| Acronym | Meaning |
| SIAM | Single-impurity Anderson Model |
| PSI | Pounds Per Square Inch |
| ITFW | Improved Thomas-Fermi-Weizaecker (model) |
| TCC | Thermal Contact Cracking |
| IPEM | Ion-photon Emission Microscopy |
| ERLN | Environmental Research Laboratory Narragansett |
| CAMELSPIN | Cross-relaxation Appropriate For Mininmolecules Emulated By Locked Spins |
| GDOS | Glow Discharge Optical Spectroscopy |
| AMTS | Advanced Moisture And Temperature Sounder |
| PETEOS | Plasma-enhanced Tetraethylorthosilicate |