| Acronym | Meaning |
| ELO | Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth |
| USPIO | Ultrasmall Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide |
| NTU | Number Of Transfer Units (in Packed Tower Aeration System) |
| TRMM | Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission |
| ESA | Excited State Absorption |
| LOSC | Law Of The Sea Convention |
| HIGFET | Heterostructure Insulated Gate Field Effect Transistor |
| FCC | Face Centered Cubic |
| NICS | Nucleus-independent Chemical Shifts |
| CEPT | Cholesterol Ester Transfer Protein |