| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCALE | Symmetrically Configured AC Light Emitting [device] |
| PSEP | Polyhedral Skeletal Electron Pair (for Metal Clusters) |
| ECEC | Effective Cation Exchange Capacity |
| SMOC | Standard Mean Ocean Chloride |
| DRO | Diesel-range Organics |
| CQED | Consortium For Quality Environmental Data |
| BTDC | Bulk Thermal Desorption Chamber |
| SADPT | Symmetry-adapted Double Perturbation Theory |
| MBPM | Maximum Bubble Pressure Method |
| PSCF | Potential Source Contribution Function |