| Acronym | Meaning |
| NASO | Nasmyth Adaptive Optics System |
| MRS | Micro-Raman Spectroscopy |
| RRR | Residual Resistivity Ratio |
| VMO | Virtual Molecular Orbital |
| ADI | Alternating Direction Implicit (method) |
| CCR | Complex Coordinate Rotation (method For Calcns. Of Resonances In Scattering) |
| NHRL | Northern Hemisphere Reference Line |
| HAZOP | Hazard And Operability Study |
| INSERM | Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale |
| UMP4SDTQ | Unrestricted Moeller-Plesset 4th-order (perturbation Theory With) Single |