| Acronym | Meaning |
| AODP | Advanced Ocean Drilling Program |
| STA | Single-transition Approximation |
| ILCT | Intraligand Charge-transfer |
| MPI | Multiphoton Ionization |
| QXRD | Quantitative X-ray Diffraction |
| ISD | Inclined Substrate Deposition |
| PCT | Patent Cooperation Treaty |
| LST | Local Solar Time |
| WET | Waste Extraction Test |
| ASA | Alternancy Symmetry Adapted (method For Spin-independent Hamiltonians For Alternant Hydrocarbons) |