| Acronym | Meaning |
| TLS | Thermal Lens Spectrometry |
| SIIMS | Secondary Ion Imaging Mass Spectrometry |
| MAB | Molecular Aharonov-Bohm (electronic-structure Effect) |
| ADMIS | Agfa Document Management Information System |
| SAGE | Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Experiment |
| EAG | Exposure Assessment Group |
| COP | Coefficient Of Performance |
| DECSY | Double-quantum Coherence Echo Correlated Spectroscopy |
| FAP | Familial Adenomatous Polyposis |
| IPPA | Independent Pair-potential Approximation |