| Acronym | Meaning |
| SOBO | Spin-orbit (coupled) Bond Orbital |
| QPD | Quadrature Phase Detection |
| DARC | Dielectric Antireflection Coating |
| CGA | Colloidal Gas Aphron |
| BEAR | Business And Environmentalists In An Alliance For Recycling |
| TTP | Tocopherol Transfer Protein |
| MOEMS | Micro-opto-electromechanical System |
| CAS-CI | Complete Active Space-configuration Interaction |
| NYSERDA | New York State Energy Research And Development Authority |
| MOSS | Multilayer Optical Scanning Spectrometer |