| Acronym | Meaning |
| QWASI | Quantitative Water Air Sediment Interaction |
| SPES | Step Potential Electrochemical Spectroscopy |
| SERODS | Surface-Enhanced Raman Optical Data Storage |
| SNDA | Supplemental New Drug Application |
| YSZ | Yttria-stabilized Zirconia |
| PBC | Periodic Bond Chain |
| CVTST | Canonical Variational Transition-state Theory |
| FAPS | Field-effect-addressable Potentiometric Sensor |
| SMP | Submitochondrial Particle |
| GIXRD | Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction |