| Acronym | Meaning |
| GPEF | Generalized Potential Energy Function |
| CCM | Coupled-cluster Method (for Energy Level Calculations) |
| CDMO | Composite Dimensional Manganese Oxide |
| ISD | Inclined Substrate Deposition |
| PEMA | Pseudoeffective Mass Approxn. (for Impurity Energy Levels In Semiconductors) |
| CIPSO | Configuration Interaction (with) Perturbation (including) Spin-orbit Coupling |
| SMIDG | Submicro Inverse-detection Gradient |
| SAFM | Scanning Acoustic Force Microscopy |
| ISIS | Image-selected In Vivo Spectroscopy |
| SMOW | Standard Mean Ocean Water |