante Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg |
In Dutch |
→ Medicine |
| RIAM |
Réseau d'Innovation Audiovisuel et Multimédia |
In French |
→ Telecommunications |
| RIAM |
Research Institute for Applied Mechanics |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Mechanics
→ Mechanical engineering |
| RIAPS |
Regionální Institut Ambulantních Psychosociálních Služeb (www.riaps.cz) |
In Czech |
→ Psychology
→ Pathology
→ Czech Republic |
| RIAPS |
Remote Infrared Atmospheric Profiling System |
In English |
→ Meteorology, climatology
→ Astronautics |
| RIB |
Réseau Innovation Biotechnologie |
In French |
→ Biotechnology |
| RIC |
Resistance, Inductance, and Capacitance |
In English |
→ Physics
→ Electrical engineering |
| RICC |
Remote Intercomputer Communications |
In English |
→ Networks, communication
→ Telecommunications |
| RIDITT |
Rete Italiana per la Diffusione dell'Innovazione e il Trasferimento Tecnologico alle Imprese |
In Italian |
→ Research policy
→ Engineering, technology
→ Italia |
| RIE |
Reactive Ion Etching |
In English |
→ Engineering, technology |
| RIG |
Remote Imaging Group (www.rig.org.uk) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Astronautics |
| RIIC |
Research Institute for Integrated Circuits |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Electronics |
| RIK |
Radiofoniko Idryma Kyprou (www.cybc.com.cy)
= CBC | Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation | In English
= ΡIK | Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου | In Greek
|
In Greek |
→ Telecommunications |
| RILEM |
Réunion Internationale des Laboratoires et Experts des Matériaux, Systèmes de Constructions et Ouvrages |
In French |
→ Construction |
| RILEM |
Réunion Internationale des Laboratoires pour l'Essai des Matériaux |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Research institutes
→ Materials science |
| RIMSS |
Rockwell International Modular Satellite System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| RIN |
Royal Institute of Navigation |
In English |
→ Geodesy, cartography
→ Vehicle engineering
→ Transport and postal services |
| RIO |
Ressourcenverbrauch reduzieren, Innovationen implementieren, Output optimieren |
In German |
→ Environmental protection
→ Engineering, technology |
| RIP |
Relevé d'Identité Postale |
In French |
→ Banks
→ Postal services
→ France |
| RISCPT |
Registre International des Substances Chimiques Potentiellement Toxiques |
In French |
→ Chemistry
→ Chemical technology |
| RISEC |
Rockwell International Shuttle Equipment Cradle |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| RISEPTIS |
Research and Innovation for SEcurity, Privacy and Trustworthiness in the Information Society |
In English |
→ Research policy
→ Computer science
→ Telecommunications |
| RISHI |
Remen Institute for the Study of Health and Illness |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Pathology |
| RIT |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
In English |
→ Specialized or polytechnical colleges
→ Engineering, technology |
| RITA |
Research and Innovative Technology Administration (www.rita.dot.gov) |
In English |
→ Central administration
→ Research policy
→ Transport and postal services |
| RITE |
Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (www.rite.or.jp) |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management
→ Japan |
| RITEAU |
Réseau 'Eau et Technologies de l'environnement' |
In French |
→ Environmental protection
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| RIZIV |
Rijksinstituut voor Ziekte- en Invaliditeitsverzekering (www.riziv.fgov.be)
= INAMI | Institut National d'Assurance Maladie-Invalidité | In French
|
In Dutch |
→ Insurance
→ Medicine
→ Belgium |
| RJ |
Registered Jacks |
In English |
→ Networks, communication
→ Telecommunications |
| RJ/EC |
Reaction Jet/Engine Control |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| RJC |
Reaction Jet Control |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| RJD |
Reaction Jet Device |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| RJD |
Reaction Jet Driver |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| RJDA |
Reaction Jet Driver Aft |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| RJDF |
Reaction Jet Driver Forward |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| RJOD |
Reaction Jet/OMS Driver |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| RJTAM |
Russian Journal Theoretical and Applied Mechanics |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Mechanics
→ Mechanical engineering
→ Russia |
| RKA |
Rossiskoye Kosmicheskoye Agentsvo |
In Russian |
→ Astronautics |
| RKI |
Rheinkraftswerk Iffezheim GmbH |
In German |
→ Energy economics |
| RL |
Réseau Luxembourgeois des Amateurs d'Ondes Courtes |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Telecommunications
→ Luxembourg |
| RLEMR |
Research Laboratory Engineering Materials Report |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Engineering, technology |
| RLPME |
Research Laboratory Precision Machinery Electronics Bulletin |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Mechanical engineering
→ Electronics |
| RM |
