| Acronym | Meaning |
| CVAFS | Cold Vapor At. Fluorescence Spectrometry |
| PLC | Planar Lightwave Circuit |
| IGWMC | International Ground Water Modeling Center |
| SAXS | Small Angle X-ray Scattering |
| WAO | Wannier Atomic Orbital |
| SED | Spectral Energy Distribution |
| RMF | Rotating Morse Function (in Potential-surface Calcn.) |
| IMC | Intermetallic Matrix Composite |
| DIANA | Detection Of Immobilized Amplified Nucleic Acids |
| VCE | Vapor Compression Evaporator |