| Acronym | Meaning |
| STIRAP | Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
| CCSDTQ | CCSDT (with) Quadruple (excitations) |
| RTCVD | Rapid Thermal Chem. Vapor Deposition |
| SDECI | Singly And Doubly Excited Configuration Interaction |
| PLIF | Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence |
| STN | Scientific And Technical Information Network |
| MVC | Mechanical Vapor Compression |
| GDC | Global Drifter Center (of WOCE Data System) |
| TILIBS | Time-integrated Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy |