| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAIS | Calcium-aluminum-rich Inclusions |
| NDSL | Non-Domestic Substances List |
| WRAC | Waste Reduction Audit Checklist (component Of WRAS) |
| CERN | Conseil Europeen Pour La Recherche Nucleaire |
| MBPV | Mixed-basis Potential Variation (for Electronic-structure Calcn.) |
| FMIR | Frustrated Multiple Internal Reflection |
| PSIT | Plasma Source Ion Trap |
| LSPR | Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance |
| ECP | Effective Core Potential Approxn.(in Electronic-structure Calcn.) |
| MCA | Middle Cerebral Artery |