| Acronym | Meaning |
| FAB | Fast Atom Bombardment (mass Spectrometry) |
| NTIS | National Technical Information Service |
| DRPA | Direct Random Phase Approximation |
| SHRS | Stimulated Hyper Raman Scattering |
| CBLM | Cluster-bethe-lattice Method (for Electronic-structure Calcns. On Crystals) |
| FIE | Flow-injection Extraction |
| HWHM | Half Width At Half-maximum |
| LPA | Lipoprotein A |
| AAR | Accumulation-area Ratio (for Glaciers) |
| EDTGA | Electrodynamic Thermogravimetric Analysis |