| Acronym | Meaning |
| IDA | Isotope Dilution Analysis |
| ALEX | Aerosol LIDAR Experiment |
| DEXA | Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry |
| MSPD | Matrix Solid-Phase Dispersion |
| SA-MCSCF | State Averaged Multiconfiguration Self-consistent Field (wave Function) (see Also ICF-CI) |
| ICTAC | International Confederation For Thermal Analysis And Calorimetry |
| OEMO | One Electron Molecular Orbital |
| DAFNE | Double Annular Factory For Nice Experiments |
| SCOPW | Self-consistent Orthogonalized Plane Wave |
| DMEM | Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium |