| Acronym | Meaning |
| MF | Muffin Tin (potential Energy Function) |
| NTD | Nuclear Track Detector |
| GTP | Group-transfer Polymerization |
| TRIS | Toxic Release Inventory System |
| FPW | Flexural Plate Wave |
| MLVSS | Mixed Liquor Volatile Suspended Solids |
| ASE | Augmented Secular Equation |
| ECP | Effective Core Potential Approxn.(in Electronic-structure Calcn.) |
| MIRAGE | Migration Of Radioisotopes In The Geosphere |
| TLP | Tension Leg Platform |