| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPLEED | Spin Polarized Low-energy Electron Diffraction |
| PFRAM | Polymeric Ferroelectric Random Access Memory |
| IDL | Instrument Detection Limit |
| MIRS | Multiple Internal Reflection Spectroscopy |
| CATA | Computer-aided Thermal Anal. |
| BOTDA | Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis |
| PAIR | Patent Application Information Retrieval System |
| PKD | Polycystic Kidney Disease |
| HDPEX | Cross-linked |
| BDH | British Drug House |