| Acronym | Meaning |
| ECDL | External-cavity Diode Laser |
| PF | Polar Front |
| REA | Restriction Endonuclease Anal. |
| AET | Acoustic Emission Technique |
| HITC | 1,1',3,3,3',3'-hexamethylindotricarbocyanaine Iodide |
| HDMR | High-dimensional Model Representation |
| PNGV | Partnership For A New Generation Of Vehicles |
| DLTFS | Deep Level Transient Fourier Spectroscopy |
| SRBSN | Sintered Reaction-bonded Silicon Nitride |
| MESA | Mass Concentration Extinction Size Analyzer |