| Acronym | Meaning |
| HIERDA | Heavy Ion Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis |
| ZHE | Zero-headspace Extractor (used In TCLP Determinations) |
| LTPLD | Liquid Target Pulsed Laser Deposition |
| LR-SCF | Low-rank SCF |
| MNT | Molecular Nanotechnology |
| ACT | Alternative Control Technique |
| STLE | Society Of Tribologists And Lubrication Engineers |
| HSC | Hyperspherical Coordinate (representation In Calcns. On Electron-atom Scattering) |
| ITRM | Inverse Thermoremanent Magnetization |
| TTU | Transportable Treatment Unit |