| Acronym | Meaning |
| DHFR | Dihydrofolate Reductase |
| TSDC | Thermally Stimulated Depolarization Currents |
| BIRPS | British Institutes Reflection Profiling Syndicate |
| IPA | Independent-particle Approximation (in Quantum Calcns. On Solids) |
| EWALD | Evanescent Wave Analysis With Laser Diodes |
| ODU | Optical Density Units |
| FCI | Full Configuration Interaction |
| MITE | Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Element |
| SC-SEA | Single-channel Static-exchange Approximation |
| ECA | Equivalent Core Approximation |