| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPIE | Society Of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers |
| GEM | Gene Expression Microarray |
| SPI | Soy Protein Isolate |
| SSIMS | Static Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry |
| T-GAS | Trace Gas Accounting System |
| CBF | Correlated Basis Function |
| RDX | Royal Demolition Explosive |
| BIRPS | British Institutes Reflection Profiling Syndicate |
| CBC | Circulating Bed Combustor (or Incinerator) |
| BMS | Buried Metallic Sulfide |