| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACMG | American College Medical Genetics |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Department Of Defense) |
| CW | Continuous Wave |
| CIRA | COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere |
| PDMS | Plasma Desorption Mass Spectrometry |
| MAOI | Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor |
| FACSS | Federation Of Analytical Chemistry And Spectroscopy Societies |
| QPD | Quadrature Phase Detection |
| TRIP | Transformation Induced Plasticity |
| ATM | Airborne Thematic Mapper |