| Acronym | Meaning |
| DWES | Distorted-wave Energy Sudden (for Inelastic Mol. Collisions) |
| TGSCC | Transgranular Stress-corrosion Cracking |
| LULU | Locally Undesirable Land Use |
| CAI | Compression After Impact |
| PCOP | Positron Correlation Polarization (potential) |
| SVM | Support Vector Machine |
| API | Air Pollution Index |
| DWS | Diffusing-wave Spectroscopy |
| DONUT | Direct Observation Of The Nu Tau |
| LIDT | Laser-induced Damage Threshold |