| Acronym | Meaning |
| BTF | Biotransfer Factor |
| HEDG | High Efficiency Deep Grinding |
| BORT | Bond Orbital Resonance Theory |
| BO | Born Oppenheimer |
| AOES | Actinometry Optical Emission Spectroscopy |
| GEA | Gradient-expansion Approxn. (in Exchange-energy Calcns.) |
| VPE | Vapor-phase Epitaxy |
| MPR | Mannose Phosphate Receptor |
| DMO | Delocalized Molecular Orbital |
| CMBR | Completely Mixed Batch Reactor |