| Acronym | Meaning |
| HMPGI | Hybrid Multiple-prism Grazing-incidence |
| MOSMO | Maximum Overlap Symmetry Molecular Orbital |
| CMP | Capacitively Coupled Microwave Plasma |
| CLS | Classical Least-squares |
| FHNC | Fermi Hypernetted Chain Method (in Quantum Statistics) |
| MCCHF | Multiconfiguration Coupled Hartree-Fock |
| HMDE | Hanging Mercury Drop Electrode (in Electrochemistry) |
| FMD | Foot And Mouth Disease |
| QPT | Quantum Phase Transition |
| GENESIS | Global Environmental And Ecological Simulation Of Interactive Systems |