| Acronym | Meaning |
| PSZ | Partially-stabilized Zirconia |
| UPF | UV Protection Factor |
| HIWIP | Homojunction Interfacial Work-function Internal Photoemission |
| EMDC | Elution-Modified Displacement Chromatography |
| METC | Morgantown Energy Technology Center |
| IFANT | International Foundation For The Advancement Of Nondestructive Testing |
| SCASA | Semiclassical Approxn. Separated Atom |
| UCAS-SCF | Unrestricted Complete Active Space Self-consistent Field |
| CESAR | Canadian Expedition To Study The Alpha Ridge |
| DIAL | Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing) |