| Acronym | Meaning |
| LHPG | Laser-heated Pedestal Growth |
| BNF | Biological Nitrogen Fixation |
| SCBA | Self-consistent Born Approximation |
| TERRACE | Terrestrial Runoff Modeling For Risk Assessment Of Chem. Exposure |
| GCM | Generator-coordinate Method |
| JSAC | Japan Society For Analytical Chemistry |
| PDR | Photon-dominated Region |
| TSS | Total Suspended Solids |
| QLUC | Quasimolecular Large Unit Cell (model For Electronic-structure Calcns. On Solids) |
| GLF | Gaussian Lobe Function |