| Acronym | Meaning |
| AAAS | American Academy Of Arts And Sciences |
| MODESC | Magnetooptically Detected Spin Conversion Spectroscopy |
| ALS | Advanced Light Source |
| MCE | Mixed Cellulose Ester |
| ABSORB | Arctic Beaufort Sea Oilspill Research Body |
| SEE | Standard Error Of Estimate |
| HSC | Hyperspherical Coordinate (representation In Calcns. On Electron-atom Scattering) |
| MCLR | Multiconfigurational Linear Response (an MC-SCF Method) |
| MINDAP | Microwave-induced Nitrogen Discharge At Atmospheric Pressure |
| FEM | Free Electron Model |