| Acronym | Meaning |
| SSC | Superconducting Super Collider |
| DFFT | Double Forward Fourier Transformation |
| CTOD | Crack Tip Opening Displacement |
| HSE | Heat-shock Element |
| CVA | Canonical Variate Analysis |
| CFMF | Cross Flow Microfiltration |
| TAPS | Tris-aminopropanesulfonic Acid |
| DOAS | Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy |
| NOX | Nitrogen Oxides |
| TRAP | Tartrate-resistant Acid Phosphatase |