| Acronym | Meaning |
| APDB | Antiphase Domain Boundary |
| BIXE | Bombardment-induced X-ray Emission |
| SNAP | Soluble NSF Attachment Protein |
| GWD | Gaussian Wave Packet Dynamics |
| COLTRIMS | Cold-target Recoil-ion-momentum Spectroscopy |
| SDSR-CI | Single And Double Excitations From Single Ref. State Function-CI Method |
| AUSST | Automatic Synthesis Of Symptom Tree Model |
| COMPREHEND | Community Programme Of Research On Environmental Hormones And Endocrine Disrupters |
| PSF | Point Spread Function |
| PAOD | Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease |