| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMNH | American Museum Of Natural History |
| APS | Atom Probe Spectroscopy |
| TESS | Transform Method For Extinction-scattering With Spatial Resoln. |
| RVCM | Renormalized Virtual-crystal Method (for Electronic Structure) |
| RACS | Raw Agricultural Commodities |
| ACATS | Airborne Chromatograph For Atmospheric Trace Species |
| TPDE | Temp.-programmed Decompn. |
| LHPG | Laser-heated Pedestal Growth |
| TAL | Threshold Ambient Level |
| MEDLARS | Medical Literature Analysis And Retrieval System (NLM) |