| Acronym | Meaning |
| CVC | Chemical Vapor Composites |
| HIFU | High-intensity Focused Ultrasound |
| SS | Stainless Steel |
| VLT | Very Large Telescope |
| APSG | Antisymmetrized Product Of Spin Geminals Method |
| PURPA | Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act |
| GRINSCH | Graded-index Separate Confinement Heterostructure |
| TEWI | Total Equivalent Warming Impact |
| ACWA | American Clean Water Association |
| IEPA | Independent Electron Pair Approximation |