| Acronym | Meaning |
| DNPH | 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine |
| JANAF | Joint Army Navy Air Force |
| ODPAS | Optically Detected Photoacoustic Spectroscopy |
| IMC | Intermetallic Matrix Composite |
| ONBI | Oligonucleotide Bridge Intercalator |
| ULIRG | Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy |
| SRC | Solvent-refined Coal |
| AVNIR | Advanced Visible And Near-Infrared Radiometer |
| CTDO | Conductivity-Temperature-Depth-Oxygen Profiler |
| UQ-NG | Uniform-quality (basis Set) Constructed With A Number (n) Of Gaussian (g) Functions |