| Acronym | Meaning |
| HTS | High Temperature Superconductor |
| SEPT | Secular Equation (with) Perturbation Theory |
| MTF | Multiple Tube Fermentation |
| IBD | Ion Beam Deposition |
| IPMS | Infinite Periodic Minimum Surfaces |
| SPM | Suspended Particulate Matter |
| TRC | Total Residual Chlorine |
| EDW | Exchange Distorted-wave |
| BEFS | Berkeley Extreme And Far-UV Spectrometer |
| GNMP | Generalized Nonlocal Model Potential |