| Acronym | Meaning |
| INMS | Institute For National Measurement Standards |
| BSSEC | Basis-set Superposition Error Correction |
| PSA | Prostate-specific Antigen |
| NRM | Natural Remanent Magnetization |
| COBRAS | Cosmic Background Radiation Anisotropy Satellite |
| TDPAC | Time Differential Perturbed Angular Correlation |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| EU | European Union |
| FCPC | Full-core Plus Correlation (calcn. Method) |
| AS-PCR | Allele-specific Polymerase Chain Reaction |