| Acronym | Meaning |
| PLC | Planar Lightwave Circuit |
| DMA | Direct Multicomponent Analysis |
| PAF | Platelet Activating Factor |
| DCP | Dicumyl Peroxide |
| SSSP | Solid-state Shear Pulverization |
| AAT | Aspartate Aminotransferase |
| PWBA-C | Coulomb Corrected Plane Wave Born Approxn. |
| APB | Antiphase Boundary (crystal Chemistry) |
| TSS | Total Suspended Solids |
| IAS | Inelastic Atom Scattering |