| Acronym | Meaning |
| PAR | Proteinase-activated Receptor |
| NADW | North Atlantic Deep Water |
| PCM | Phase-change Medium |
| AGCI | Aspen Global Change Institute |
| OCH | Ochkur (approxn. In Electron-atom Scattering Calcns.) |
| LSDF | Local Spin Density Functional |
| IPCM | Isodensity Polarizable Continuum Model [ab Initio Method] |
| SAC-CI | Symmetry-adapted Cluster Configuration Interaction (theory For Wave-function Expansion) |
| SMBC | Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography |
| FQHE | Fractional Quantum Hall Effect |