| Acronym | Meaning |
| TAS | Total Analysis Systems |
| REO | Rare Earth Oxide |
| RRGM | Recursive Residue Generation Method |
| AOTF | Acousto-optic Tunable Filter |
| GIXD | Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction |
| PSM | Pflanzenschutzmittel; Pesticides |
| YSZ | Yttria-stabilized Zirconia |
| SNO | Sudbury Neutrino Observatory |
| CEDRA | Controlled Simple Excitation For Dephasing Rotational Amplitudes |
| HERL | Health Effects Research Laboratory |