| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATE | Automatic Test Equipment |
| MPE | Multiphoton Excitation |
| QELS | Quasi-Elastic Light Scattering |
| CVA-MO | Core-valence Approxn.-MO (for At. Integral Calcns.) |
| TMCP | Thermomech. Control Process |
| MFP | Magnetic Field Perturbative (method) |
| MBMS | Molecular Beam Mass Spectrometry |
| GPT | Generalized Pseudopotential Theory |
| ASCREV | Anodic Stripping Continuous Recall Enhancement Voltammetry |
| MCE | Microchannel Epitaxy |