| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASLE | American Society Of Lubrication Engineers (USA |
| SCMPS | Spin-corrected Moeller-Plesset Nth-order |
| BLDSC | British Library Document Supply Centre |
| MIR | Maximum Individual Risk |
| DRP | Deutsches Reichpatent |
| UTP | Unitary Transformation (based) Perturbation (theory) |
| TIMP | Tissue Inhibitors Of Metalloproteinase |
| CLIMAP | Climate Long-range Investigation Mapping And Prediction |
| OTCEC | Open Tubular Capillary Electrochromatography |
| PMC | Percent Modern Carbon |