| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAW | Submerged Arc Welding |
| NAPRI | North American Pollutant Release Inventory |
| AAPDI | Anisotropic Atom Point Dipole |
| SADP | Selected Area Diffraction Patterns |
| CGTF | Cartesian Gaussian-type Function |
| MIBERS | Multi-ion-beam Reactive Sputtering |
| BBSRC | Biotechnology And Biological Sciences Research Council |
| CQED | Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics |
| EPLD | Erasable Programmable Logic Device |
| SDD | Silicon Drift Detector |