| Acronym | Meaning |
| GLF | Gaussian Lobe Function |
| LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| MIAR | Mass Isotopomer Abundance Ratio |
| PEELS | Parallel Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
| DSDV | Dirac-Slater Discrete Variational |
| CDBF | Chlorinated Dibenzofurans |
| CHERS | Charge Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy |
| FP-MC | Finite Perturbation-multiconfigurational Method |
| PILC | Pillar Interlayered Clays |
| ELIF | Excimer Laser Induced Fragmentationpar |