| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCPP | Self-consistent Polarization Propagator |
| VPD | Vapor Phase Decomposition |
| RSA | Reverse Saturable Absorption |
| TSA | Trichostatin A |
| RDF | Restricted Dirac-Fock (quantum Calcn. Method) |
| ROSE | Residual Oil Supercritical Extraction |
| ICNIRS | International Council For Near Infrared Spectroscopy |
| PSA | Potentiometric Stripping Analysis |
| AFA | Average Fock Approxn. |
| CANDI | Carbon And Nutrient Diagenesis |