| Acronym | Meaning |
| AEE | Adverse Environmental Effect |
| PMIRRAS | Polarization Modulation Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy |
| RIKES | Raman-induced Kerr Effect Spectrometry |
| CSD | Cambridge Structural Database |
| LCVO | Linear Combination Of Valence Orbitals |
| GIXS | Grazing Incidence X-ray Scattering |
| EIM | Eddy Interaction Model |
| ONDOR | Optical Nuclear Double Resonance |
| SSDW | Static-static Distorted-wave (method) |
| FMS | Frequency Modulation Spectroscopy |