| Acronym | Meaning |
| MMVF | Man Made Vitreous Fibers |
| CPLD | Complex Programmable Logic Device |
| CCA | Crystalline Cluster Approach (in Electronic Structure Calcns.) |
| LSTH | Liu-Siegbahn-Truhlar-Horowitz (potential-energy Surface) |
| VPS | Vacuum Plasma Spraying |
| FISH | Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization |
| PFTNA | Pulsed Fast Thermal Neutron Analysis |
| UMIX | User-Manufacturer Information EXchange |
| CLEFT | Cleavage Of Lateral Epitaxial Films For Transfer |
| RZM | Root Zone Method (of Wastewater Treatment) |