| Acronym | Meaning |
| VLSIPS | Very Large Scale Immobilized Polymer Synthesis |
| CEIA | Capillary Electrophoresis Immunoassay |
| LBE | Lance Bubbling Equil. |
| SIEC | Spherical Inertial Electrostatic Confinement |
| BMD | Bone Mineral Density |
| THM | Traveling Heater Method |
| OMBE | Organic Molecular Beam Epitaxy |
| POC | Point Of Compliance |
| PTCR | Positive Temperature Coefficient Of Resistance (of Semiconductors) |
| PUHF | (spin)-projected Unrestricted Hartree-Fock |