| Acronym | Meaning |
| SXRF | Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence |
| IDA | Interdigitated Array (microelectrodes) |
| PWSA | Ports And Waterways Safety Act |
| FOE | First-order Exchange (in Electron-atom Scattering Calcn.) |
| INDA | Investigational New Drug Application |
| MPSS | Massively Parallel Signature Sequencing |
| WFM | Work Function Microscopy |
| FIIAA | Flow Injection Immunoaffinity Analysis |
| BSDF | Bidirectional Scatter Distribution Function |
| MIDAS | Manchester Information Datasets And Associated Services |