| Acronym | Meaning |
| UKIRT | United Kingdom Infrared Telescope |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GEASIC | Gradient-expansion Approxn. Self-interaction Correction (functional |
| NOW | Nonhazardous Oil Field Waste |
| STIM | Scanning Transmission Ion Microscopy |
| VASS | Variable Angle Sampling Spinning |
| FOLZ | First-order Laue Zone |
| RPWBA-BC | RPWBA With Corrections For Increased Binding Energy And Coulomb Deflection |
| DIDA | Diisodecyl Adipate |
| CCN | Cloud Condensation Nucleus |