| Acronym | Meaning |
| TOVS | TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
| FTR | Frustrated Total Reflection |
| MMA | Methyl Methacrylate |
| TICT | Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer |
| CADAT | Computer Aided Design And Testing |
| CAD | Computer-Aided Design |
| HG-AAS | Hydride Generation-at. Absorption Spectroscopy |
| FSCT | Federation Of Societies For Coatings Technology |
| MRD-CI | Multireference Determinant Configuration Interaction |
| OWOW | Office Of Wetlands |