| Acronym | Meaning |
| LIGS | Laser-induced Grating Spectroscopy |
| CEPOD | Catalyzed Electrochemical Plutonium Oxide Dissolution |
| TOG | Total Organic Gas |
| TIME | Test, Inspect, Measure, And Evaluate |
| EMA | Effective Medium Approximation |
| DOVAM-S | Detection Of Virtually All Mutations-SSCP |
| ECP-CPP | Effective Core Potential (augmented By)-core Polarization Potential |
| SV | Space Velocity |
| ARC | Antireflection Coating |
| VCC-IOS | Vibrational Close-coupling-(rotational) Infinite-order Sudden (for Inelastic Mol. Collisions Calcns.) |