| Acronym | Meaning |
| HMS | High-manganese Silicide (semiconductor Thermoelectric Material) |
| CELIA | Competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunoassay |
| SFC | Supercritical Fluid Chromatography |
| LSM | Layered Synthetic Microstructure |
| FIE | Flow-injection Extraction |
| SHRIMP | Scalar Heteromolecular Recoupled Interactions By Multiple Phase |
| UIHRS | Upflow Inclined High-rate Settlers |
| NPCR | Nonlinear Principal Components Regression |
| CCBA | Coupled-channel Born Approximation |
| CLF | Current Literature File |