| Acronym | Meaning |
| PESTM | Photon Emission Scanning Tunnel Microscopy |
| AISIT | Automatic Intelligent Sampler For Inorganic Trace Constituents |
| PSU | Practical Salinity Units |
| CNDO/2D | Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap With Deorthogonalization |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| TSR | Thermal Shock Resistance |
| A/C | Activated Carbon |
| MTF | Multiple Tube Fermentation |
| ILK | Integrin-Linked Kinase |
| SMCM | Spatial Multimedia Compartmental Model |