| Acronym | Meaning |
| PAPVD | Plasma-assisted Physical Vapor Deposition |
| USCE | US Army Corps Of Engineers |
| BOCLE | Ball-on Cylinder Lubricity Evaluator |
| AGCI | Aspen Global Change Institute |
| CFT | Conformal Field Theory |
| ISAS | Japanese Institute Of Space And Astronomical Science |
| RSC | Residual Sodium Carbonate |
| APS | Autocorrelation Photon Spectroscopy |
| AEE | Adverse Environmental Effect |
| MFE | Modulated Free Electron Orbital Method |