| Acronym | Meaning |
| IMS | Ion Mass Spectrometer |
| MS | Multiple Scattering |
| TDH | Time-dependent Hartree Theory |
| HFET | Highway Fuel Economy Test |
| ATRP | Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization |
| FASEB | Federation Of American Societies For Experimental Biology |
| CTE | Charge-transfer Efficiency |
| FOISD | Fiber Optic Isolated Spherical Dipole Antenna |
| RRPA | Renormalized Random-phase Approxn. |
| SIBS | Spark Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy |