| Acronym | Meaning |
| OTEC | Open Tubular Electrochromatography |
| CTMAB | Cetyl Trimethyl Ammonium Bromide (cationic Surfactant) |
| SBS | Stimulated Brillouin Scattering |
| EDQNM | Eddy-damped Quasinormal Markovian [mathematics In Engineering] |
| REELS | Reflection Electron Energy-loss Spectroscopy |
| BLM | Bilayer Lipid Membrane |
| MED | Mean Effective Dose |
| BBFM | Bond-bending Force Model (for Phonon Calcns.) |
| HRV | Human Rotavirus |
| ALMV | Alfalfa Mosaic Virus |