| Acronym | Meaning |
| CFO | Crystal Field Orbital |
| DCBA | Distorted-coupling Born Approximation |
| WOHL | Wisconsin Occupational Health Laboratory |
| DOC | Department Of Conservation |
| APOMA | American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association |
| COC | Cyclic Olefin Copolymers |
| OSIRIS | Optical Spectrograph And IR Imaging System |
| BBB | Blood-brain Barrier |
| FEFA | Fiber-optic Evanescent Field Absorption |
| SLEAF | Scanning Laser Environmental Airborne Fluorosensor |