| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACH | Air Changes Per Hour |
| EIL | Electron Induced Luminescence |
| EHEC | Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia Coli |
| STJ | Superconducting Tunnel Junction |
| SALDI | Surface-assisted Laser Desorption/ionization |
| FMI | Fermilab Main Injector |
| MPC | Maximum Permissible Concentration |
| MRA | Magnetic Resonance Angiography |
| HRXPS | High Resolution X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| HSE | Heat-shock Element |