| Acronym | Meaning |
| SIFT | Selected Ion Flow Tube |
| GRIN | Gradient Refractive Index |
| PUHFS | Projected Unrestricted-Hartree-Fock-Slater |
| STP | Sewage Treatment Plant |
| SHOA | Second-harmonic Optical Activity |
| ERF | Electrorheological Fluid |
| CEBAF | Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility |
| MAGIC | Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov |
| AHW | Atomic Hydrogen Welding |
| ARXAS | Angle-resolved X-ray Absorption |