| Acronym | Meaning |
| RSK | Rajagopal-Singhal-Kimball (local-spin-d. Potential For Electronic Structure Calcns.) |
| MOLE | Molecular Optics Laser Examiner |
| CSP | Cold Shock Protein |
| TWA | Time-weighted Average Limit |
| SCSAG | Small-curvature Semiclassical Adiabatic Ground-state (tunneling Approxn.) |
| SAMPEX | Solar Anomalous And Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (spacecraft) |
| LLC | Lyotropic Liquid Crystal |
| ISAW | Interactive Self-avoiding Walk [modeling] |
| AIP | American Institute Of Physics |
| EI | Electron Impact |