A
|
A
|
ampere
|
|
A/DACG
|
Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group
|
|
A/S, ASW
|
Anti-submarine (warfare)
|
|
AA
|
anti-aircraft
|
|
AAA
|
Antiaircraft Artillery
|
|
AAAM
|
Advanced Air-to-Air Missile
|
|
AAAW
|
advanced airborne anti-armor weapon
|
|
AABNCP
|
Advanced Airborne National Command Post
|
|
AAC
|
Army Air Corps
|
|
AACOMS
|
Army Area Communications System
|
|
AADC
|
Area Air Defense Commander
|
|
AAH
|
advanced attack helicopter
|
|
AAI
|
Air-to-Air Interrogator Set
|
|
AAM
|
Air-to-air missile
|
|
AAR
|
After Action Report
|
|
AAR
|
Air-to-air refuelling.
|
|
AARADCOM
|
Army Armament Research and Development Command
|
|
AASLT Div
|
Air
Assault Division
|
|
AAT
|
All
arms trencher
|
|
AATH
|
Automatic approach to hover.
|
|
AATU
|
Automatic Antenna Tuning Unit
|
|
AAV
|
amphibious armored vehicle
|
|
AAV
|
Amphibious Assault Vehicle
|
|
AAV
|
Assault Amphibian Vehicle
|
|
AAVP
|
Assault Amphibian Vehicle Personnel
|
|
AAVR
|
Assault Amphibian Vehicle Recovery
|
|
AAW
|
Anti-Air Warfare
|
|
AAWS
|
Advanced Anti-tank Weapon System
|
|
AB
|
Air
Base
|
|
AB
|
assault breaker
|
|
AB(D)
|
airborne (division)
|
|
ABC
|
Atomic, Biological and Chemical
|
|
ABCCC
|
Airborne Battlefield Command And Control Center
|
|
ABDR
|
Aircraft Battle Damage Repair
|
|
ABEDA
|
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
|
|
ABF
|
Advanced Bomb Family
|
|
ABFDS
|
Aerial Bulk Fuel Delivery System
|
|
ABL
|
armored box launcher or airborne laser
|
|
ABLE
|
Automotive Bridge Launching Equipment
|
|
ABM
|
anti-ballistic missile
|
|
ABN
|
Airborne
|
|
Abn Corps
|
Airborne Corps
|
|
about
|
the
total could be higher
|
|
ABRES
|
advanced ballistic re-entry system
|
|
ABRV
|
advanced ballistic re-entry vehicle
|
|
ABS
|
Anti-lock brake system
|
|
ABS(T)
|
Amphibious bridging system (tracked)
|
|
AC
|
Active Component
|
|
ac
|
aircraft
|
|
AC
|
alternating current, or air combat
|
|
ACA
|
Airspace Control Authority or Airlift Clearance Authorities
|
|
ACADA
|
Automatic Chemical Agent Detector Alarm
|
|
ACAS
|
Air
Combat Assessment Summary
|
|
ACAS
|
Airfield Chemical Alarm System
|
|
ACC
|
Air
Combat Command.
|
|
ACC
|
Air
Component Commander or Airspace Coordination Center or Arab Cooperation
Council
|
|
ACCB
|
Air
Cavalry Combat Brigade
|
|
ACCS
|
Airborne Command and Control Squadron
|
|
ACCS
|
Army Command and Control System (USA) or Air Command and Control System
(NATO)
|
|
ACCT
|
Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation
|
|
ACD
|
Automatic Call Distribution
|
|
ACDA
|
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
|
|
ACDS
|
Advanced Combat Direction System
|
|
ACDVS
|
Aircrew Chemical Defense Ventilator System
|
|
ACE
|
Airborne Command Element (USAF) or Aviation Combat Element (USMC) or Air
Combat Element (NATO) or Armored Combat Earthmover (US Army)
|
|
ACE
|
Allied Command Europe (NATO)
|
|
ACE-ACCIS
|
Allied Command Europe Automated Command Control and Information System
(NATO)
|
|
Ace High
|
Tropospheric scatter communications network (NATO)
|
|
ACEATM
|
Aimed Controlled Effect Anti-tank Mine
|
|
ACF
|
Activated Carbon Fabric
|
|
ACK
|
acknowledgement
|
|
ACLICS
|
Airborne Communications Location Identification and Collection System
|
|
ACLOS
|
Automated Command to Line Of Sight
|
|
ACLS
|
Automatic carrier landing system.
|
|
ACM
|
advanced cruise missile
|
|
ACM
|
Air
Combat Maneuvers
|
|
ACMI
|
air
combat maneuvering instrumentation
|
|
ACMS
|
automatic communication management system
|
|
ACN
|
Aircraft classification number
|
|
ACO
|
Airspace Coordination Order or Airspace Control Order
|
|
ACP
|
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries
|
|
ACP
|
Automatic Colt Pistol
|
|
ACP Group
|
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States
|
|
ACR
|
Advanced Combat Rifle
|
|
ACR
|
Armored Cavalry Regiment
|
|
ACRV
|
Armored Command and Reconnaissance Vehicle
|
|
ACT
|
airborne crew trainer
|
|
ACU
|
Air
Conditioning Unit
|
|
ACV
|
air
cushion vehicle/ vessel/ armored combat vehicle
|
|
ACV
|
armored cannon vehicle
|
|
ACWAR
|
agile continuous wave acquisition radar
|
|
AD
|
Air
Defense
|
|
AD
|
Air
Division
|
|
ADA
|
Air
Defense Artillery
|
|
ADAM
|
Area denial artillery munition
|
|
ADAMS
|
air
defense anti-missile system
|
|
ADat-P3
|
Automatic Data Processing (Standard) 3 (NATO)
|
|
ADATS
|
air
defense anti-tank system
|
|
ADAWS
|
Action Data Automation Weapons System
|
|
ADC
|
Asynchronous Digital Combiner
|
|
ADCAP
|
advanced capabilities
|
|
ADCIS
|
Air
Defense Command Information System
|
|
ADDS
|
Army Data Distribution System
|
|
ADELE
|
Alert Detection Et Localization des Emetteurs
|
|
ADF
|
Automatic Direction-Finding
|
|
ADG
|
Accessory-drive generator.
|
|
ADGE
|
air
defense ground environment
|
|
ADI
|
Air
Defense Initiative, or Australian Defense Industries
|
|
ADIMP
|
Ada
Improvement Program (UK)
|
|
ADIVS
|
air
defense interoperability validation system
|
|
adj
|
adjusted
|
|
ADKEM
|
advanced kinetic energy missile
|
|
ADLIPS
|
Automatic DataLink Plotting System
|
|
ADM
|
atomic demolition munitions
|
|
ADOC
|
Air
Defense Operations Center
|
|
ADP
|
automatic data processing
|
|
ADPG
|
Air
Defense Planning Group
|
|
ADR
|
Air
Defense Region
|
|
ADS
|
automatic defense system
|
|
ADSAF
|
Automatic Data System for the Army in the Field
|
|
ADSCOM
|
Advanced Ship Communications
|
|
ADT
|
Airborne Data Terminal or Automatic Data Transmission
|
|
ADX
|
Air
Defense Exercise
|
|
AE
|
assault echelon
|
|
AE
|
auxiliary, ammunition carrier (in Military Balance)
|
|
AEC
|
Associated Equipment Company
|
|
AECB
|
Arms Export Control Board
|
|
AECC
|
Aeromedical Evacuation Control Center
|
|
AEGIS
|
AEW/ground environment integration system
|
|
Aegis
|
Ship based long-range air defense System.
|
|
AELT
|
Aeromedical Evacuation Liaison Team
|
|
AES
|
Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron
|
|
AEV
|
Armored engineer vehicle
|
|
AEW
|
airborne early warning
|
|
AEW&C
|
airborne early warning and control
|
|
AF
|
audio frequency
|
|
AF
|
stores ship with RAS
|
|
AFAP
|
artillery-fired atomic projectile
|
|
AFARV
|
Armored forward area rearm vehicle
|
|
AFATDS
|
advanced field artillery tactical data system
|
|
AFB
|
Air
Force Base
|
|
AFB/S
|
Air
Force Base/Station
|
|
AFC
|
automatic frequency control
|
|
AFCOMAC
|
Air
Force Combat Ammunition Center
|
|
AFCS
|
Automatic flight control system.
|
|
AfDB
|
African Development Bank
|
|
AFDE
|
Arctic fuels dispensing equipment
|
|
AFDIGS
|
Air
Force Digital Graphics System
|
|
AFESD
|
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
|
|
AFEWC
|
Air
Force Electronic Warfare Center
|
|
AFGWC
|
Air
Force Global Weather Center
|
|
AFHRA
|
Air
Force Historical Research Agency
|
|
AFLC
|
Air
Force Logistics Command
|
|
AFLIF
|
Air
Force Logistics Information File
|
|
AFLMC
|
Air
Force Logistics Management Center
|
|
AFMIC
|
Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center
|
|
AFMSS
|
Air
Force Mission Support System
|
|
AFR
|
Air
Force Reserve
|
|
AFRP
|
Aramid fiber-reinforced plastics.
|
|
AFS
|
automatic frequency selection
|
|
AFSARC
|
Air
Force Systems Acquisition Review Council
|
|
AFSATCOM
|
Air
Force Satellite Communications
|
|
AFSC
|
Air
Force Systems Command or Air Force Specialty Code
|
|
AFSK
|
Audio Frequency Shift Keying
|
|
AFSOC
|
Air
Force Special Operations Command
|
|
AFSOUTH
|
Allied Forces, South (NATO)
|
|
AFU
|
Air
Filtration Unit
|
|
AFV
|
Armored fighting vehicle
|
|
AFWMPRT
|
Air
Force Wartime Manpower and Personnel Readiness Team
|
|
AG
|
Andean Group; see Andean Community of Nations
|
|
AG
|
misc. auxiliary
|
|
AGC
|
automatic gain control
|
|
AGE
|
Advanced Graphics Engine, or Air/Ground Environment
|
|
AGE
|
Aerospace Ground Equipment
|
|
AGES/AD
|
Air-to-Ground Engagement/Air Defense
|
|
AGHS
|
hydrographic survey vessel
|
|
AGI
|
intelligence collection vessel
|
|
AGL
|
Above Ground Level
|
|
AGL
|
Automatic Grenade Launcher
|
|
AGM
|
air-to-ground missile
|
|
AGM
|
air-to-ground missile designator
|
|
AGOR
|
oceanographic research vessel
|
|
AGOS
|
ocean surveillance vessel
|
|
AGREE
|
Advisory Group on Reliability in Electronic Equipment.
|
|
Ah
|
Ampere hour
|
|
AH
|
hospital ship (in Military Balance)
|
|
AHCP
|
Ad
Hoc Collective Protection
|
|
AHE
|
Ammunition handling equipment
|
|
AHM
|
Anti-helicopter mine
|
|
AHRS
|
Attitude and heading reference system
|
|
AI
|
Air
Interdiction
|
|
AI
|
artificial intelligence, or air intercept (for instance AI radar)
|
|
AIAAM
|
advanced intercept air-to-air missile
|
|
AIDS
|
Advanced Integrated Display System
|
|
AIF
|
Automated Installation File
|
|
AIFV
|
Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle
|
|
AIG
|
Address Indicator Group
|
|
AIM
|
air
intercept missile designator
|
|
AIO
|
action information organization
|
|
AIP
|
Air
independent propulsion
|
|
AIR
|
Air
Inflatable Retarder
|
|
AIS
|
Advanced instrumentation subsystem.
|
|
AIWS
|
Advanced Interdiction Weapons System
|
|
AJ
|
Anti-Jamming
|
|
AK
|
cargo ship (in Military Balance)
|
|
AKR
|
fast sealift ship (in Military Balance)
|
|
AL
|
Arab League
|
|
ALAD
|
Automatic Liquid Agent Detector
|
|
ALARM
|
Air-Launched Anti-Radiation Missile
|
|
ALB
|
Automatic load-dependent brake
|
|
ALC
|
Air
Logistics Center
|
|
ALC
|
Automatic Level Control
|
|
ALCC
|
airborne launch control center
|
|
ALCC
|
Airlift Control Center
|
|
ALCE
|
Airlift Control Element
|
|
ALCM
|
Air-Launched Cruise Missile
|
|
ALCS
|
airborne launch control system
|
|
ALE
|
automatic link establishment
|
|
AlFV
|
armored infantry fighting vehicle
|
|
ALGOL
|
algorithmic language
|
|
ALMSNSCD
|
Airlift Mission Schedule
|
|
ALO
|
Air
Liaison Officer
|
|
ALOC
|
air
line of communications
|
|
ALOFT
|
Airborne Light Optical fiber Technology (US)
|
|
ALQA
|
automatic link quality analysis
|
|
ALWT
|
advanced lightweight torpedo
|
|
AM
|
amplitude modulation
|
|
AMAD
|
Airframe-mounted accessory drive.
|
|
AMB
|
Air-Mobile Brigade
|
|
AMC
|
Air
Mobility Command.
|
|
AMC
|
Army Materiel Command
|
|
AMCCOM
|
Armaments, Munitions and Chemical Command
|
|
AMCM
|
airborne mine countermeasures
|
|
AME
|
AM
Equivalent
|
|
AMETS
|
Artillery Meteorological System
|
|
AMF
|
Arab Monetary Fund
|
|
AMG
|
Alarm Monitor Group
|
|
AMIDS
|
Airborne minefield detection system
|
|
AMMAD
|
Anti-magnetic mine actuation device
|
|
amph
|
amphibious/amphibian
|
|
AMPS
|
Automated Message Processing System (UK)
|
|
AMRAAM
|
Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
|
|
AMS
|
automatic marking system
|
|
AMSL
|
Above Mean Sea Level
|
|
AMTD
|
adaptive moving target detection
|
|
AMU
|
Aircraft Maintenance Unit
|
|
AMU
|
Arab Maghreb Union
|
|
AMV
|
Armored Maintenance Vehicle
|
|
ANBACIS
|
Automated Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Information System
|
|
Ancom
|
Andean Common Market; or Andean Community of Nations
|
|
ANDVT
|
Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal
|
|
ANG
|
Air
National Guard
|
|
ANGLCO
|
Air
and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
|
|
ANS
|
supersonic anti-ship
|
|
ANVIS
|
aviator's night vision imaging system
|
|
ANZUS
|
Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
|
|
AO
|
Area of Operation
|
|
AO/T
|
tanker(s) with/without RAS capability (in Military Balance)
|
|
AOA
|
airborne optical adjunct
|
|
AOB
|
Air
Order of Battle
|
|
AOCM
|
advanced optical countermeasures
|
|
AOE
|
auxiliary, fuel and ammunition, RAS capability (in Military Balance)
|
|
AOP
|
Air
observation post.
|
|
AOR
|
Area of Responsibility
|
|
AOSS
|
automatic ordnance scoring system
|
|
AOV
|
artillery observation vehicle
|
|
AP
|
armed for anti-personnel attack (in Military Balance)
|
|
AP
|
Armor-Piercing. Signifies a solid projectile for kinetic energy attack of
armor.
|
|
APACHE
|
Analysis of Pacific Area Communications for Hardening to EMP
|
|
APAR
|
advanced phased array-radar
|
|
APB
|
analyzing printer base
|
|
APC
|
(1)
Armored Personnel Carrier. (2) Armor-Piercing, Capped. An AP projectile with
a penetrating cap over its point.
|
|
APCBC
|
Armor-Piercing, Capped, Ballistic Capped. An APC projectile with a light
ballistically shaped nose cap to improve flight characteristics.
|
|
APCC
|
Aerial Port Control Center
|
|
APCU
|
Alarm and Power remote-Control Unit
|
|
APDS
|
Armor-Piercing, Discarding Sabot. A kinetic energy attack projectile with a
heavy core, supported in the gun by a light metal or plastic sabot which is
discarded at the muzzle.
|
|
APE
|
armor-piercing explosive
|
|
APEC
|
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
|
|
APFC
|
Air-portable fuel container
|
|
APFD
|
Autopilot flight director.
|
|
APFSDS
|
Armor-Piercing, Fin-Stabilized, Discarding Sabot. Kinetic energy projectile
using a heavy, dart-like subprojectile supported in the gun bore by a light
sabot. Used generally with smoothbore anti-tank weapons but also found with
rifled weapons, in which case the driving band merely seals and is free to
rotate, so as to impart minimum spin to the subprojectile.
|
|
APL
|
anti-personnel land-mine
|
|
APOD
|
Aerial Port of Debarkation
|
|
APR
|
Auxiliary power reserve.
|
|
APS
|
Afloat Propositioning Ship
|
|
APSE
|
Ada
programming support environment
|
|
APU
|
Auxiliary power unit
|
|
AQAP
|
Allied Quality Assurance Publication
|
|
AQL
|
advanced quick look
|
|
AR
|
Armor
|
|
AR
|
repair ship (in Military Balance)
|
|
AR&M
|
availability, reliability and maintainability
|
|
AR(R)V
|
armored recovery (and repair) vehicle
|
|
Arabsat
|
Arab Satellite Communications Organization
|
|
ARBS
|
Angle Rate Bombing Set
|
|
ARC
|
Air
Reserve Components
|
|
ARCE
|
Amphibious river crossing equipment
|
|
ARCENT
|
U.S. Army Forces, Central Command
|
|
ARCENT
|
Army Component, Central Command
|
|
ARE
|
Admiralty Research Establishment
|
|
AREFS
|
Air
Refueling Squadron
|
|
ARG
|
amphibious ready group
|
|
ARGES
|
Automatic Rocket Guardian with Electronic Sensor
|
|
ARINC
|
Aeronautical Radio Inc (US company)
|
|
ARM
|
anti-radar missile
|
|
ARM
|
Antiradiation Missiles
|
|
armd
|
armored
|
|
ARMS
|
Armored Resupply Maintenance System
|
|
ARNG
|
Army National Guard.
|
|
ARNG
|
U.S. Army National Guard
|
|
ARP
|
anti-radiation projectile
|
|
ARPA
|
Advanced Research Projects Agency
|
|
ARPANET
|
Packet switched data communications network
|
|
ARQ
|
Automatic Repeat Request
|
|
ARRV
|
Armored Repair and Recovery Vehicle
|
|
ARS
|
Aerial Radiac System
|
|
ARS
|
Air
Rescue Service
|
|
ARS
|
salvage ship
|
|
ARSR
|
air
route surveillance radar
|
|
ARTADS
|
Army Tactical Data System
|
|
Arty
|
artillery
|
|
ARV
|
Armored recovery vehicle
|
|
ARW
|
Air
Rescue Wing
|
|
AS
|
air-to-surface
|
|
AS
|
submarine depot ship
|
|
ASARDA
|
Assistant to the Army for Research, Development and Acquisition
|
|
ASARS
|
Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar system
|
|
ASAS
|
All
Source Analysis System
|
|
ASAT
|
anti-satellite weapon
|
|
ASCII
|
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
|
|
ASCL
|
Advanced Sonobuoy Communications Link
|
|
ASCM
|
anti-ship cruise missile
|
|
ASCON
|
Automatic Switched Communications Network
|
|
ASD(PA)
|
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
|
|
ASD(SO-LIC)
|
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations and Low Intensity
Conflict)
|
|
AsDB
|
Asian Development Bank
|
|
ASDC
|
alternative space defense center
|
|
ASE
|
(1)
Automatic stabilization equipment (2) Aircraft survivability equipment.
|
|
ASEAN
|
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
|
|
ASF
|
Army standard family
|
|
ASI
|
Airspeed indicator.
|
|
ASIC
|
application specific integrated circuit
|
|
ASIR
|
Airspeed indicator reading.
|
|
AsIt
|
assault
|
|
ASM
|
Air-to-Surface Missile
|
|
ASMA
|
Air
Staff Management Aide (UK and Iraq)
|
|
ASMI
|
airfield surface movement indicator
|
|
ASMP
|
air-to-surface medium range
|
|
ASOC
|
Air
Support Operations Center
|
|
ASPIS
|
advanced self-protection integrated suite
|
|
ASPJ
|
airborne self-projection jammer
|
|
ASR
|
airfield surveillance radar
|
|
ASR
|
submarine rescue craft
|
|
ASRAAM
|
advanced short-range air-to-air missile
|
|
ASROC
|
anti-submarine rocket
|
|
ASRP
|
Arc
Standard Raster Product
|
|
AST
|
Air
Staff Target
|
|
ASTAMIDS
|
Airborne Standoff Minefield Detection System
|
|
ASTAR
|
airborne search target attack radar
|
|
ASTD(AE)
|
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy
|
|
ASTOR
|
airborne standoff radar
|
|
ASTOVL
|
Advanced STOVL.
|
|
ASUW
|
anti-surface unit warfare
|
|
ASUWC
|
Anti-to-Surface Unit Warfare Commander
|
|
ASV
|
Anti-surface vessel.
