| Acronym | Meaning |
| PA | Photoinduced Absorption |
| APS | Atom Probe Spectroscopy |
| XIS | X-ray Isochromat Spectroscopy |
| DSW | Dirac Scattered-wave (often As SCF-X(alpha)-DSW Method) |
| GLWQB | Great Lakes Water Quality Board |
| RFPS | Radio-frequency Plasma Spraying |
| GBM | Glomerular Basement Membrane |
| ROMP | Restricted Open-shell Moeller-Plesse |
| DQSK | Drawing Quality Special Killed |
| RDS | Raman Difference Spectroscopy |