| Acronym | Meaning |
| BIF | Banded Iron-formation |
| MEG | Mixed Exponentially Generated (wave Function) |
| BADGE | Bisphenol A Diglycidyl Ether |
| ELISA | Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| OASLM | Optically Addressed Spatial Light Modulator |
| TSD | Technical Support Document |
| USBM | US Bureau Of Mines |
| ARRPA | Air Resources Regional Pollution Assessment Model |
| IBS | Ion Beam Sputtering |
| SMD | Single-molecule Detection |