| Acronym | Meaning |
| MAST | Marine Science And Technology Programme |
| TIMP | Tissue Inhibitors Of Metalloproteinase |
| MIKES | Mass-analyzed Ion-kinetic Energy Spectrometry |
| OCE | One-center Expansion (SCF MO Method) |
| UHF-CO | Unrestricted Hartree-Fock Crystal Orbital |
| ADMET | Adsorption |
| TRC | Total Residual Chlorine |
| IEM | Independent Electron Model (for Ionization In Ion-atom Collisions) |
| NEA | Nuclear Energy Agency |
| DRPA | Direct Random Phase Approximation |