| Acronym | Meaning |
| ELAS | Electro Acoustic Spectrometry |
| CTE | Charge-transfer Efficiency |
| SWR | Standing Wave Ratio |
| BRCA1 | Breast Cancer Gene 1 |
| RIMS | Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| KKR | Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker (in Band Structure Calcn.) |
| 3SR | Self-sustained Sequence Replication |
| RBS | Rutherford Backscattering |
| BNR | Biological Nutrient Removal |
| PETEOS | Plasma-enhanced Tetraethylorthosilicate |