| Acronym | Meaning |
| HPAM | Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide |
| CSTIM | Channeling Scanning Transmission Ion Microscopy |
| CWTM | Compound Weaire-Thorpe Model (in Electronic-structure Calcns.) |
| MAST | Marine Science And Technology Programme |
| FOPPA | First-order Polarization Propagator Approach |
| HWR | Heavy Water Reactor |
| RICM | Reflection Interference Contrast Microscopy |
| CGH | Comparative Genomic Hybridization |
| REELS | Reflection Electron Energy-loss Spectroscopy |
| DFA | Detrended Fluctuation Analysispar |