| Acronym | Meaning |
| TAPS | Tris-aminopropanesulfonic Acid |
| TSFZ | Traveling Solvent Floating Zone |
| LZC | Liquid Zone Control (in Alloy Processing) |
| AVCC-IOS | Azimuthal (and) Vibrational Close-coupled (rotational) Infinite Order Sudden |
| CEEL | Community Emergency Exposure Level |
| ICP-OES | Inductively Coupled Plasma-optical Emission Spectroscopy |
| ORPA | Optimized Random Phase Approximation |
| GSAM | Generalized Standard Addition Method |
| SQL | Standard Quantum Limit |
| FITC | Fluorescein Isothiocyanate |