| Acronym | Meaning |
| IRIM | Institute For Rare Isotope Measurements |
| FDTD | Finite-difference Time-domain |
| SCF | Supercritical Fluid |
| CFM | Central Field Model |
| TFDW | Thomas-Fermi-Dirac-Von Weizsaecker (method For Electronic Structure Calcns. On Mols.) |
| RAFA | Rank Annihilation Factor Analysis |
| SLS | Static Light Scattering |
| ADF | Annular Dark-field |
| APUD | Amine Precursor Uptake And Decarboxylation |
| SMES | Superconductive Magnetic Energy Storage |