| Acronym | Meaning |
| TLEED | Tensor Low-energy Electron Diffraction |
| SLBO | Strictly Localized Bond Orbital |
| ANSR | Advanced Neutron Source Reactor |
| MSCE | Modified Semiclassical Exchange (aproxn. In Scattering Calcns.) |
| RMTA | Rigid Muffin-tin Approxn. |
| AMT | Audio-magneto-telluric Method |
| FRM | Federal Reference Method |
| GOOMEX | The Gulf Of Mexico Offshore Operations Monitoring Expt. |
| SQG | Small Quantity Generator |
| IFSEM | International Federation Of Societies For Electron Microscopy |