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PVCpolyvinyl chloride
PVDphysical vapor deposition
PVSprogrammable vision systems
PVTpulse video thermography
PWBprinted wiring board
PWMpulse width modulation
PXSTRphototransistor
pyroelecpyroelectric
PZTpiezoelectric transducer
Qquality factor (laser resonator)
QAquality assurance
QAPDquadrant avalanche photodetector
QCquality control
QCLquantum cascade laser
QCWquasi-continuous wave
QDquantum dot
QEquantum efficiency
QEDquantum electrodynamics
qPCRquantitative polymerase chain reaction system
QPMquaternary pulse modulation
QPSKquadrature phase-shift keying
QSRquick strike reconnaissance
QWquantum well
QWIPquantum-well infrared photodetector
QWOTquarterwave optical thickness
Rresistance; roentgen; Rankine
RAreduced aperture
Raarithmetic average
RACEresearch into advanced communications in Europe
radradian
radarradio detection and ranging
RAEresistive anode encoder
RAIrandom access integration
RAMrandom access memory
RASremote active spectrometer
RBDEradar bright display equipment
RBOCregional Bell operating company
RBSRutherford backscattering spectrometry
RBVreturn beam vidicon
RcRockwell hardness
RCreaction chamber; resistance × capacitance
RCVRreceiver
rdrad
RDAradar data acquisition
RDSrapid display system
REDradian energy distribution
REErare earth element
REMrapid eye movement
RFrangefinder; radio frequency; representative fraction
RFEradio frequency excitation
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