| Acronym | Meaning |
| YSAG | Yttrium Scandium Aluminum Garnet |
| PFC | Polarized Frozen Core Approximation |
| SIRIS | Sputter-initiated Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy |
| MARIA | Methods For Assessing The Radiological Impact Of Accidents |
| GDC | Global Drifter Center (of WOCE Data System) |
| EOF | Electroosmotic Flow |
| OHC | Outer Hair Cell |
| SNR | Signal-to-noise Ratio |
| ETEAO | Even-tempered Exponential Atomic Orbital |
| ICD | International Classification Of Diseases |