| Acronym | Meaning |
| MCT | Mercury Cadmium Telluride |
| DEFT | Driven Equilibrium Fourier Transform |
| TPR | Temperature-programmed Reduction |
| HART | Highway Addressable Remote Transducer [Rosemount |
| LUV | Large Unilamellar Vesicle |
| GM | Geometric Mean |
| ERA | Expedited Removal Action |
| LSC | Luminescent Solar Concentrator |
| NPAH | Nitro-polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon |
| SGHWR | Steam-generating Heavy Water Reactor |