| Acronym | Meaning |
| RSC | The Royal Society Of Chemistry |
| BOFT | Bearing Oil Film Thickness |
| ESC | Endometrial Stromal Cell |
| TSFZ | Traveling Solvent Floating Zone |
| LAPS | Light-Addressable Potentiometric Sensor |
| NGF | Nerve Growth Factor |
| BCIRA | British Cast Iron Research Association |
| CWBA | Coulomb-wave Born Approximation |
| NEVE | Nonempirical Valence Electron Method |
| HEDG | High Efficiency Deep Grinding |