| Acronym | Meaning |
| YSZ | Yttria-stabilized Zirconia |
| MOPW | Modified Orthogonalized Plane Wave |
| CCOSM | Chemistry And Circulation Occultation Spectroscopy Mission |
| MCE | Microchannel Epitaxy |
| AWG | American Wire Gauge |
| AOIPS | Atmospheric And Oceanographic Information Processing System |
| TQM | Total Quality Management |
| ASR | Alkali-silica Reaction |
| PPG | Pike's Peak Granite (USGS Rock Standard) |
| ANNNI | Axial Next-nearest-neighbor Ising (model Of Superstructure) |