| Acronym | Meaning |
| IRI | Industrial Research Institute |
| LFM | Lateral Force Microscopy |
| MSA | Mammary Serum Antigen |
| IDEAL | International Digital Electronic Access Library |
| AML | ARC Macro Language |
| SAI | Spline-fitted Ab Initio (potential Energy Surface) |
| IMS | Ion Mass Spectrometer |
| EFVAO | Electric-field Variant Atomic Orbital |
| PAIR | Patent Application Information Retrieval System |
| HCP | Hexagonal Close Packed |