| Acronym | Meaning |
| MOCE | Marine Optical Characterization Experiment |
| AQSA | Anthraquinone-2-sulfonic Acid |
| SDMM | Scanning Desorption Molecular Microscope |
| CVMO | Cluster Valence Molecular Orbital |
| BEIS | Biogenic Emissions Inventory System (US EPA) |
| ETBM | Empirical Tight-binding Method (in Electronic Structure Calcn.) |
| LRAT | Lecithin-retinol Acyltransferase |
| LIBS | Ligand-induced Binding Sites |
| IMD | Intermetal Dielectric |
| AAP | Asbestos Action Program |