| Acronym | Meaning |
| EICVOM | Equivalent Ionic Core Virtual Orbital Model |
| QFAA | Quartz Furnace Atomic Absorption |
| TBPO | Terbutylperoctoate |
| SQF | Second-quantized Formulation (in Many-body Quantum Theory) |
| CSMCS | Carbon Species Methods Comparison Study |
| HEP | High Energy Physics |
| MRO | Medium Range Order |
| CVM-CI | Constrained Variational Method-CI |
| ATM | Airborne Thematic Mapper |
| SAGE | Soviet-American Gallium Experiment |