| Acronym | Meaning |
| BCSLN | Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer-Lipkin-Nogami (model In Calcns. On Molecules With Quantum Field Theory) |
| LHSF | Local Hyperspherical Surface Functions (in Quantum Calcns. On Reactive Scattering) |
| LIFS | Laser Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| CGDE | Contact Glow Discharge Electrolysis |
| AFA | Abstract Factor Anal. (statistics) |
| NLMO | Natural Localized Mol. Orbital |
| LUC | Large Unit Cell Semiempirical Approxn. (for Band Structure) |
| BRGM | Bureau Of Geol. And Mining Research (France) |
| CFM | Continued-fraction Method |
| PZC | Point Of Zero Charge (of Water) |