| Acronym | Meaning |
| SOM | Scanning Optical Microscope |
| NSO | Natural Spin Orbitals |
| SCSA | Small-curvature Semiclassical Adiabatic (approxn. For Mol. Energy Levels) |
| NPL | Nuclear-pumped Laser |
| DVD | Digital Video Disk |
| SBS | Stimulated Brillouin Scattering |
| NOES | National Occupational Exposures Survey |
| OCE-DF | One-center Expansion Dirac-Fock |
| PCDW | Pluvinage Continuum Distorted Wave ( A Wave Function In Calcns. On Atomic And Molecular Collisions) |
| AOT60 | Accumulated Ozone Exposure Above A Threshold Value Of 60 Ppb |