| Acronym | Meaning |
| VLSI | Very Large-scale Integration |
| SLAPW | Superlinearized Augmented Plane Wave |
| LBD | Ligand Binding Domain |
| FAIMS | High-field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometry |
| GRAPE | Gamma Ray Attenuation Porosity Evaluator |
| SORI-CID | Sustained Off-resonance Irradn. Collision-induced Dissocn. |
| CTZ | Coastal Transition Zone |
| MORBID | Morse Oscillator-rigid Bender Internal Dynamics (hamiltonianin Rotational-vibrational Energy Levels Calcn.) |
| EMPA | Electron Microprobe Analysis |
| CCSP | Constant Current Stripping Potentiometry |