| Acronym | Meaning |
| CHEST | Combined Higher Education Software Team |
| DPSS | Diode-pumped Solid-state |
| MQL | Minimum Quantifiable Limit |
| HSSPME | Headspace Solid-phase Microextraction |
| LOES | Laser Optical Emission Spectroscopy |
| TBW | Total Body Weight |
| FIS | Field Ion Spectroscopy |
| PILA | Publishers International Linking Association |
| ARPA | Augmented Random Phase Approximation |
| CAB | Cellulose Acetate Butyrate |