| Acronym | Meaning |
| PLAD | Pulsed Laser Ablation Deposition |
| BOHS | British Occupational Hygiene Society |
| SFE | Stacking Fault Energy |
| CRM | Certified Reference Material |
| STEM | Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| JET | Joint European Torus |
| GRI | Geosynthetics Research Institute (Drexel University |
| GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| MOCVD | Metal Org. Chem. Vapor Deposition |
| WPCF | Water Pollution Control Federation |