| Acronym | Meaning |
| VERA | Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator |
| MEV | Mink Enteritis Virus |
| ETV | Electrothermal Vaporization |
| BIAS | Bismuth-active Substance (in Surfactant Concn. Detn. In Environmental Tests) |
| LLOD | Lower Limit Of Detection |
| SANDER | Simulated Annealing With NMR-derived Energy Restraints |
| CBO | Coulomb Born Oppenheimer |
| MSA | Mammary Serum Antigen |
| BBGKY | Bogoliubov-Born-Green-Kirkwood-Yvon Equations (in Kinetic Theory Of Fluids) |
| EDS | Energy-dispersive Spectrometry |