| Acronym | Meaning |
| CS | Crystal Structure |
| RUS | Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy |
| CC | Close Coupling Method (for Atom-molecule Collisions) |
| HFP | Hartree-Fock (plus) Pauli (terms) |
| AFQMC | Auxiliary-field Quantum Monte Carlo |
| IPDA | Intensified Photodiode Arrays |
| MIOSA | Modified (rotational) Infinite Order Sudden Approxn. |
| CFRTP | Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic |
| ASTER | Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS) |
| PIII | Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation |