| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSZ | Magnesia-stabilized Zirconia |
| GIXAS | Grazing Incidence X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy |
| AS | Absorption Spectroscopy |
| IDDM | Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
| HDT | Heat Deflection Temperature |
| SFIP | Sector Facility Indexing Project |
| GVHD | Graft Versus Host Disease |
| DFB | Distributed Feedback |
| SAF | Symmetry Adapted Function (in CI Calcns.) |
| PUHF | (spin)-projected Unrestricted Hartree-Fock |