| Acronym | Meaning |
| BKC | Born-von Karman Cell (model For Electronic-structure Calcn.) |
| MSIA | Mass Spectrometric Immunoassay |
| LEAFS | Laser-Excited Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry |
| NQI | Nuclear Quadrupole Interaction |
| NLM | Nonlinear Mapping |
| ASCA | Advanced Satellite For Cosmology And Astrophysics |
| NMOS | Negative Channel Metal-oxide Semiconductor |
| IEQ | Indoor Environmental Quality |
| NLSD | Nonlocal Spin Density (functional Theory) |
| LINF | Laser-induced Native Fluorescence |