| Acronym | Meaning |
| IUPAC | International Union Of Pure And Applied Chemistry |
| ONCV | Orthonormality Constrained Variation (quantum Method) |
| BOSS | Bistable Optically Controlled Semiconductor Switch |
| MRA | Multiple Regression Analysis |
| ZVI | Zero-valent Iron |
| AIA | Automated Image Analysis |
| HCG | Human Chorionic Gonadotropin |
| GIMS | Grazing Incidence Moessbauer Spectroscopy |
| MR-SAC | Multireference Symmetry-adapted-cluster (quantum Theory Or Wave Function For Mol. Calcns.) |
| DDAF | Dicretized Distributes Approximating Function (propagator |