| Acronym | Meaning |
| DBR | Distributed Bragg Reflector |
| MCRRPA | Multiconfiguration Relativistic Random Phase Approxn. |
| EOT | Equivalent Oxide Thickness |
| RSK | Rajagopal-Singhal-Kimball (local-spin-d. Potential For Electronic Structure Calcns.) |
| ANOSIM | Analysis Of Similarity |
| SOCMI | Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry |
| DONUT | Direct Observation Of The Nu Tau |
| CC | Coupled Channel |
| EGS | Echelle Grating Spectrometer |
| IASI | Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer |