| Acronym | Meaning |
| LPMA | Laser-probe Microanalysis |
| LCAO CO | Linear Combination Of Atomic Orbitals Crystal Orbital |
| PCDW | Pluvinage Continuum Distorted Wave ( A Wave Function In Calcns. On Atomic And Molecular Collisions) |
| JGOFS | Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |
| SHC | Symmetrized Hyperspherical Coordinates (in Quantum Calcns. On Reactive Scattering) |
| SNL | Sandia National Laboratory |
| NSOM | Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy |
| APSG | Antisymmetrized Product Of Strongly Orthogonal Geminals (variant Of Multiconfiguration Self-consistent Field Method) |
| FMCW | Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave |
| FFP | Femtosecond Flash Photolysis |