| Acronym | Meaning |
| MGVB | Modified Generalized Valence Bond |
| ILK | Integrin-Linked Kinase |
| MIRS | Multiple Internal Reflection Spectroscopy |
| ERBS | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |
| ELAS | Electro Acoustic Spectrometry |
| CADASIL | Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy With Subcortical Infarcts And Leukoencephalopathy |
| SIR-C | Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C |
| FFZE | Free-flow Zone Electrophoresis |
| BOW | Bond-order Wave |
| CERPIES | Collision Energy Resolved Penning Ionization Electron Spectra |