| Acronym | Meaning |
| TH | Total Hardness [of Water] |
| MSZ | Magnesia-stabilized Zirconia |
| IETS | Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy |
| DVB | Diagrammatic Valence Bond (in Study Of Electronic Properties) |
| LEV | Low Emission Vehicle |
| CNIE | Committee For The National Institute For The Environment |
| AQIRP | Auto/Oil Air Quality Improvement Research Program |
| SDPA | 4,4'-sulfonyldiphthalic Anhydride |
| CAFEGE | Classically Approximated Free-electron-gas Exchange |
| ACE | Alternating Conditional Expectations |