| Acronym | Meaning |
| STPM | Scanning Thermopower Microscopy |
| SPIS | Surface Penning Ionization Spectroscopy |
| LDD | Lightly Doped Drain |
| CSCT | US EPA Consortium For Site Characterization Technology |
| QSSPC | Quasi-steady-state Photoconductance |
| DWES | Distorted-wave Energy Sudden (for Inelastic Mol. Collisions) |
| ABR | Advanced Breeder Reactor |
| SAM | Sterile Alpha Motif |
| MIES | Metastable Impact Electron Spectroscopy |
| RDPP | Reverse Differential-pulse Polarography |