| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSZ | Magnesia-stabilized Zirconia |
| SLE | Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
| ARC | Antireflection Coating |
| Y-STR | Y Chromosome Short Tandem Repeat |
| BFR | Brominated Flame Retardant(s) |
| GWPM | Gaussian Wave-packet Method |
| ACD | Annealed Cold Drawn |
| CERL | Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (US Army) |
| IPAC | Infrared Processing And Analysis Center |
| DPH | Diamond Pyramid Hardness |