| Acronym | Meaning |
| TCM | Tunneling Current Microscopy |
| GEH | Generalized Effective Hamiltonian |
| PMCC | Pensky-Martens Closed Cup |
| TQM | Total Quality Management |
| RP/M | Reinforced Plastics/mortar |
| INA | Ion Neutral Analysis |
| ACPAR | Angular Correlation Of Positron Annihilation Radiation |
| RTD | Residence Time Distribution |
| PERTCI | Perturbational Configuration Interaction |
| WFS | Work Function Spectroscopy |