| Acronym | Meaning |
| BSO | Brueckner Spin Orbitals |
| CAASE | Computer Assisted Area Source Emissions |
| DXA | Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry |
| FACS | Fluorescence-activated Cell Sorting |
| ALS | Acid Labile Subunit |
| FDCD | Fluorescence Detected Circular Dichroism |
| BOA | Bond Orbital Approximation |
| MAP | Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate |
| TGTF | Trigonometric Gaussian-type Function |
| TAL | Threshold Ambient Level |