| Acronym | Meaning |
| DPA | Destructive Physical Analysis |
| AET | S-(2-aminoethyl)isothiouronium Bromide Hydrobromide |
| IFFD | Intermittently Fed Fill And Draw System |
| LOSC | Law Of The Sea Convention |
| IEEE | Institute Of Electrical And Electronics Engineers |
| SPA | Scintillation-proximity Assay |
| DF | Density Functional Formalism |
| VOIP | Valence Orbital Ionization Potential |
| BID | Buoyancy Induced Dispersion |
| LEO | Lateral Epitaxial Overgrowth |