| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIC | Acceptable Intakes For Chronic Exposure |
| ALP | Alkaline Phosphatase |
| DDMO | Differential Density Matrix Overlap (index |
| PWM | Pulse Width Modulation |
| NF | Nuclear Factor |
| DPA | Displacement Per Atom |
| UBD | Under-bath Decarburization |
| OTE | Optically Transparent Electrode |
| WKB | Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (phase-shift Formula For Potential Scattering) |
| VOD | Vacuum-oxygen Decarburization |