| Acronym | Meaning |
| HEUR | Hydrophobe Modified Ethoxylated Urethane [polymer] |
| MCDF | Multi-configuration Dirac-Fock |
| BSM | Breathing Shell Model |
| SDSS | Sloan Digital Sky Survey |
| BLIP | Background-limited Infrared Photodetector |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference On Environment And Development |
| IFCC | International Federation Of Clin. Chem. |
| MFP | Mean Free Path |
| PALMS | Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry |
| DFG | Difference Frequency Generation |