| Acronym | Meaning |
| LUC | Large Unit Cell Semiempirical Approxn. (for Band Structure) |
| CARTS | Critical Actions Requirements Tracking System |
| CNG | Compressed Natural Gas |
| ATOFMS | Aerosol Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry |
| DNMR | Dynamic Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| CBC | Circulating Bed Combustor (or Incinerator) |
| DECSY | Double-quantum Coherence Echo Correlated Spectroscopy |
| OGTT | Oral Glucose Tolerance Test |
| FWHM | Full Width At Half Maximum |
| ABC | Absorbing Boundary Condition (green Function) |