| Acronym | Meaning |
| SNOM | Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy |
| CTD | Charge Transfer Device (optical Spectroscopic Detector) |
| HBT | Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor |
| STF | Slater-type Function |
| OLSR | Ordinary Least Squares Regression |
| ETS | External Transcribed Spacer |
| SFF | Solid Freeform Fabrication |
| USCE | US Army Corps Of Engineers |
| BOO | Bond Order Orbital |
| SCFM | Standard Cubic Feet Per Minute |