| Acronym | Meaning |
| BEIR | Advisors Committee On The Biological Effects Of Ionizing Radiation |
| ELSD | Evaporative Light Scattering Detector |
| QCC | Quadrupole Coupling Constant |
| NADAP | National Atmospheric Deposition Assessment Program |
| OPIT | Oxide Powder In Tube |
| SERT | Serotonin Transporter |
| FMAFSH | FeO-MgO-Al2O3-Fe2O3-SiO2-H2O System |
| GUE | Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (of Random Matrixes In Quantum-transport Studies) |
| SFE | Stacking Fault Energy |
| WGSATM | Working Group On The Statistical Aspects Of Trend Monitoring (ICES) |