| Acronym | Meaning |
| MA | Maleic Anhydride |
| TAL | Threshold Ambient Level |
| XPM | Cross-phase Modulation |
| TDVPT | Time-dependent Variation-perturbation Theory |
| NEMS | Nanoelectromechanical Systems |
| ARE | Activated Reactive Evaporation |
| ASPCR | Allele-specific Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| RTF | Room Temperature Fluorescence |
| CMB | Completely Mixed Batch |
| SMSO | Spinor Molecular Symmetry Orbital |