|
|
ASW
|
anti-submarine warfare
|
|
ASW/SOW
|
anti-submarine warfare/standoff weapon
|
|
AT
|
Anti-tank
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|
ATA
|
advanced test accelerator
|
|
ATAC
|
All-terrain all climate All-terrain amphibious carrier
|
|
ATACMS
|
Army Tactical Missile System
|
|
ATACO
|
air
tactical control operator
|
|
ATACS
|
Army Tactical Communications System (US)
|
|
ATAF
|
Allied Tactical Air Force (NATO)
|
|
ATAFCS
|
airborne target acquisition and fire control system
|
|
ATARS
|
advanced tactical air reconnaissance system
|
|
ATB
|
advanced technology bomber
|
|
ATBM
|
anti-tactical ballistic missile
|
|
ATC
|
air
traffic control
|
|
ATC
|
Air
Training Command
|
|
ATCAP
|
Army Telecommunications Automation Program
|
|
ATCC
|
air
traffic control center
|
|
ATCCS
|
Army Tactical Command and Control System
|
|
ATCO
|
air
traffic control officer
|
|
ATCRU
|
air
traffic control radar unit
|
|
ATDS
|
Airborne Tactical Data System
|
|
ATE
|
automatic test equipment
|
|
ATF
|
advanced tactical fighter
|
|
ATG
|
automatic test guide
|
|
ATGM
|
anti-tank guided missile
|
|
ATGM
|
Anti-Tank Guided Munitions
|
|
ATGW
|
Anti-Tank Guided Weapon. A missile guided to its target and intended for the
attack of armored vehicles.
|
|
ATHS
|
Airborne target handover (handoff) system.
|
|
ATIS
|
Anti-tank influence sensor
|
|
ATK
|
anti-tank
|
|
ATLAS
|
All
Terrain Lifter Army System
|
|
ATM
|
anti-tactical missile
|
|
ATMDS
|
Anti-tank mine-dispensing system
|
|
ATMP
|
All-terrain mobile platform
|
|
ATO
|
Air
Tasking Order
|
|
ATR
|
air
transportable rack
|
|
ATRJ
|
advanced threat radar jammer
|
|
ATS
|
agile target system, or air traffic system, or aircrew training system
|
|
ATTD
|
Advanced technology test demonstrator
|
|
ATTG
|
Automated Tactical Target Graphic
|
|
ATTV
|
Armored Treatment and Transport Vehicle
|
|
ATU
|
Antenna Tuning Unit
|
|
ATV
|
All-terrain vehicle
|
|
AUTODIN
|
Automatic Digital Network
|
|
AUTOSEVCOM
|
Automatic Secure Voice Communications System
|
|
AUTOVON
|
Automatic Voice Network
|
|
AUV
|
Autonomous undersea vehicle
|
|
AUVS
|
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems
|
|
AUW
|
All-up weight (term meaning total weight of aircraft under defined
conditions, or at a specific time during flight).
|
|
Aux
|
Auxiliary (all types)
|
|
AV
|
Air
vehicle
|
|
AVCAL
|
Aviation Coordinated Allowance List
|
|
AVE
|
Armored vehicle for engineers
|
|
Avgas
|
Aviation gasoline
|
|
avionics
|
Aviation electronics.
|
|
AVLB
|
Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge
|
|
AVM
|
Airborne Vapor Monitor
|
|
avn
|
aviation
|
|
Avn Bde
|
Aviation Brigade
|
|
AVRE
|
Assault Vehicle Royal Engineers
|
|
AW
|
Amphibious warfare ship
|
|
AWACS
|
Airborne Warning and Control System
|
|
AWARE
|
advanced warning of active radar emissions
|
|
AWDATS
|
Automatic Weapon Data Transmission System
|
|
AWN
|
Automated Weather Network
|
|
AWS
|
Airborne Warning System
|
|
a
|
About, acre, acres, area
|
|
A
|
(Chem.) argon, (Phys.) angstrom
unit,
Absolute temperature
|
|
AA
|
anctiaircraft, Automobile Association
|
|
AO, AO.U.
|
(Phys.) ؛Ansgstrِm or ؛Ansgstrِm unit
|
|
AAA
|
Antiaircraft artillery, American
Automobile Association
|
|
A.A.A.L.
|
American Academy of Arts and Letters
|
|
A.A.A.S.
