| Acronym | Meaning |
 | (PI)SDCI | (pi)-electron Singly And Doubly Excited CI |
 | (SC)2(CI+PT2) | Self-consistent Size-consistent (CI+second-order Perturbation) |
 | (SC)2CI | Self-consistent Size-consistent CI |
 | 2DEG | Two-dimensional Electron Gas |
 | 2DHG | Two Dimensional Hole Gas |
 | 2MASS | Two Micron All-Sky Survey |
 | 2PH TDA | Two-particle-hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation (for Closed-shell |
 | 2PPE | Two-photon Photoemission |
 | 3A | Alumina Aluminide Alloys |
 | 3DAP | Three Dimensional Atom Probe |
 | 3DWQM | Chesapeake Bay Three Dimensional Time Variable Water Quality Model |
 | 3P | Pollution Prevention Pays |
 | 3SR | Self-sustained Sequence Replication |
 | 4WM | Four Wave Mixing |
 | 6FDA | 2,2'-Bis (3,4-Dicarboxyphenyl) Hexafluoropropane Dianhydride |
 | 7-ACA | 7-aminocephalosporanic Acid |
 | 7-ADCA | 7-aminodesacetoxycephalosporanic Acid |
 | A.I. | Active Ingredient |
 | A/C | Activated Carbon |
 | A/CNK | [Al2O3/(CaO + Na2O + K2O)] (Shand's Index) |
 | A/PI | Ab Initio Perturbed Ion (quantum Clacn. Method) |
 | A2LA | American Association For Laboratory Accreditation |
 | AA | Aluminum Association |
 | AA | Assistance Administration |
 | AA | Assistant Administrator |
 | AA | Activation Analysis |
 | AA | Atomic Absorption |
 | AAA | Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm |
 | AAAI | American Association For Artificial Intelligence |
 | AAAS | American Academy Of Arts And Sciences |
 | AAAS | American Association For The Advancement Of Science |
 | AABW | Antarctic Bottom Water |
 | AACA | Ambient Atmosphere Conditions And Aging |
 | AACC | American Association For Clinical Chemistry |
 | AACC | American Association Of Cereal Chemists |
 | AACE | American Association Of Coast Engineers |
 | AACG | American Association For Crystal Growth |
 | AACI | Association Of American Cancer Institutes |
 | AACR | American Association For Cancer Research |
 | AACVD | Aerosol-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition |
 | AAD | Atomic Absorption Detector |
 | AADA | Abbreviated Antibiotic Drug Application |
 | AADO | Angular (momentum Conservation) Average Dipole Orientation Theory (in Io-mol. Reactions) |
 | AAEC | Australian Atomic Energy Commission |
 | AAEE | American Academy Of Environmental Engineers |
 | AAEM | Advanced Analytical Electron Microscope |
 | AAETA | Atomic Spectroscopy With Electrothermal Atomization |
 | AAFEB | Anaerobic Attached Film Expanded Bed |
 | AAFEGE | Asymptotically Adjusted Free-electron-gas Exchange (potential) |
 | AAGP | Aerobic Attached Growth Process |