| Acronym | Meaning |
| TSM | Thickness Shear Mode |
| ORAU | Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (University Of Oxford) |
| ALAP | As Low As Practical |
| HFB | Hartree Fock Bogolyubov |
| PCDW | Projectile Continuum Distorted Wave (in Atom Collision Calcns.) |
| NICS | Nucleus-independent Chemical Shifts |
| IPAC | Infrared Processing And Analysis Center |
| AEPS | Auger Electron Appearance Potential Spectroscopy |
| LGL | Large Granular Lymphocyte |
| BEST | Bare Essentials Of Surface Transfer |