| Acronym | Meaning |
| PFU | Plaque-forming Units |
| GENESIS | Global Environmental And Ecological Simulation Of Interactive Systems |
| GIXS | Grazing Incidence X-ray Scattering |
| BTGA | Best Technology Generally Available |
| SRIM | Stopping And Ranges Of Ions In Matter |
| CIBS | Corrections To An Incomplete Basis Set (a Perturbation Theory) |
| ISSJ | International Scientific Station Of The Jungfraujoch (atm. Observatory |
| SOLAS | Surface Ocean-lower Atmosphere Study |
| HGNC | HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee |
| PHS | Prostaglandin H Synthase |