| Acronym | Meaning |
| NEC | National Electrical Code |
| MTX(ALPHA) | Muffin-tin X(alpha) Statistical Exchange |
| DFTS | Dispersive Fourier Transform Spectrometry |
| TRAP | Telomeric Repeat Amplification Protocol |
| O/E | Observed Number/expected Number Ratio = Relative Risk |
| VSFG | Vibrational Sum-frequency Generation |
| DETOCSY | Diffusion Edited Total Correlation Spectroscopy |
| MCVP | Metal Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| ITER | International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor |
| MAC | Methyl Allyl Chloride |