| Acronym | Meaning |
| ICV | Initial Calibration Verification |
| EMT | Effective-medium Theory (of Bonding In Metallic Systems) |
| NSCSS | Noise-suppressing Capillary Separation System |
| RODTOX | Rapid Oxygen Demand And Toxicity Tester |
| PSL | Photostimulated Luminescence |
| EVA | Ethylene-vinyl Acetate Copolymer |
| ADC(N) | Algebraic Diagrammatic Construction (method In Nth-order Perturbation Theory) |
| CMO | Canonical Molecular Orbital |
| OFISP | Oscillating Flow Injection Stripping Potentiometry |
| ANSOM | Apertureless Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy |