| Acronym | Meaning |
| MPO | Modified Polarized Orbital |
| KKRZ | Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker-Ziman (in Energy-band Calcns.) |
| CFM | Continued-fraction Method |
| LOIS | Land-Ocean Interaction Study |
| NEMA | National Electrical Manufactures Association |
| FFPC | Forced-flow Planar Chromatog. |
| IPF | Inorg. Polymer Flocculant |
| FTNMR | Fourier-transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| MSIA | Mass Spectrometric Immunoassay |
| BOAW | Bond-order Alternation Wave |