| Acronym | Meaning |
| HMPGI | Hybrid Multiple-prism Grazing-incidence |
| ETF | Exponential-type Function (an Ao) |
| CNRS | Centre Nationale De La Recherche Scientifique (France) |
| CPW | Coplanar Waveguide |
| MDMI | Monodisperse Dried Microparticulate Injector |
| SIC | Std. Industrial Code |
| CBM | Constant Boiling Mixture |
| IUCHF | Improved Uncoupled Hartree Fock |
| PSXD | Position Sensitive X-ray Detector |
| TTLC | Total Threshold Limit Concentration |