| Acronym | Meaning |
| TIROS | Television And IR Observation Satellite |
| FKO | Franz-Keldish Oscillations |
| CENSA | Collaborative Electronic Notebook Systems Association |
| DODCI | 3,3'-Diethyloxadicarbocyanine Iodide |
| DIW | Deionized Water |
| MOSFET | Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor |
| VSFS | Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy |
| SRS | Stimulated Raman Scattering |
| ORD | Optical Rotatory Dispersion |
| ICOS | Inducible Co-stimulator |