| Acronym | Meaning |
| HVAC | Heating, Ventilating, Air-conditioning |
| PICA | Picosecond Imaging Circuit Analysis |
| DAC | Diamond Anvil Cell |
| APWP | Apparent Polar Wander Path |
| PBPD | Physiologically Based Pharmacodynamic |
| CIR | Cylindrical Internal Reflection |
| FDM | Finite-difference Method |
| OASIS | Ocean And Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer System |
| ATPASE | Adenosine Triphosphatase |
| AIBS | American Institute Of Biological Sciences |