| Acronym | Meaning |
| THG | Third Harmonic Generation |
| LUC | Large Unit Cell Semiempirical Approxn. (for Band Structure) |
| AESA | Association Of Environmental Scientists And Administrators |
| RTU | Remote Terminal Unit |
| DCBX | Distorted Coulomb-Born Exchange Approxn. |
| SVEA | Slowly Varying Envelope Approximation |
| CEES | 2-chloroethyl Ethyl Sulfide |
| RIS | Resonance Ionization Spectrometry |
| EPFM | Elasto-plastic Fracture Mechanics |
| FDM | Field Desorption Microscopy |