| Acronym | Meaning |
| EACVD | Electron-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| MSS | Monosulfide Solid Solution |
| SPA | Shielded-potential Approxn. (in Electronic Structure) |
| PIAS | Photon-counting Image Acquisition System |
| PTSPGF | Perturbative-type Single-particle Green Function |
| BCAD | Business Computer-aided Manufacturing |
| LFAM | Line Focus Acoustic Microscope |
| SCCR | Self-consistent Current Relaxation (in Electronic Dynamic Structure Factor Calcns.) |
| HRS | Hazard Ranking System |
| NSCR | Nonselective Catalytic Reduction |