| Acronym | Meaning |
| CPA | Chirped Pulse Amplification |
| DBRA | Division Of Biometry And Risk Assessment |
| NCCLS | National Committee For Clinical Laboratory Standards |
| CVG | Chemical Vapor Generation |
| CHW | Coherent Hole Wave (quantum Excitations In Solids) |
| CCPD | Charge-coupled Photodiode Device |
| CT | Charge Transfer |
| ETBM | Empirical Tight-binding Method (in Electronic Structure Calcn.) |
| BOFS | Biogeochemical Ocean Flux Study (UK) |
| AMBIENS | Atmospheric Mass Balance Of Industrially Emitted And Natural Sulfur |