| Acronym | Meaning |
| OGCM | Oceanic General Circulation Model |
| ESA | Excited State Absorption |
| BCS | Bragg Crystal Spectrometer |
| MRF | Magnetorheological Fluid |
| RITZ | Regulatory And Investigative Treatment Zone |
| ANPP | Aboveground Net Primary Production |
| IUGG | International Union Of Geodesy And Geophysics |
| NLC | Next Linear Collider |
| SCBSA | Self-consistent Boundary-site Approxn. (for D.-of-states) |
| FBE | Flat Bed Electrophoresis |