| Acronym | Meaning |
| SOPITA | South Pacific Isotopic And Thermal Anomaly |
| TDCC | Time-dependent Close-coupling |
| IRS | Infrared Soldering |
| DOR | Delta Opioid Receptor |
| RITS | Radiatively Important Trace Species |
| QPEN | Quantum-mech. Potential (based On Interactios Of) Electrons (and) Nuclei |
| HT | Herzberg-Teller (wave Functions) |
| EFTEM | Energy-filtering Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| ITC | Interagency Testing Committee (TSCA) |
| MCM | Multichip Modules |