| Acronym | Meaning |
| SMA | Shape Memory Alloy |
| PZT | Piezoelectric Transducer |
| WSSA | Weed Science Society Of America |
| HIPE | High Internal Phase Emulsion |
| FISP | Fast Imaging With Steady-state Precession |
| EPO | European Patent Organization |
| RKKY | Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yoshida (indirect Electron Exchange Mechanism) |
| ISC | Initial Safe Concentration |
| EST | Eastern Standard Time |
| BOW | Bond-order Wave |