| Acronym | Meaning |
| CDV | Capacitor Discharge Vaporization |
| MAPLE | Matrix-assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation |
| HSK | Hylleraas Scherr Knight (variational Perturbation Procedure) |
| APCS | Argonne Premium Coal Sample |
| IPC | Ischemic Preconditioning |
| LIPS | Laser-induced Plasma Spectroscopy |
| POTDR | Polarization Optical Time Domain Reflectometry |
| CSA | Chiral Solvating Agent |
| MTD | Maximum Tolerated Dose |
| CDFT | Chemical-density-functional Theory |