| Acronym | Meaning |
| FOSFA | Federation Of Oils |
| ASM | American Society For Metals |
| DNRC | Department Of Natural Resources And Conservation |
| AIPI | Ab Initio Perturbed Ion (calcn. Method) |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| FMECA | Failure-mode Effects And Criticality Analysis |
| IUVSTA | International Union Of Vacuum Science |
| PFLT | Paint Filter Liquids Test |
| CLM | Contained Liquid Membrane |
| RFWM | Resonant Four-wave Mixing |