| Acronym | Meaning |
| PMSR | Pairwise-mixing Stirred Reactor |
| MVMA | Motor Vehicle Manufactures Association |
| BALR | Broad Absorption Line Region |
| MOPA | Master Oscillator Power Amplifier |
| DOVAM-S | Detection Of Virtually All Mutations-SSCP |
| BRCA2 | Breast Cancer Gene 2 |
| DOCA | Deoxycorticosterone Acetate |
| EPD | Electrophoretic Deposition |
| VCA | Virtual Crystal Approximation |
| GIXRD | Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction |