| Acronym | Meaning |
| COLD | Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease |
| EFISPS | Electric Field Induced Surface Photovoltage Spectroscopy |
| IFSEM | International Federation Of Societies For Electron Microscopy |
| CAS-MC-SCF | Complete Active Space-multiconfiguration-SCF |
| CSRR | Coupled-state Rigid-rotor |
| MBE | Molecular Beam Epitaxy |
| MIPMS | Microwave Induced Plasma Mass Spectrometry |
| SCBSA | Self-consistent Boundary-site Approxn. (for D.-of-states) |
| PNA | Paraffins, Naphthenes, And Aromatics (in Petroleum Analysis) |
| APP | Acoustic Phase Plate |