| Acronym | Meaning |
| GMAW | Gas Metal Arc Welding |
| ARPES | Angle-resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| SAPK | Stress-activated Protein Kinase |
| FIM | Forced Impulse Method (in Atom Ion-impact Ionization) |
| WERC | Waste-management Education & Research Consortium |
| FMI | Fermilab Main Injector |
| PUMP | Pure (alpha-spin-state) Unrestricted Moeller-Plesset Nth-order (wave Function) |
| LIPS | Lanthanide Ion Probe Spectroscopy |
| LCL | Lymphoblastoid Cell Line |
| CSCF | Canonical Self-consistent Field |