| Acronym | Meaning |
| LIPM | Laser Integrating Plate Method |
| RIGS | Radioimmunoguided Surgery |
| IAP | Integrin-assocd. Protein |
| TFR | Thin Film Resonator |
| ARROW | Anti-resonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide |
| CHEMTREC | Chemical Transportation Emergency Center |
| EFV GTO | Electric-field-variant Gaussian-type Orbital |
| SWRO | Seawater Reverse Osmosis |
| COSHH | Control Of Substances Hazardous To Health (UK) |
| HIRBS | Heavy-ion Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry |