| Acronym | Meaning |
| RPC | Rotation Planar Chromatography |
| PAW | Plasma Arc Welding |
| SPA | Self-consistent Phonon Approximation |
| LIPS | Lanthanide Ion Probe Spectroscopy |
| LEC | Liquid Encapsulated Czochralski |
| SSTL | Singwi Sjolander Tosi Land (interatomic Potential) |
| HPTP | Human Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase |
| ER | Endoplasmic Reticulum |
| MACSIMS | Measurement Of Atmospheric Constituents By Selective Ion Mass Spectrometry |
| SSSA | Soil Science Society Of America |