| Acronym | Meaning |
| XUV | Extreme Ultraviolet |
| HEDG | High Efficiency Deep Grinding |
| BFU-E | Burst-forming Unit-erythroid |
| INADA | Investigational New Animal Drug Application |
| MSR | Mammalian Selectivity Ratio |
| EMAT | Effluent Microtox Acute Toxicity |
| APES | Adiabatic Potential Energy Surface |
| CNDO/2-U | Universal CNDO/2 (extended To Full Periodic Table) |
| ROSS2 | River Oil Spill Simulation 2 Layer Model |
| ISD | Inclined Substrate Deposition |