| Acronym | Meaning |
| IRES | Infrared Emission Spectroscopy |
| MIBD | Micro-interferometric Backscatter Detection |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| RRS | Resonance Raman Spectroscopy |
| SNICS | Source Of Negative Ions By Cesium Sputtering |
| GT | Gas Turbine |
| SMILETRAP | Stockholm-Mainz-Ion Levitation Trap |
| CARBASHD | Carbon-relayed Band-selected Homonuclear-decoupled |
| AOQL | Average Outgoing Quality Limit |
| TGVBA | Target Generalized Valence Bond Approximation |