| Acronym | Meaning |
| STIS | Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph |
| POC | Purgeable Organic Carbon |
| UVPS | Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| ANDA | Abbreviated New Drug Application |
| PMSR | Pairwise-mixing Stirred Reactor |
| MSMPR | Mixed-solution-mixed-product Removal |
| MPI | Multivariable Proportional-integral [control(ler)] |
| CNPGAA | Cold Neutron Prompt Gamma-ray Activation Analysis |
| CMP | Cytidine 5'-monophosphate |
| PLI | Process Loading Intensity (of Biological Reactors) |