| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIMBY | Not In My Backyard |
| AICUZ | Air Installation Compatible Use Zones |
| VAWI | Variable Wavelength Interferometry |
| OSCCM | Open-shell Coupled-cluster Method (in Electronic Property Calcn.) |
| CMS | Comprehensive Modeling System |
| ERPF | Effective Renal Plasma Flow |
| CIS | Characteristic Isochromat Spectroscopy |
| IMA | International Mineralogical Association |
| EPEN | Empirical Potential (based On Interaction Of) Electrons (and) Nuclei |
| EBD | Equilibrium Brownian Dynamics |