| Acronym | Meaning |
| BOLD | Blood Oxygenation Level-dependent |
| CMC | Conditional Moment Closure [model] |
| TPO | Thermoplastic Polyolefin |
| ES&H | Environmental Safety And Health |
| ICP | Inductively Coupled Plasma |
| CGR | Crack Growth Rate |
| DSO-GF | Diagonal Second Order (approxn. To)-Green Function |
| TRM | Thermoremanent Magnetization |
| MOCVD | Metal Org. Chem. Vapor Deposition |
| TMCP | Thermomech. Control Process |