| Acronym | Meaning |
| EBS | Extended Basis Set |
| ACE | Aerosol Characterization Experiment |
| IDOE | International Decade Of Ocean Exploration |
| ORF | Open Reading Frame (DNA Sequence) |
| CIVB | Configuration Interaction Valence Bond |
| ICP-MS | Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry |
| CARS | Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy |
| CEF | Crystal Electric Field |
| BESOI | Bonded And Etched-back Silicon-on-insulator |
| DIMP | Diisopropyl Methylphosphonate |