| Acronym | Meaning |
| GRID | Global Resources Information Database |
| DBTT | Ductile-to-brittle Transition Temperature |
| LST | Light Scattering Tomography |
| NBC | Nuclear, Biological And Chemical |
| CD | Critical Dimension |
| CD ROM | Compact Disk Read Only Memory |
| CSD | Cortical Spreading Depression |
| CPSS | Coulomb-repulsion Perturbed Stationary State |
| UEBS | Unitarized Eikonal Born Series (in Electron-atom Scattering) |
| CAGE | Capillary Affinity Gel Electrophoresis |