| Acronym | Meaning |
| ADAP | Angular Distribution Of Annihilating Photons |
| VMD | Vacuum Membrane Distillation |
| DRIFTS | Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy |
| SLMO | Symmetry-adapted Semilocalized Molecular Orbital |
| ODP | Optical Deformation Potential |
| HERL | Health Effects Research Laboratory |
| IMPPT | Interaction Moeller-Plesset Perturbation Theory |
| VSSP | Viscous Suspension Spinning Process |
| FP-MC | Finite Perturbation-multiconfigurational Method |
| HVOF | High-Velocity Oxygen Fuel |