| Acronym | Meaning |
| TVS | Transient Voltage Suppressor |
| DNAPL | Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquid |
| DVB | Diagrammatic Valence Bond (in Study Of Electronic Properties) |
| NQCC | Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants |
| CC | Close Coupling Method (for Atom-molecule Collisions) |
| CSOV | Constrained Space Orbital Variation |
| HIRBS | Heavy-ion Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry |
| ASV | Anodic Stripping Voltammetry |
| IODS | Identical Orbitals For Different Spins |
| SEAR | Surfactant-enhanced Aquifer Remediation |