| Acronym | Meaning |
| FINES | Furnace Ionization Nonthermal Excitation Spectrometry |
| MPCVD | Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| GISAXS | Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering |
| TTHM | Total Trihalomethane |
| APIG | Antisymmetrized Product (of) Identical Geminals |
| LTMLS | Low Temperature Molecular Luminescence Spectroscopy |
| SPIN | Silica Phase-immobilized Nitroxide |
| PIET | Photoinduced Intramolecular Electron Transfer |
| TOF | Turnover Frequency |
| TIME | Transferred Ionized Molten Energy Process (for Metal Arc Welding) |