| Acronym | Meaning |
| SNR | Signal-to-noise Ratio |
| BSCCO | Bismuth Strontium Calcium Copper Oxide |
| PDRM | Post-depositional Remanent Magnetization |
| TPE | Thermoplastic Polyester Elastomer |
| ERD | Electron Recoil Detection |
| OVGF | Outer-valence Green Function (for Ionization-energy Calcns.) |
| CRDL | Contract Required Detection Limit(s) |
| HVIO | High Volume Industrial Organic |
| SNP | Single-nucleotide Polymorphism |
| GPS | Generalized Phase Shift Formalism |