| Acronym | Meaning |
| CL | Cathode Luminescence |
| FOISD | Fiber Optic Isolated Spherical Dipole Antenna |
| THEED | Transmission High-energy Electron Diffraction |
| STOM | Scanning Tunneling Optical Microscopy |
| PDP | Plasma Display Panel |
| ASPCR | Allele-specific Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| RQ | Respiratory Quotient |
| STAR | Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC |
| POL-CI | Polarization Configuration Interaction |
| DESPOT | Driven-equilibrium Single-pulse Observation Of T1 |