| Acronym | Meaning |
| EVLSM | Evanescent Wave Light-scattering Microscopy |
| SCM | Subsurface Chlorophyll Maximum |
| HSF | Hiller-Sucher-Feinberg (equation For Calcn. Of Spin Densities And Charge Densities In Mols.) |
| HTP | Helical Twisting Power |
| FCA | Fuzzy Cluster Analysis |
| CAI | Calcium Aluminum Inclusion |
| DIMET | Desorption Induced By Multiple Electronic Transitions |
| IDTIMS | Isotope Diln. Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| EOLM | Electro-optical Light Modulation |
| BMC | Benchmark Concentration |