| Acronym | Meaning |
| PCCI | Premixed Charge Compression Ignition |
| DSB | Double-strand Break |
| MIDA | Mass Isotopomer Distribution Analysis |
| CCSD | Coupled Cluster With Single And Double Excitation |
| SQG | Small Quantity Generator |
| TOM | Total Organic Matter |
| AGP | Alpha-1-acid Glycoprotein |
| SASE | Self-amplified Spontaneous Emission |
| PWTM | Plane-wave T-matrix (for Electron-atom Scattering) |
| AFNOR | Association Francaise De Normalisation (Paris |