| Acronym | Meaning |
| WINDII | Wind Imaging Interferometer |
| CIS | Characteristic Isochromat Spectroscopy |
| FMTBA | Fitted Modified Tight-binding Approxn. |
| IBICC | Ion Beam Induced Charge Collection |
| IISI | International Iron And Steel Institute |
| EI | Electron Impact |
| PTD | Protein Transduction Domain |
| BGS | Below Ground Surface |
| OCPSF | Organic Chemical, Plastics, And Synthetic Fiber Industry |
| MIAM | Modified Independent-atom Model (for Electron-mol. Scattering) |