Rendezvous Maneuver |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| RM/AS |
Risk Management/Assessment System |
In English |
→ Management
→ Accidents, risks, safety |
| RMABA |
Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (www.rmaba.org) |
In English |
→ Associations
→ Trade
→ Graphic industries, printing, publishing |
| RMBT |
Raccordement Modulaire Basse Tension |
In French |
→ Electrical engineering |
| RMetA |
Rivista di Meteorologia Aeronautica |
In Italian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Meteorology, climatology
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| RMHI |
Rocky Mountain Herbal Institute |
In English |
→ Biological sciences
→ Medicine
→ Agricultural sciences |
| RMN |
Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire
= NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance | In English
= RMN | Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear | In Catalan
= RMN | Risonanza Magnetica Nucleare | In Italian
= תמ"ג | תהודה מגנטית גרעינית | In Hebrew
= ЯМР | Я́дерного магни́тного резона́нса | In Russian
= НМР | Нуклеарна магнетна резонанција | In Serbian
|
In French |
→ Medicine
→ Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics
→ Nuclear technology |
| RMN |
Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear
= NMR, תמ"ג, ЯМР, НМР (look above)
|
In Catalan |
→ Medicine
→ Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics
→ Nuclear technology |
| RMN |
Risonanza Magnetica Nucleare
= NMR, תמ"ג, ЯМР, НМР (look above)
|
In Italian |
→ Medicine
→ Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics
→ Nuclear technology |
| RMNT |
Réseau Micro et Nanotechnologies |
In French |
→ Engineering, technology |
| RMOS |
Rice Microarray Opening Site |
In English |
→ Genetics
→ Biotechnology
→ Agricultural sciences |
| RMP |
Risk Management Plan |
In English |
→ Management
→ Accidents, risks, safety |
| RN |
Route Nationale |
In French |
→ Transport and postal services |
| RN |
Registered Nurse |
In English |
→ Medicine |
| RN |
Résultat Net |
In French |
→ Accounting |
| RNA |
Autoritatea Navală Română
= RNA | Romanian Naval Authority | In English
|
In Romanian |
→ Central administration
→ Transport and postal services |
| RNA |
Ràdio Nacional d'Andorra |
In Catalan |
→ Telecommunications
→ Andorra |
| RNA |
RNA Abundance Database |
In English |
→ Data
→ Genetics
→ Biotechnology |
| RNANTNU |
Registered Nurses Association of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (www.rnantnu.ca) |
In English |
→ Associations
→ Medicine
→ Canada |
| RNAO |
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (www.rnao.org) |
In English |
→ Associations
→ Medicine
→ Canada |
| RNC |
Radio Network Controller |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| RNDE |
Réseau National des Données sur l'Eau |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Hydrology
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| RNEP |
Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator |
In English |
→ Nuclear technology
→ Military engineering |
| RNG |
Réseau national des Génopoles |
In English |
→ Biotechnology
→ Medicine |
| RNIS |
Réseau Numérique à Intégration de Services |
In French |
→ Telecommunications |
| RNP |
Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa |
In Portuguese |
→ Computer science
→ Telecommunications |
| RNPP |
Reliability and Network Planning Panel |
In English |
→ Energy economics |
| RNR |
Réacteur à Neutrons Rapides |
In French |
→ Nuclear technology |
| RNR |
éacteur Nucléaire Rapide |
In French |
→ Nuclear technology |
| RNR |
Radiologische Netzwerk Rheinland (www.rnr-gbr.org) |
In German |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Medicine |
| RNRS |
Entreprise Nationale de Radiodiffusion Sonore (www.algerian-radio.dz) |
In French |
→ Telecommunications
→ Algeria |
| RNRT |
Réseau National de Recherche en Télécommunications |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Telecommunications |
| RNRT |
Réseau National de la Recherche en Télécommunications |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Telecommunications |
| RNS |
Reusable Nuclear Stage |
In English |
→ Nuclear technology |
| RNTS |
Réseau National 'Technologies pour la Santé' |
In French |
→ Medicine |
| ROC |
Rassemblement des Opposants à la Chasse |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Fishing, hunting |
| ROCE |
Return On Capital Employed |
In English |
→ Finance
→ Accounting |
| ROCES |
Ranger Orbiter Crew Escape System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ROE |
Remise d'Ouvrage à l'Exploitant |
In French |
→ Civil engineering |
| ROE |
Return On Equities |
In English |
→ Finance
→ Accounting |
| ROEU |
Remotely Operated Electrical Umbilical |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| RoHS |
Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances (in electrical and electronic equipment) |
In English |
→ Chemicals
→ Electrical engineering
→ Electronics |
| ROI |
Return On Investment |
In English |
→ Finance
→ Accounting |
| RoLa |
Rollende Landstraße |
In German |
→ Transport and postal services |
| ROOS |
(Stichting) Regionale Omroep Overleg en Samenwerking (www.roosrtv.nl) |
