| Acronym | Meaning |
| EELS | Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
| CFCMC | Continuous Fiber Ceramic Matrix Composites |
| HSDP | Hawaiian Scientific Drilling Project |
| WLE | Wigner-Liouville Equation (in Study Of Quantum Dynamics) |
| EPS | Extracellular Polymeric Substances |
| PFPD | Pulsed-flame Photometer Detector |
| INSERM | Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale |
| USDW | Underground Source Drinking Water |
| PW-LDA | Plane Wave-local Density Approxn. |
| SBD | Schottky-barrier Diode |