| Acronym | Meaning |
| SLEEP | Scanning Low Energy Electron Probe |
| AAFEB | Anaerobic Attached Film Expanded Bed |
| EO | Equivalent Orbital |
| AWG | American Wire Gauge |
| IND | Investigational New Drug |
| NCRP | National Council On Radiation Protection |
| DSR | Dynamic Shape Roll |
| CFS | Coherent Forward Scattering |
| SMC | Schwinger Multichannel (for Electron-mol. Scattering) |
| XAFS | X-ray Absorption Fine Structure |