| Acronym | Meaning |
| GIPOF | Graded-Index Plastic Optical Fiber |
| HRT | Hydraulic Retention Time |
| CASH | CaO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O System |
| VPAM | Variable Phase Amplitude Method (for Electron-atom Scattering) |
| MSX | Midcourse Space Experiment |
| MCE | Microchannel Epitaxy |
| CSP | Cathodic Stripping Potentiometry |
| HSX | Helically Symmetric Experiment |
| HF MO LCAO | Hartree-Fock MO LCAO |
| SUSTECH | Sustainable Technologies Initiative [European Communities] |