|
American Association for the Advancement of
Science
|
|
A.A.R.
|
against all risks
|
|
A.A.U.P.
|
American Association of University
Professors
|
|
A.B.
|
Bachelor of Arts
|
|
abbr.
|
Abbreviation
|
|
abbrev.
|
abbreviated, abbreviation
|
|
abl.
|
Ablative
|
|
abn.
|
Airborne
|
|
abp.
|
Archbishop
|
|
abr.
|
abridged, abridgment
|
|
abs
|
Absolute
|
|
abstr.
|
Abstract
|
|
ac
|
Account
|
|
Ac
|
(Chem.) actinium, (Meteor.) altocumulus
(Elec.) alternating current
|
|
A.C.
|
Before Christ, athletic club
|
|
acad
|
Academic, academy
|
|
acc.
|
account, accusative
|
|
A.C.E.
|
American Council on Education.
|
|
ack.
|
Acknowledge, acknowledgment.
|
|
acpt.
|
Acceptance
|
|
A.C.S.
|
American Chemical Society
|
|
act.
|
Active, actual
|
|
A.D.
|
active duty, air dried.
|
|
addn.
|
addition.
|
|
addnl.
|
Additional
|
|
ADF
|
(Radio) automatic direction finder.
|
|
adj.
|
Adjective, adjourned, adjunct, adjustment
|
|
adm.
|
administration, administrative, admiral.
|
|
admin.
|
Administration
|
|
adv.
|
Adverb, adverbial, adverbially,
advertisement
|
|
advt.
|
Advertisement
|
|
Aeron.
|
Aeronautics
|
|
A.E.C.
|
Atomic Energy Commission.
|
|
A.F., a.f.
|
air force, Anglo French, audio frequency.
|
|
A.F.B.
|
air force base.
|
|
A.F.C.
|
automatic frequency control.
|
|
A.F.L. or
A.F. of L.
|
American Federation of Labor.
|
|
Afr.
|
Africa, African.
|
|
aft.
|
Afternoon.
|
|
Afrik.
|
Afrikaans
|
|
Ag
|
(Chem.) silver
|
|
A.G.C.
|
(Radio) Automatic Gain Control.
|
|
agey.
|
Agency
|
|
agr., agric.
|
agricultural, agriculture
|
|
Agt. or agt.
|
Agent
|
|
a.h.
|
ampere-hour, after hegirae
|
|
a.h.m.
|
(Elect. Eng.) ampere - hour meter.
|
|
A.H.A.
|
American Historical Association
|
|
A.I.A.
|
American Institute of Architects
|
|
A.I.E.E.
|
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
|
|
Al.
|
(Chem.) aluminum
|
|
A.L.A.
|
American Library Association
|
|
alc.,
|
Alcohol
|
|
alg.,
|
Algebra
|
|
alk.
|
alkaline, alkali
|
|
alt.
|
alternate, altitude, Alternative
|
|
a.m. or A.M.
|
ante meridiem i.e. before midday.
|
|
Am
|
(Chem.) americium
|
|
Am.
|
America, American
|
|
Amfr.
|
American Frrench
|
|
A.M.A.
|
American Medical Association
|
|
amb.
|
Ambassador
|
|
AmInd.
|
American Indian
|
|
AmSp.
|
American Spanish
|
|
amt.
|
Amount
|
|
A.M.U.
|
atomic mass unit
|
|
An
|
(Chem.) action
|
|
anal.
|
analogous, analogy, analysis
|
|
Anglo-Ind.
|
Anglo-Indian
|
|
Anat.or Anat.1010
|
anatomical, anatomy
|
|
Anglo-Fr.
|
Anglo-French
|
|
Anglo-Ir.
|
Anglo-Irish
|
|
Anglo-L.
|
Anglo-Latin.
|
|
Anglo-N.
|
Anglo-Norse.
|
|
Anglo-Norm.
|
Anglo-Norman.
|
|
anc.
|
Ancient
|
|
ann.
|
annual, annals
|
|
ans.
|
Answer
|
|
ant.
|
antenna, antonym
|
|
antilog
|
(Maths.) antilogarithm
|
|
anthrop.
|
anthropological, anthropology
|
|
A / o.
|
account of
|
|
A. O. V.
|
(Eng.) automatically operated valve
|
|
Ap.
|
April
|
|
A. P. I.
|
(Aero.) air position indicator
|
|
A. P.
|
additional premium, arithmetic progression
Associated Press, author’s proof
|
|
A. P. O.
|
Army post office
|
|
app.
|
apparatus, apparent, appendix, appointed
|
|
approx.
|
approximate, approximately
|
|
appt.
|
appoint, appointed
|
|
Apr.
|
April
|
|
apt.
|
Apartment
|
|
aq.
|
water, aqueous
|
|
AQ.
|
accomplishment quotient, achievement
quotient
|
|
ar.
|
arrival, arrive, arrives
|
|
Ar
|
(Chem.) argon
|
|
Ar.
|
Arabic
|
|
ARAMCO
|
Arab American Oil Co.
|
|
A. R.
|
acknowledgment of receipt, all risks, annual
return,
army regulations
|
|
Arab.
|
Arabia, Arabian, Arabic
|
|
ARC or
A.R.C.
|
American Red Cross
|
|
arch.
|
archaic, archaism, archery architect,
architecture
|
|
Arch.
|
Archbishop
|
|
Archeol.
|
Archeology
|
|
arg.
|
Argent
|
|
arith
|
arithmetic, arithmetical
|
|
Ariz.
|
Arizona
|
|
Ark.
|
Arkansas
|
|
Arm.
|
Armenian.
|
|
arr.
|
arranged, arrival, arrive(d)
|
|
art.
|
article, artificial, artillery
|
|
arty.
|
Artillery
|
|
As.
|
(Chem.) arsenic.
|
|
AS.
|
airspeed, Anglo- Saxon, antisubmarine
|
|
ASI.
|
(Aero.) airspeed indicator
|
|
A. S. C. A. P
|
American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers
|
|
A. S. C. E.
|
American Society of Civil Engineering
|
|
asg.
|
assigned, assignment
|
|
asgmt.
|
Assignment
|
|
A. S. L.
|
above sea level
|
|
A. S. M. E.
|
American Society of Mechanical Engineering
|
|
asso. or
assoc.
|
associate, association
associated
|
|
A. S. S. R.
|
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
|
|
A. S. T. M.
|
American Society for Testing Materials
|
|
asst.
|
Assistant
|
|
Assyr.
|
Assyrian.
|
|
assy.
|
Assembly
|
|
At
|
(Chem.) astatine.
|
|
astrol.
|
astrologer, astrological, astrology
|
|
astron.
|
astronomer, astronomical, astronomy
|
|
at.
|
airtight, atomic
|
|
A. T.
|
(Chem.) acid treatment (Elec. Eng.) ampere
turns.
|
|
AT.
|
antitank.
|
|
Atl.
|
atlantic.
|
|
atm.
|
atmosphere, atmospheric
|
|
at. no.
|
atomic number
|
|
att.
|
attached, attention, attorney
|
|
attn.
|
attention
|
|
attrib.
|
Attribute, attributive(ly)
|
|
A. T. O.
|
(Aero.) assisted take-off
|
|
atty.
|
Attorney
|
|
atty-gen.
|
attorney general
|
|
at. wt.
|
atomic weight
|
|
Au.
|
(Chem.) gold
|
|
A˚. U., A˚U
|
Angstrom Unit
|
|
A. U. W.
|
(Aero.) all-up weight
|
|
aug.
|
Augmentative
|
|
Aug.
|
August
|
|
A. U. S.
|
Army of the United States
|
|
Austral.
|
Australia, Australian
|
|
auth.
|
authentic, author, authorized
|
|
aux.
|
auxiliary
|
|
av.
|
avenue, average, avoirdupois
|
|
A. V.
|
Authorized Version (of the Bible)
|
|
A. V. C.
|
(Radio) Automatic Volume Control
|
|
avdp.
|
Avoirdupois
|
|
Av. eff.
|
(Eng.) average efficiency
|
|
ave.
|
Avenue
|
|
avg.
|
average
|
|
avn.
|
Aviation
|
|
A. W. G.
|
(Eng.) American Wire Gauge.
|
|
A. W.
|
actual weight, aircraft warning, articles of
war, automatic weapon
|
|
A. W. O. L.
|
(Mil.) Absent without leave
|
|
AWU
|
(Chem.) atomic weight unit
|
|
ax.
|
Axiom
|
|
az.
|
azimuth, azure
|
