| Acronym | Meaning |
| HAADF | High-angle Annular Dark-field |
| NDI | Nondestructive Inspection |
| NHANES | National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey |
| SOP/EA | Split-operator Propagator (for) Electronically Adiabatic (phenomena) |
| AAPDI | Anisotropic Atom Point Dipole |
| MQES | Metastable-quenched Electron Spectroscopy |
| WSDA | Weighted Spin-density Approxn. |
| AWMA | Air And Waste Management Association |
| FQO | Forced Quantum Oscillator Method |
| ISTS | Impulsive Stimulated Thermal Scattering [a Laser-based Ultrasonic Technique] |