| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFM | Abrasive Flow Machining |
| AWG | American Wire Gauge |
| QMMM | Quantum Mechanics-molecular Mechanics ~ |
| LPE | Liquid-phase Epitaxy |
| BSRS | Backward Stimulated Raman Spectrometry |
| MPD | Maximum Permissible Dose |
| ZBLAN | Zirconium Barium Lanthanum Aluminum Sodium Fluoride |
| NICISS | Neutral Impact Collision Ion Scattering Spectroscopy |
| SCBA | Self-consistent Born Approximation |
| ALACE | Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer (float) |