| Acronym | Meaning |
| PSMO | Pseudo MO |
| DIN | Deutsche Industrie-Norm (German Industrial Standard) |
| HAEC | Human Aortic Endothelial Cell |
| BLAST | Burst Locations With Arc Second Telescope |
| EFG GTO | Electric Field Gradient Gaussian-type Orbital |
| SMA | Shape Memory Alloy |
| PMOS | P-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| CSDA | Continuous Slowing Down Approximation |
| CSA | Chemical-shift Anisotropy |
| GIPOF | Graded-Index Plastic Optical Fiber |