| Acronym | Meaning |
| ICTS | Isothermal Capacitance Transient Spectroscopy |
| MSA | Multivariate Statistical Analysis |
| PSTC | Pressure Sensitive Tape Council |
| MIOSA | Modified (rotational) Infinite Order Sudden Approxn. |
| GEASIC | Gradient-expansion Approxn. Self-interaction Correction (functional |
| MEE | Migration-enhanced Epitaxy |
| DCXD | Double Crystal X-ray Diffraction |
| PAHO | Pan American Health Organization |
| SC-RPA | Single-channel Random Phase Approximation |
| LPP | Laser-produced Plasma |