| Acronym | Meaning |
| AATB | American Association Of Tissue Banks |
| LEMOFS | Laser-excited Molecular Fluorescence Spectrometry |
| CASAC | Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (US EPA) |
| ASP | Auger Sputter Profiling |
| CD | Critical Dimension |
| EPCE | Effective Pair Correlation Energy Method |
| ERNS | Emergency Response Notification System |
| ADAM | Average Depleted Antarctic Meltwater |
| ALS | Alternating Least Squares |
| SSMBE | Solid Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy |