| Acronym | Meaning |
| TLCP | Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Polymer |
| DRIFT | Diffuse Reflectance IR Fourier Transform |
| MECI | Monoexcited Configuration Interaction |
| AWG | American Wire Gauge |
| THTR | Thorium High Temperature Reactor |
| CMOD | Crack Mouth Opening Displacement |
| HRMS | High Resolution Microwave Survey |
| SPIES | Surface Penning Ionization Electron Spectroscopy |
| BSEM | Back Scattering Electron Microscopy |
| SRBC | Sheep Red Blood Cell |