| Acronym | Meaning |
| ETEC | Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli |
| NPCVD | Normal Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| JEIDA | Japan Electronic Industry Development Association |
| EMAS | European Microbeam Analysis Society |
| UBFF | Urey-Bradley Force Field |
| RBM | Rigid Band Model |
| MF | Modifying Factor (in Oral RfD) |
| APM | Atom Probe Microanalysis |
| SSDW | Static-static Distorted-wave (method) |
| BODC | Born-Oppenheimer Diagonal Correction (in Mol. Calcns.) |