| Acronym | Meaning |
| PIRAS | Polarized Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy |
| SOCI | Standard Optimum Control [structure With] Integral [action] |
| STR | Short Tandem Repeat |
| TESS | Transform Method For Extinction-scattering With Spatial Resoln. |
| SPC | Solid Phase Crystallization |
| ARXPS | Angular Resolved X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| SPE | Solar Proton Event |
| AQCR | Air Quality Control Region (US EPA) |
| SAEST | Society For Advancement Of Electrochemical Science And Technology |
| WATR | Water Attenuation By Transverse Relaxation |