| Acronym | Meaning |
| PBB | Polybrominated Biphenyl |
| CSA | Canadian Standards Authority |
| GQDPT | Generalized Quasidegenerate Perturbation Theory |
| TIGER | Technique For Importing Greater Evolution Resolution In Multidimensional NMR |
| VMD | Vector Meson Dominance |
| ISV | In Situ Vitrification |
| SOPHIA | System For Organic Reaction Prediction By Heuristic Approach |
| DIC | Differential Interference Contrast |
| ALS | Acid Labile Subunit |
| ITS | Inelastic Tunnelling Spectroscopy |