In Dutch |
→ Foundations
→ Telecommunications
→ Netherlands |
| RORSAT |
Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite |
In English |
→ Marine research, oceanography
→ Astronautics |
| ROSA |
Romanian Space Agency |
In English |
→ Central administration
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics
→ Romania |
| ROSAT |
ROentgen SATellite |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| ROTV |
Returnable Orbital Transfer Vehicle |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| RP |
Relations Publiques
= PR | Public Relations | In English
= RP | Relations Presse | In French
|
In French |
→ Public relations |
| RP |
Relations Presse
= PR (look above)
|
In French |
→ Newspapers, journalism
→ Public relations |
| RP |
Rocket Propellant |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| RP |
Retinitis Pigmentosa |
In Latin |
→ Pathology
→ Ophthalmology |
| RPA |
Réponses aux Problèmes d'Alimentation |
In French |
→ Energy economics
→ Electrical engineering |
| RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| RPC |
Route Preemption Control |
In English |
→ Transport and postal services |
| RPC |
Remote Power Control |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| RPC |
Remote Power Controller |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| RPCI |
Roswell Park Cancer Institute (https://www.roswellpark.org/) |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Oncology
→ United States |
| RPD |
Redevance pour Pollution Diffuse |
In French |
→ Taxes, duties
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| RPDE |
Réseau Partenarial des Données sur l'Eau |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Hydrology
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| RPE |
Retinal Pigment Epithelium |
In English |
→ Anatomy
→ Ophthalmology |
| RPL |
Rated Power Level |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| RPL |
Rocket Propulsion Laboratory |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Astronautics |
| RPM |
Retro Propulsion Module |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| RPM |
Remote Programmable Multiprocessor |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| RPN |
Risk Priority Number |
In English |
→ Management
→ Accidents, risks, safety |
| RPOC |
Remote Payload Operations Center |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| RPP |
Reinforced Pyrolytic Plastic |
In English |
→ Plastic industry |
| RPPST |
Réseau pour la Prévention et le Progrès en Santé au Travail - Île-de-France |
In French |
→ Labour, labour economics
→ Medicine
→ France |
| RPS |
Rapport Préliminaire de Sûreté |
In French |
→ Nuclear technology |
| RPU |
Résumé de Passage aux Urgences |
In French |
→ Traumatology |
| RPV |
Remotely Piloted Vehicle |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| RQ |
Respiratory Quotient |
In English |
→ Medicine |
| RQC |
Révision Qualité Comptable |
In French |
→ Accounting |
| RR |
Rendezvous Radar |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| RR |
Respiration Rate |
In English |
→ Medicine |
| RRA |
Rock River Arms (www.rockriverarms.com) |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering
→ Military engineering |
| RRA |
Rockland Repeater Association (www.rra.net) |
In English |
→ Associations
→ Telecommunications |
| RRC |
Rhodanienne de Révision Comptable |
In French |
→ Accounting |
| RRDA |
Rendezvous Radar Deployment Actuator |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| RRDCT |
Risk Reduction Data Collection Task |
In English |
→ Accidents, risks, safety |
| RREA |
Rendezvous Radar Electronics Assembly |
In English |
→ Electronics
→ Astronautics |
| RREU |
Rendezvous Radar Electronics Unit |
In English |
→ Electronics
→ Astronautics |
| RRIO |
Rail-to-Rail Input and Output |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| RRIT |
Réseau de Recherche et d'Innovation Technologique |
In French |
→ Research policy
→ Engineering, technology |
| RRM |
Requirement and Risk Management |
In English |
→ Management
→ Accidents, risks, safety |
| RRMS |
Réseau Romand de Médecine du Sport |
In French |
→ Medicine
→ Sport, physical exercises |
| RRR |
Rabais, Remise, Ristourne |
In French |
→ Prices
→ Accounting |
| RRS |
Retrorocket System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| RRT |
Rendezvous Radar Transducer |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| RRT |
Rendezvous Radar Transfer |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| RRT |
Rendezvous Radar Transponder |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| RRW |
Reliable Replacement Warhead |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| RS |
Retinoschisis |
In English |
→ Pathology
→ Ophthalmology |
| RS-232 |
Recommended Standard 232 |
In English |
→ Standardization
→ Telecommunications |
| RSC |
Royal Society of Chemistry |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ 64 |
| RSC |
Range Safety Command |
In English |
→ Accidents, risks, safety |
| RSC |
Range Safety Control |
In English |
→ Accidents, risks, safety |
| RSCIE |
Remote Station Communication Interface Equipment |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| RSCR |
Range Safety Command Receiver |
In English |
→ Accidents, risks, safety |
| RSCSS |
Range Safety Command Shutdown System |
In English |
→ Accidents, risks, safety |
| RSD |
Relevé Sans Dérangement |
In French |
→ Energy economics
→ Electrical engineering |
| RSE |
Réseau Spécial d'Exploitation |
In French |
→ Energy economics |
| RSE |
Rapport de Synthèse d'Essais |
In French |
|
| RSE-M |
Règles de Surveillance en Exploitation des Matériels Mécaniques des Îlots Nucléaires REP |
In French |
→ Nuclear technology |
| RSEAM |
Rockwell System Engineering Analysis Model |
In English |
→ Engineering, technology |
| RSEL |
Renesas Semiconductor Europe Landshut |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| RSF |
Recherche Systématique de Fuites |
In French |
→ Energy economics |
| RSI |
Radio Slovaquie Internationale (www.slovakradio.sk/inetportal/rsi/)
= RSI | Rádio Slovakia International | In English
|
In French |
→ Telecommunications
→ Slovakia |
| RSI |
Rádio Slovakia International (www.slovakradio.sk/inetportal/rsi/)
= (look above)
|
In English |
→ Telecommunications
→ Slovakia |
| RSL |
Radioactive Seed Localization |
In English |
→ Diagnostics
→ Oncology |
| RSLS |
Redundant Set Launch Sequence |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| RSN |
Robust Security Network |
In English |
→ Networks, communication
→ Telecommunications |
| RSN |
Réseau Sécurité Naissance (www.reseau-naissance.com) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Obstetrics
→ Pediatry |
| RSN |
Reactive Sensor Networks |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| RSN |
Renal Support Network (www.rsnhope.org) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Pathology |
| RSN |
Romanian Society of Neurosurgery (www.rsn.ro) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Neurology
→ Surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology
→ Romania |
| RSNA |
Radiological Society of North America (www.rsna.org) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Medicine |
| RSO |
Radiological Safety Office |
In English |
→ Accidents, risks, safety
→ Radioactivity |
| RSO |
Range Safety Officer |
In English |
→ Accidents, risks, safety |
| RSO |
Resident Space Object |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| RSOC |
Rockwell Space Operations Company |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| RSRA |
Rotor System Research Aircraft |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| RSRB |
Redesigned Solid Rocket Booster |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| RSRM |
Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| RSS |
Range Safety Switch |
In English |
→ Accidents, risks, safety |
| RSS |
Range Safety System |
In English |
→ Accidents, risks, safety |
| RSS |
Reactant Supply System |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| RSSPO |
Resident Space Shuttle Project Office |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| RSST |
Responsable de la Sécurite des Systèmes de Télécommunications |
In French |
→ Management
→ Telecommunications |
| RSTP |
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol |
In English |
→ Networks, communication
→ Telecommunications |
| RSV |
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
= VRS | Virus Respiratoire Syncytial | In French
|
In English |
→ Virology
→ Infectious diseases |
| RSW |
RFID, Sensors and Wireless |
In English |
→ Electronics
→ Telecommunications |
| RT |
Railway Telecommunications |
In English |
→ Telecommunications
→ Rail transport engineering
→ Transport and postal services |
| RT |
Reference Trajectory |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| RT |
Rapport Technique |
In French |
→ Documentation |
| RT |
Régiment de Transmissions |
In French |
→ Military affairs
→ Telecommunications |
| RT-PCR |
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction |
In English |
→ Biotechnology
→ Genetics
→ Enzymes |
| RT/LO |
Receiver Transmitter/Local Oscillator |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| RTA |
Radioteknika Artikolaro |
In Esperanto |
→ Telecommunications |
| RTA |
Réseau Technologique d'Alsace |
In French |
→ Engineering, technology |
| RTAC |
Research and Technology Advisory Committee |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Research policy
→ Engineering, technology |
| RTAW |
Rockwell Tandem Arc Weld |
In English |
→ Metallurgy |
| RTB |
Red Telefónica Básica |
In Spanish |
→ Telecommunications |
| RTB |
Radio Television Belgrade |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| RTBF |
Radio-Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (www.btrc.gov.bd) |
In French |
→ Telecommunications
→ Belgium |
| RTC |
Réseau Téléphonique Commuté |
In French |
→ Telecommunications |
| RTC |
Red Telefónica Conmutada |
In Spanish |
→ Telecommunications |
| RTC |
Réseau de Transport de la Capitale |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Transport and postal services
→ Canada |
| RTCA |
Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Telecommunications
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| RTCE |
Rotation/Translation Control Electronics |
In English |
→ Electronics |
