| Acronym | Meaning |
| DWIA | Distorted-wave Impulse Approximation |
| SNIFTIRS | Subtractively Normalized Interfacial Fourier Transform IR Spectroscopy |
| VGF | Vertical Gradient Freeze |
| SAMPL | Selective Amplification Of Microsatellite Polymorphic Loci |
| GIOS | Generalized Infinite Order Sudden |
| HIAF | Heavy Ion Analytical Facility |
| LCTAO | Linear Combination Of Traveling Atomic Orbitals |
| IITA | Information Infrastructure Technology And Applications |
| ESI | Electrospray Ionization |
| CV | Calibrated Volume |