| Acronym | Meaning |
| CRLAS | Cavity Ringdown Laser Absorption Spectroscopy |
| RNO | Reaction Natural Orbital |
| ALMA | Analytical Laboratory Managers Association |
| D/DBP | Disinfection And Disinfection Byproducts |
| CAALS | Consortium On Automated Analytical Laboratory Systems |
| MCLG | Maximum Contaminant Level Goal |
| FLIR | Forward-looking Infrared |
| IGEFET | Interdigitated-gate-electrode Field-effect Transistor |
| OES | Optical Emission Spectroscopy |
| BLS | Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome |