| Acronym | Meaning |
| HMPSA | Hot-melt Pressure-sensitive Adhesive |
| BAAQMD | Bay Area Air Quality Management District |
| DQ-RSPT | Double And Quadruple Excitation Diagrams In Rayleigh-Schroedinger Perturbation Theory |
| FLIR | Forward-looking Infrared |
| ALACE | Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer (float) |
| LAT | Latency-associated Transcript |
| KST | Max. Vol.-independent Pressure Increase Rate |
| OTE | Optically Transparent Electrode |
| TIE | Toxicity Identification Evaluation |
| DBTS | Ductile-to-brittle Transition Strain |