| Acronym | Meaning |
| MS/MS | Multistage Mass Spectrometry |
| LFS | Li-Fraumeni Syndrome |
| AIRS | Atmospheric Information Retrieval System |
| DISEP | Difference Integrated Spatial Electron Populations |
| EIMP | Energy Independent Model Pseudopotential |
| DAD | Diode Array Detector |
| TDH | Time-dependent Hartree Theory |
| MEG | Modified Electron Gas (quantum Calcn. Method) |
| SILO | Strain Induced Lateral Ordering |
| DSPIL | Direct Solar Pumped Iodine Laser |