| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASGP | Aerobic Suspended Growth Process |
| RRS | Resonance Rayleigh Scattering |
| SLIME | Spin-locked Inversion Mid-echo |
| NBS | Nuclear Backscattering Spectroscopy |
| OPW | Orthogonalized Plane Wave |
| NIGA | Neutron Induced Gamma Activity |
| SLED | Superluminescent Light Emitting Diode |
| GEMI | Global Environmental Management Initiative |
| OSBG | Optimized Support For Biological Growth |
| CCDW | Commensurate Charge-density Wave |