| Acronym | Meaning |
| MPB | Morphotropic Phase Boundary |
| SBD | Schottky-barrier Diode |
| ISPM | In-situ Particle Monitor |
| ESAD | Electron-stimulated Associative Desorption |
| MCRRPA | Multiconfiguration Relativistic Random Phase Approxn. |
| MMR | Mismatch Repair |
| ECAFM | Electrochemical Atomic Force Microscopy |
| IGA | Inert-gas Atomization |
| BEI | Backscattered Electron Imaging |
| CCS | Contract Compliance Screening |