| Acronym | Meaning |
| IUPAB | International Union Of Pure And Applied Biophysics |
| GSA | Geological Society Of America |
| EIA | Energy Information Administration (DOE) |
| LINE | Long Interspersed Element |
| LPE | Liquid-phase Epitaxy |
| NDWBA | Normalized Distorted-wave Born Approximation |
| IFSEM | International Federation Of Societies For Electron Microscopy |
| CIDR | Center For Inherited Diseases Research |
| LHDAC | Laser Heated Diamond Anvil Cell |
| ISS | Ion Scattering Spectroscopy |