| Acronym | Meaning |
| TRFQ | Time-resolved Fluorescence Quenching |
| CFHT | Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope |
| NCLI | National Chemical Laboratory For Industry (Japan) |
| IME | Interdigitated Microsensor Electrode |
| AGU | Anhydroglucose Units |
| AMPD | 2-amino-2-methyl 1 |
| FMM | Force Modulation Microscopy |
| LOIS | Land-Ocean Interaction Study |
| UGF | Unitary-group Formulation (in Many-body Quantum Theory) |
| TSDW | Torsional Spin Density Wave |