| Acronym | Meaning |
| ZSR | Zdanovskii-Stokes-Robinson [model] |
| PACE | Pacific Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment |
| ADMRO | Angular Dependent Magnetoresistance Oscillation |
| NGO | Nongovernment Organization(s) |
| CDW | Circumpolar Deep Water |
| COD | Crack Opening Displacement |
| SDC | Samaria-doped Ceria |
| CCPPA | Coupled-cluster Polarization-propagator Approxn. |
| NDB | Nondefective Bonding |
| SAI | Spline-fitted Ab Initio (potential Energy Surface) |