| Acronym | Meaning |
| RODS | Records Of Decision System |
| RTD | Resonant Tunneling Diode |
| GIME | Gas Injection Membrane Extraction |
| GITXRF | Glancing Incidence And Takeoff X-ray Fluorescence |
| XNBR | Carboxylated Nitrile Rubber |
| SILC | Stress-induced Leakage Current |
| CWFMS | Combined Wavelength And Frequency Modulation Spectroscopy |
| FOS | First-order Sudden |
| CVBM | Conduction-valence-band Model (in Electronic Structure Calcns.) |
| ES | Energy Sudden (approxn. In Scattering Calcns.) |