| Acronym | Meaning |
| SSM | Synthetic Soil Matrix (US EPA) |
| SITE | Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation |
| MAOP | Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure |
| SGM | Scale Glass Melter |
| LAPW | Linearized Augmented Plane Wave (for Band-structure Calcns.) |
| LCCD | Linear Coupled-cluster (method With) Double (excitations) |
| CODF | Crystallite Orientation Distribution Function |
| IU | International Unit |
| IASAP | International Arctic Seas Assessment Project |
| ASLE | American Society Of Lubrication Engineers (USA |