| Acronym | Meaning |
| MOEMS | Micro-opto-electromechanical System |
| LCO | Light Cycle Oil |
| CAMM | Cumulative Atomic Multipole Moment (for Mol. Charge Distributions) |
| CATC | Cyanide Amenable To Chlorination |
| APCE | Air Pollution Control Equipment |
| VRM | Viscous Remanent Magnetization |
| SQW | Single Quantum Well |
| 2MASS | Two Micron All-Sky Survey |
| CROW | Contained Recovery Of Oily Wastes |
| CNES | Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (French Space Center) |