| Acronym | Meaning |
| TSR | Thermal Shock Resistance |
| NORM | Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material(s) |
| ZINDO | Zerner's Intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| SMOW | Standard Mean Ocean Water |
| AEP | American Electric Power (USA) |
| NSTF | North Sea Task Force (multinational Organization) |
| AU | Absorbance Units |
| SCTB | Self-consistent Tight-binding (in Electronic Structure) |
| HIP | Hot Isostatic Pressing |
| CEDI | Continuous Electrodeionization |