| Acronym | Meaning |
| RAPID | Ruggedized Advanced Pathogen Identification Device |
| IPOD | International Phase Of Ocean Drilling |
| TPQ | Threshold Planning Quantity |
| WLF | Williams-Ferry-Landel [viscosity Math. Relation/parameter] |
| UBM | Under Bump Metallurgy |
| PNA | Peptide Nucleic Acid |
| CEARC | Canadian Environmental Assessment Research Council |
| DET | Direct Nonradiative Electronic Energy Transfer |
| IPNSO | Independent-pair Natural Spin Orbital |
| PEMA | Pseudoeffective Mass Approxn. (for Impurity Energy Levels In Semiconductors) |