| Acronym | Meaning |
| DIN | Direct Injection Nebulizer |
| PFGE | Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis |
| PPAC | Parallel-plate Avalanche Counter |
| TAS | Total Analysis Systems |
| SIMBA | Selective Inverse Multiple Bond Analysis |
| RRG | Rift-related Granitoids |
| DAPC | Department Of Air Pollution Control |
| LERS | Low-energy Recoil Scattering |
| BKCM | Burkhardt-Konya-Coulson-March (for Electron Momentum Densities) |
| SDI | Selective Dissemination Of Information |