•  ref  
•  reference 
•  rem  
•  roentgen equivalent man; remainder 
•  RF  
•  radio frequency 
•  RFEC  
•  remote-field eddy current 
•  RGB  
•  red, green, blue 
•  RHM  
•  roentgen per hour at one meter 
•  RMM  
•  roentgen per minute at one meter 
•  rms  
•  root mean square 
•  ROC  
•  relative operating characteristic 
•  RSSS  
•  radiographic standard shooting sketch 
•  RTR  
•  real-time radiography 
•  s  
•  second 
•  S  
•  siemens 
•  S  
•  sensitivity; speed; spacing 
•  S  
•  signal input 
•  SAE  
•  Society of Automotive Engineers 
•  SAM  
•  scanning acoustic microscopy 
•  SAT  
•  structural assessment testing 
•  SDD  
•  source-detector distance 
•  SDP  
•  standard depth of penetration 
•  SEC  
•  secondary electron-coupled (vidicon) 
•  SEM  
•  scanning electron microscopy 
•  sfm  
•  surface feet per minute 
•  SiIMPATT  
•  silicon impact avalanche transit time 
•  SIT  
•  silicon intensified target 
•  SLAM  
•  scanning laser acoustic microscopy 
•  SLR  
•  single lens reflex 
•  S/N  
•  signal-to-noise (ratio) 
•  SOD