| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCGT | Closed Cycle Gas Turbine |
| BABB | Back Arc Basin Basalt |
| CBEA | Constrained Binary Encounter Approximation |
| XANES | X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure |
| SNR | Supernova Remnant |
| CLIA-88 | Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Of 1988 |
| HCOT | Helically Coiled Open Tube |
| OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| SOCMI | Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry |
| NLMO | Nonorthogonal Localized Molecular Orbital |