| Acronym | Meaning |
| PERL | Passivated Emitter And Rear Locally Diffused (solar Cells) |
| MDEQ | Michigan Department Of Environmental Quality |
| NICMOS | Near-IR Camera And Multiobject Spectrometer |
| CEM | Conventional Electron Microscope |
| NEBLA | Non-equilibrium Boundary Layer Analysis |
| API | American Petroleum Institute |
| ARAS | Atomic Resonance Absorption Spectroscopy |
| CSACM | Canonical Statistical Adiabatic Channel Model (in Reactions) |
| RDW | Relativistic Distorted Wave |
| SLAP | Standard Light Antarctic Precipitation |