| Acronym | Meaning |
| HEP | High Energy Physics |
| NACCHO | National Association Of County And City Health Officials |
| CNDO/SW | Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap / Sichel-Whitehead |
| MP2(FC) | MP2(frozen Core) Only (outer) Valence Electrons Included In The Approximation |
| TSCW | Torsional Spin Current Wave (type Of Hartree-Fock Wave Function) |
| EMMA | Energy-dispersive Miniprobe Multielement Analyzer |
| PTV | Programmed Temp. Vaporizing |
| FEG | Field Emission Gun |
| BEBC | Big European Bubble Chamber |
| VPD | Vapor Pressure Deficit |