| Acronym | Meaning |
| PWB | Printed Wiring Board |
| SANS | Small-angle Neutron Scattering |
| OR | Odds Ratio |
| APACHE | Accelerator For Physics And Chemistry Of Heavy Elements |
| RPE | Retinal Pigment Epithelium |
| PVO | Pseudovalence Orbital |
| RCP | Reciprocal Calcn. Procedure [of ACGIH] |
| SILO | Strain Induced Lateral Ordering |
| MOKE | Magneto-optic Kerr Effect |
| ICR | Ion Cyclotron Resonance (mass Spectrometry) |