| Acronym | Meaning |
| PSTL | Photostimulated Thermoluminescence |
| NOEL | No Observable Effect Level (in Animal Tests) |
| PWO | Plane Wave Orbital |
| FOCI | First-order Configuration Interaction |
| NEWWA | New England Water Works Association |
| HCOT | Helically Coiled Open Tube |
| ROBK1 | Relativistic First-order Oppenheimer-Brinkman-Kramers |
| POSS | Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane |
| TDEMSE | Time-dependent Effective Mass Schroedinger Equation |
| CAB | Cellulose Acetate Butyrate |