| Acronym | Meaning |
| MIPAS | Michelson Interferometer For Passive Atmospheric Sounding |
| VCSEL | Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser |
| INEPT | Insensitive Nuclei Enhanced By Polarization Transfer |
| CPT | Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase |
| QECISDTQ | Quadratic Size-extensive CISDTQ |
| LEPS+IDI | London-Eyring-Polanyi-Sato + Ion Dipole Induced [potential] |
| MIRC | Michael Initiated Ring Closure |
| SSM | Synthetic Soil Matrix (US EPA) |
| POLINAT | Pollution From Aircraft Emissions In The North Atlantic Flight Corridor |
| MGMS | Molecular Graphics And Modelling Society |