| MQL | Minimum Quantity Lubrication |
| CEO | Chief executive officer |
| OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturers |
| LAS | Low Alloy Steel |
| HAS | High Alloy Steel |
| LNG | Liquefied Natural Gas |
| AISC | American Institute of Steel Construction |
| HSLA | High Strength Low Alloy |
| MPa | Mega Pascal |
| GPa | Giga Pascal |
| SS | Structural Steel |
| HRS | Heat Resistant Steels |
| AISI | American Iron and Steel Institute |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis |
| SR | Surface Roughness |
| MRR | Material Removal Rate |
| TWR | Tool Wear Rate |
| CBN | Cubic Boron Nitride |
| HTMF | Hard Turning with Minimal Fluid |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscope |
| HRC | Hardness Rockwell C Scale |
| CVD | Chemical Vapour Deposition |
| MWF | Metalworking Fluid |
| MoS2 | Molybdenum disulfide |
| DOC | Depth of Cut |
| DM | Dry Machining |
| TL | Tool Life |
| EDM | Electric Discharge Machining |
| LOF | Lack-of-fusion |