| Acronym | Meaning |
| PZC | Polyzirconium Compound (isopropyl Alc.-zirconium Chloride Copolymer) |
| FIA | Fluorescence Immunoassay |
| AMS | Aerospace Material Specification |
| LECD | Lifetime Equivalent Constant Dose |
| TSW | Torsional Spin Wave (type Of Hartree-Fock Wave Function) |
| DNAA | Delayed Neutron Activation Analysis |
| STE | Self-trapped Exciton |
| SMART | Stimulated Martensite-austenite Reverse Transformation |
| EBM | Electron Beam Melting |
| URG | Umweltrahmengesetz (German Environmental Protection Framework Law) |