| Acronym | Meaning |
| VCSEL | Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser |
| AREP | Averaged Relativistic Effective Potential |
| CFM | Chemical Force Microscopy |
| AMS | Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer |
| FEED | Field Emission Energy Distribution |
| SAMPE | Society For The Advancement Of Material And Process Engineering |
| CAMDS | Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System |
| MIM | Metal Injection Molding |
| CPVC | Critical Pigment Volume Concentration |
| LEPS | London-Eyring-Polanyi-Sato (potential-energy Surface) |