| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCMS | Committee On Challenges Of Modern Society (NATO) |
| J(Z)CCS | J(z) Conserving Centrifugal Sudden Approximation (in Molecular Collisions |
| MBT | Minimum [spark Advance For] Best Torque |
| HAADF | High-angle Annular Dark-field |
| NMFS | National Marine Fisheries Service (of NOAA) |
| PAIR | Patent Application Information Retrieval System |
| CFFE | Cumulative Fissile Fuel Enrichment |
| NASC | North American Shale Composite |
| SNMS | Sputtered Neutral Mass Spectrometry |
| HSLA | High-strength Low-alloy (steel) |