| ANNNI | axial next nearest neighbor Ising model |
| CPA | coherent potential approximation |
| CRSS | critical resolved shear stress |
| DFT | density functional theory |
| DG | Debye-Grüneisen |
| dhcp | double hexagonal close packed |
| DLM | disordered local moment |
| EMTO | exact muffin-tin orbital |
| EQOS | equation of state |
| FCD | full charge density |
| LN | Labusch-Nabarro model |
| LSF | longitudinal spin fluctuations |
| LSGF | locally self-consistent Green function method |
| MMOM | magnetic moment |
| PM | paramagnetic |
| PN | Peierls-Nabarro model |
| RWS | Wigner-Seiz radius |
| SFE | stacking fault energy |
| SSS | solid solution strengthening |
| TRIP | transformation induced plasticity |
| TWIP | twinning induced plasticity |
| VC | Varvenne-Curtin model |