| Acronym | Meaning |
| MQW | Multiple Quantum Well |
| TLA | Thin Layer Activation |
| GBH | Gravel Bed Hydroponic System (for Wastewater Treatment) |
| PWRI | Public Works Research Institute (Japan) |
| TLM | Triple Layer Model (of Adsorption) |
| ICWM | Institute Of Chemical Waste Management |
| LSW | Lifshitz-Slyozov-Wagner Theory |
| APT | Analytic Perturbation Theory |
| CZT | Cadmium Zinc Telluride |
| SESAM | Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mirror |