| Acronym | Meaning |
| PENIS | Proton-enhanced Nuclear Induction Spectroscopy |
| SCPI | Standard Commands For Programmable Instruments |
| IABO | International Association Of Biological Oceanography (ICSU) |
| IEQ | Indoor Environmental Quality |
| NAO | Natural Atomic Orbital |
| PCDE | Polychlorinated Diphenyl Ethers |
| ACT | Acoustic Charge Transport |
| PNA | Polynuclear Aromatic Compound(s) |
| NFOM | Near-field Optical Microscopy |
| SMFS | Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy |