| Acronym | Meaning |
| FEWS | Fiber-optic Evanescent Wave Spectroscopy |
| IFM | Immunofluorescence Microscopy |
| SIOA | Surface-induced Optical Anisotropy |
| BCRNM | Bending Corrected Rotating Nonlinear Model |
| CARE | Computed-aided Risk Evaluation |
| NVLAP | National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program |
| SHBG | Sex Hormone-binding Globulin |
| MCEB-NEV | Multiconfigurational Energy Bound-natural Eigenvalue Method |
| SO | Stieltjes Orbitals (for Mol. Photoionization Continua) |
| ARDE | Aspect Ratio Dependent Etching |