| Acronym | Meaning |
| SALSA | Scoring Algorithm For Spectral Analysis |
| CSA | Centrifugal Sudden Approxn. (in Scattering Calcns.) |
| SOLO | Second-order Correlated Localized Orbital-local Origin (method) |
| ISME | Ion-selective Microelectrode |
| FFEM | Freeze-fracture Electron Microscopy |
| HEWL | Hen Egg White Lysozyme |
| EQPAC | Equatorial Pacific Study |
| VOFF | Valence Orbital Force Field |
| SEELFS | Surface Extended-energy-loss Fine-structure |
| CIPAC | Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council |