| Acronym | Meaning |
| QCR | Quartz Crystal Resonator |
| QMCRG | Quantum Monte-Carlo Renormalization Group (for Quantum Phase Transitions) |
| CARCA | Computer-assisted Rocking Curve Analysis |
| HVOF | High-Velocity Oxygen Fuel |
| MARK | Mid-Atlantic Ridge At The Kane Fracture Zone |
| AMCOR | Atlantic Margin Coring Project |
| ISX | Impurity Study Expt. |
| PO-DVR | Potential Optimized-discrete Variable Representation |
| HOESY | Heteronuclear Overhauser Enhancement Spectroscopy |
| GWDR | Ground Water Disinfection Rule |