| Acronym | Meaning |
| SMBC | Soil Microbial Biomass Carbon |
| EMER | Electromagnetic Molecular Electronic Resonance |
| DSID | Direct Sample Insertion Device |
| ACZS | Alumina-chrome-zirconia-silica Refractory |
| EHEC | Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia Coli |
| CENSA | Collaborative Electronic Notebook Systems Association |
| PIA | Peaking Impulse Approxn. (for Electron-exchange Collisions) |
| HEN | Heat Exchanger Network |
| FOM | Figure Of Merit |
| DRFM | Digital Radio-frequency Memory |