| Acronym | Meaning |
| PCF | Photonic Crystal Fiber |
| IMA | International Mineralogical Association |
| IC-ACPF | Internally Contracted (multireference) Averaged Coupled Pair Functional |
| SLM | Supported Liquid Membranes |
| AVP | Arginine Vasopressin |
| EDXRS | Energy-dispersive X-ray Spectrometry |
| MDCB | Methods And Data Comparability Board |
| FARM | Fixed-angle Reactor Model (in Quantum Calcns. On Reactive Scattering) |
| FLA | Fluorescence Lifetime Analysis |
| MIAR | Mass Isotopomer Abundance Ratio |