| Acronym | Meaning |
| PDMS | Plasma Desorption Mass Spectrometry |
| SOFIA | Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy |
| DSLFS | Doppler-shift Laser Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| TSDW | Torsional Spin Density Wave |
| CSTEE | Scientific Committee On Toxicity |
| QRIOSA | Quantum Reactive Infinite Order Sudden Approxn. |
| TED | Transmission Electron Diffraction |
| AMPA | Alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid |
| DFS | Disease Free Survival |
| IPC | Integrated Pollution Control |