| Acronym | Meaning |
| LERS | Low-energy Recoil Scattering |
| RRPA | Renormalized Random-phase Approxn. |
| TS | Transition State |
| FOCSY | Foldover-corrected Correlation Spectroscopy |
| SXPL | Soft X-ray Projection Lithography |
| HRV | Human Rotavirus |
| RBM | Random Bonding Model |
| GRI | Geosynthetics Research Institute (Drexel University |
| GDC | Global Drifter Center (of WOCE Data System) |
| ADCC | Antibody-dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity |