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+% glossary entries (alphabetical)
+
+\newglossaryentry{curse of dimensionality}{
+	name={curse of dimensionality},
+	description={An expression coined by Richard E. Bellman as shorthand for a host of problems that arise when dealing with multidimensional spaces and datasets. In particular, }
+}
+
+\newglossaryentry{coherent multidimensional spectroscopy}{
+	name={coherent multidimensional spectroscopy},
+	description={TODO}
+}
+
+%TODO: full width half max: if spectral transition on amplitude level - if pulse (in time or frequency) on intensity level
+
+\newglossaryentry{homodyne}{
+	name=homodyne, 
+	description={TODO}}
+
+\newglossaryentry{heterodyne}{
+	name=heterodyne, 
+	description={A detection strategy in which the signal field is interfered with a much larger local oscillator field, amplifying the signal and allowing for signal phase extraction. In contrast to homodyne detection.},
+	see=[see also]{homodyne}}
+
+\newglossaryentry{multiple population-period transient spectroscopy}{
+	name={multiple population-period transient spectroscopy},
+	description={TODO}}
+
+\newglossaryentry{multiresonant coherent multidimensional spectroscopy}{
+	name={multiresonant coherent multidimensional spectroscopy},
+	description={A flavor of coherent multidimensional spectroscopy that is done in the frequency domain using multiple tunable light sources.},
+	see=[see also]{coherent multidimensional spectroscopy}}
+
+%TODO: natural line narrowing: lineshapes are elongated due to driven signal which mixes frequency axes together - as Dan would say "the net detuning factor can be less than the sum of the individual detunings"
+
+\newglossaryentry{pixel}{
+	name={pixel},
+	description={A single point in the multidimensional experimental space.}
+}
+
+\newglossaryentry{pump TrEE probe}{
+	name={pump TrEE probe},
+	description={TODO}
+}
+
+\newglossaryentry{PyCMDS}{
+	name={PyCMDS},
+	description={TODO}
+}
+
+%TODO: pure dephasing
+
+\newglossaryentry{self heterodyne}{
+	name={self heterodyne},
+	description={TODO \textit{see also} \gls{heterodyne}}}
+
+%TODO: spectral diffusion
+
+%TODO: sudden approximation: system bath correlation time is zero
+
+\newglossaryentry{transient absorption}{
+	name={transient absorption}, 
+	description={TODO}}
+
+%TODO: voigt profile
+
+%acroynms (alphabetical)
+
+\newglossaryentry{CMDS}{
+	type=\acronymtype,
+	name={CMDS},
+	description={Coherent MultiDimensional Spectroscopy},
+	see=[glossary:]{coherent multidimensional spectroscopy}}
+
+%TODO: DOVE
+
+%TODO: EVV 2DIR
+
+%TODO: MEOW
+
+\newglossaryentry{MUPPETS}{
+	type=\acronymtype,
+	name={MUPPETS},
+	description={MUltiple Population-Period Transient Spectroscopy},
+	see=[glossary:]{multiple population-period transient spectroscopy}}
+
+\newglossaryentry{PTP}{
+	type=\acronymtype,
+	name={PTP},
+	description={Pump Tr\textit{EE} Probe},
+	see=[glossary:]{pump TrEE probe}}
+
+\newglossaryentry{TA}{
+	type=\acronymtype,
+	name={TA},
+	description={Transient Absorption},
+	see=[glossary:]{transient absorption}}
+
+%TODO: TG
+
+%TODO: TrEE
+
+%TODO: TriVE
+
+\newglossaryentry{WMEL}{
+	type=\acronymtype,
+	name={WMEL},
+	description={Wave Mixing Energy Level}}
+
+%symbols (alphabetical)
+
+\newglossaryentry{N}{
+	type=symbolslist,
+	name=\ensuremath{N},
+	description={Number of oscillators.}}
+
+\newglossaryentry{beta}{
+	type=symbolslist,
+	name=\ensuremath{\beta},
+	description={Nonlinear absorptivity.}}
+
+\newglossaryentry{chi}{
+	type=symbolslist,
+	name=\ensuremath{\chi},
+	description={TODO}}
+
+\newglossaryentry{khat}{
+	type=symbolslist,
+	name=\ensuremath{\vec{k}},
+	description={Wavevector.}}
+
+\newglossaryentry{lambda}{
+	type=symbolslist,
+	name=\ensuremath{\lambda},
+	description={Wavelength.}}
+
+\newglossaryentry{nu}{
+	type=symbolslist,
+	name=\ensuremath{\nu},
+	description={Linear frequency.}}
+
+\newglossaryentry{nubar}{
+	type=symbolslist,
+	name=\ensuremath{\bar{\nu}},
+	description={Linear wavenumber (inverse wavelength).}}
+
+\newglossaryentry{omega}{
+	type=symbolslist,
+	name=\ensuremath{\omega},
+	description={Angular frequency.}}