| Acronym | Meaning |
| MMR | Magnetometric Restivity (method For Subsurface Characterization) |
| IVM | In Vitro Maturation |
| NMEP | National Materials Exposure Programme |
| PW-LDA | Plane Wave-local Density Approxn. |
| CAS-SCF | Complete Active Space SCF (a CI-type Method) |
| TTVD | Trap-to-trap Vacuum Distillation |
| TNLCD | Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Display |
| ASMS | American Society For Mass Spectrometry |
| PNET | Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor |
| ABO | Adiabatic Born-Oppenheimer (wave Functions) |