| Acronym | Meaning |
| ILSS | Interlaminar Shear Strength |
| GBT | Generalized Brillouin Theorem |
| COLOC | Correlation Spectroscopy For Long-range Couplings |
| MODS | Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome |
| AIGER | American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium |
| SBCOD | Slowly Biodegradable Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| EML | Environmental Mutational Load |
| LACO | Linearized Atomic Cell Orbital (in Energy-band Calcn.) |
| APWP | Apparent Polar Wander Path |
| IGY | International Geophysical Year |