| Acronym | Meaning |
| LVSEM | Low Voltage Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| SC-FLAPW | Self-consistent Full-potential Linearized-augmented-plane-wave |
| AMRIR | Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer |
| HIAF | Heavy Ion Analytical Facility |
| INR | International Normalized Ratio |
| HIMAC | Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator In Chiba |
| HWDU | Hazardous Waste Disposal Unit |
| AODP | Advanced Ocean Drilling Program |
| CBO | Corrected Born-Oppenheimer (in Calcns. For Mol. Complexes) |
| NHRL | Northern Hemisphere Reference Line |