| Acronym | Meaning |
| CEM | Corrected Effective Medium (for Atomic Interactions) |
| EBI | Equivalent Background Illumination |
| CBM | Conduction Band Minimum |
| XRMA | X-ray Microanalysis |
| QSAR | Quantitative Structure-activity Relationship(s) |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research And Development Agreement |
| RLM | Reflected Light Microscopy |
| STLS | Singwi-Tosi-Land-Sjolander (generalized Random-phase Approxn. For Effective Pair Potentials Of Liq. Metals) |
| REV | Ray Eigenvector (a Wave Function) |