| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIBS | American Institute Of Biological Sciences |
| DDIM | Dry Deposition Inferential Monitoring |
| SRCD | Synchrotron Radiation Circular Dichroism |
| ESEM | Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| ESDIAD | Electron Stimulated Desorption Of Ion Angular Distribution |
| IGP | Intergranular Penetration |
| RMW | Regulated Medical Waste |
| DWX | Distorted-wave Approxn. With Exchange |
| MIM | Multipole-induced-multipole Model |
| TROLL | Transmitter And Receiver Of Laser Light |