| Acronym | Meaning |
| FMD | Foot And Mouth Disease |
| PEPECO | Photoelectron-photoelectron Coincidence |
| ALS | Advanced Light Source |
| NPCVD | Normal Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| APHA | American Public Health Association |
| CSOM | Confocal Scanning Optical Microscopy |
| PAES | Positron-induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| ELG | Emission-line Galaxy |
| NPP | Nuclear Power Plant |
| IRPDS | Infrared Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy |