| Acronym | Meaning |
| TMB | Table Mesa Basalt (USGS Rock Standard) |
| GCHAZ | Grain-coarsened Heat-affected Zone |
| EPS | Emission Preprocessor System |
| LSR | Liquid Silicone Rubber |
| MCD | Magnetic Circular Dichroism |
| HEWL | Hen Egg White Lysozyme |
| QVB | Quasiempirical Valence Bond (method) |
| TIP | Total Isomerization Process |
| HGMIS | Human Genome Management Information System |
| MAMU | Mobile (ambient) Air Monitoring Unit (Canada) |