| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATSR | Along-Track Scanning Radiometer |
| FOBT | Fecal Occult Blood Test |
| SINDO | Symmetrically Orthogonalized Intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| DIGE | Deuteron Induced Gamma-ray Emission |
| SSOP | Sequence Specific Oligonucleotide Probe |
| KKRASA | Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker Atomic-sphere Approxn. (in Band Structure) |
| DSL | Domestic Substance List |
| PTGS | Picosecond Transient Grating Spectroscopy |
| EMSL | Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory |
| LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |