| Acronym | Meaning |
| ITRS | International Technology Roadmap For Semiconductors |
| QDO | Quantum-defect Orbital (theory) |
| SCSRC | Solids Contact Slurry Recirculating Clarifier(s) |
| DSCEMS | Depth Selective Conversion Electron Moessbauer Spectroscopy |
| NPTII | Neomycin-phosphotransferase II |
| SIV | Simian Immunodeficiency Virus |
| PDF | Powder Diffraction File |
| CPV | Cytoplasmic Polyhedrosis Virus |
| ATEM | Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| MIC | Minimal Inhibitory Concentration |