| Acronym | Meaning |
| LSW | Localized Spherical Wave (in Electronic Structure Calcns.) |
| SAES | Scanning Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| HEMPAS | Hereditary Erythroblastic Multinuclearity With Positive Acidified Serum Lysis Test |
| LIM | Liquid-injection Molding |
| CIE | Computer-integrated Engineering |
| CNDO/SW | Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap / Sichel-Whitehead |
| VIM | Vacuum Induction Melting |
| PAC | Perturbed Angular Correlation |
| MAMA | Multianode Microchannel Arrays |
| LILE | Large-ion Lithophile Element |