| Acronym | Meaning |
| GIWA | Global International Waters Assessment |
| SNR | Signal-to-noise Ratio |
| AODP | Advanced Ocean Drilling Program |
| IRMA | Immunoradiometric Assay |
| MEMPT | Many-electron Many-photon Theory (in Dynamic-polarizability Calcns. For Atoms And Ions) |
| TIAS | Technology Investment Assessment Screen |
| SEM | Std. Error Of The Mean |
| BCO | Bounded Crystal Orbital |
| RSPE | Rayleigh Schroedinger Perturbation Expansion |
| ECP | Exponential Corrugated Potential |