| Acronym | Meaning |
| OTDR | Optical Time Domain Reflectometry |
| MIR | Mid Infrared |
| CAPE | Convective Available Potential Energy |
| FCG | Fatigue Crack Growth |
| RSPE | Rayleigh Schroedinger Perturbation Expansion |
| EPM | Empirical Pseudopotential Method |
| DWBE | Distorted-wave Born (approxn. With) Exchange |
| ADS | Accelerator Driven System |
| CFSAN | Center For Food Safety & Applied Nutrition |
| LLOD | Lower Limit Of Detection |