| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAM | Sterile Alpha Motif |
| SFC | Specific Fuel Consumption |
| VPM | Variable Phase Method (for Electron-atom Scattering Calcns.) |
| HASTE | Half-Fourier Acquisition With Single-shot Turbo Spin-echo |
| SMC | Smooth Muscle Cell |
| LERS | Low-energy Recoil Scattering |
| EPIC | Erosion-productivity Impact Calculator |
| DF | Decontamination Factor |
| MRBW | Multireference Brillouin-Wigner |
| ERIN | Environmental Resources Information Network |