| Acronym | Meaning |
| PPM | Parts Per Million |
| HERS | High Energy Range Spectrometer |
| FAP | Familial Adenomatous Polyposis |
| PDR | Photodissociation Region |
| GRO | Gasoline-range Organics |
| ICPD | Inductively Coupled Plasma Deposition |
| OCT | Optical Coherence Tomography |
| AGMA | American Gear Manufacturers Association |
| BADGER | Bay Area Digital Geo-Resource |
| BOC-MP | Bond Order Conservation-morse Potential |