| Acronym | Meaning |
| MOX | Mixed Oxide |
| FKO | Franz-Keldish Oscillations |
| ATBN | Amine Terminated Butadiene Acrylonitrile (rubber) |
| MCM 41 | Mobil Catalytic Material 41 |
| AFB | Atmospheric Fluidized Bed |
| MSA | Many-trajectory Semiclassical Approxn. (in At.-collision Theory) |
| OIB | Ocean Island Basalt |
| AET | Apparent Effects Thresholds |
| COIL | Chem. Oxygen-iodine Laser |
| DRI | Differential Refractive Index |