| Acronym | Meaning |
| GRE | Glucocorticoid-responsive Element |
| OTEC | Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion |
| FODLS | Fiber Optic Dynamic Light Scattering |
| FOCO | First-order Correlation Orbital |
| SRM | Standard Reference Material |
| RSRG | Real-space Renormalization Group (method In Calcn. Of Green Functions For Electrons In Crystals) |
| EMPT | Effective Medium Percolation Theory |
| AODC | Australian Oceanographic Data Center |
| PIMIA | Potentiometric Ionophore-modulation Immunoassay |
| SXPL | Soft X-ray Projection Lithography |