| Acronym | Meaning |
| TDCHF | Time-dependent Coupled Hartree-Fock |
| MPT | Microwave Plasma Torch |
| TPCA | Toxic Pit Cleanup Act (of California |
| EMZDO | Exchange Modified Zero Differential Overlap |
| GSR | Gunshot Residue |
| NITS | National Institute Of Technology And Standards |
| BLR | Broad Line Region |
| WEDM | Wire Electric Discharge Machining |
| VDI | Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (German Engineers Society) |
| PESC | Photoelectrochemical Solar Cell |