| Acronym | Meaning |
| CLTVD | Controlled Low-temperature Vacuum Dehydration |
| SMES | Superconductive Magnetic Energy Storage |
| GCSEL | Grating-coupled Surface-emitting Laser |
| ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| HAB | High-Alumina Basalt |
| SCCF | Spin-correlated Crystal Field |
| GDLC | Gel-Glass Dispersed Liquid Crystals |
| MTO | Muffin-tin Orbital |
| PIPECO | Photoion-photoelectron Coincidence Spectroscopy |
| BHET | Bis(2-hydroxyethyl) Terephthalate |