| Acronym | Meaning |
| RDF | Restricted Dirac-Fock (quantum Calcn. Method) |
| BOTDA | Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis |
| MTX(ALPHA) | Muffin-tin X(alpha) Statistical Exchange |
| OEIC | Optoelectronic Integrated Circuit |
| DLD | Decoupled L-dominant Method (in Inelastic-scattering Calcns. |
| QAR | Quality Assurance Reagent |
| MSM | Multiple-scattering Model |
| CIAP | Climatic Implications Of Atmospheric Pollution |
| LOCV | Lowest-order Constrained Variation |
| SES | Surface Electronic State |