| Acronym | Meaning |
| PCBN | Polycrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride |
| PLE | Photoluminescence Excitation |
| MAO | Monoamine Oxidase |
| DASCO | Discriminant Analysis With Shrunken Covariances |
| NRRA | Nuclear Resonant Reaction Analysis |
| FIA | Flow Injection Analysis |
| MSI | Microsatellite Instability |
| ALU | Arithmetic Logic Unit |
| EMAP | Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Program (US EPA) |
| TDLS | Tunable Diode Laser Spectrometry |