| Acronym | Meaning |
| GLO | Gaussian Lobe Orbital |
| MCL | Method Calibration Limit |
| IRMP | International Remote Monitoring Program |
| WWSCOT | Whisker Wall Support Coated Open Tubular Column |
| CBI | Confidential Business Information |
| CIOS | Complex Infinite Order Sudden (approxn. In Quantum Calcns.) |
| FRM | Fiber-reinforced Metals |
| STM | Space-translation Method (in Atomic Collision Calcn.) |
| ACGCSA | Adiabatic Capture Global Centrifugal Sudden Approximation |
| LID | Lased Induced Desorption |