| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCO | Coupled-channel-optical (potential |
| ICRH | Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating |
| MOSHO | Maximum Overlap Symmetry Hybrid Orbital |
| ILS | Intracavity Laser Spectroscopy |
| NEAR | Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous |
| MDI | Modified Dipole Interaction(model For Mol.-polarizability Calcn.) |
| DAS | Double Antibody Sandwich |
| ASMS | American Society For Mass Spectrometry |
| BSCO | Break Specific Carbon Monoxide |
| BLRG | Broad-line Radio Galaxy |