| Acronym | Meaning |
| CSH | Centrifugal Sudden Hyperspherical (coordinate Reactive Scattering Code) |
| SICP | Sealed Inductively Coupled Plasma |
| STOVL | Short Take-Off And Vertical Landing |
| MESP | Molecular Electrostatic Potential |
| JAERI | Japanese Atomic Energy Research Institute |
| EIE | Easily Ionized Element |
| FCSA | Frequency-corrected Sudden Approxn. (in Mol. Collision Calcns.) |
| MIRS | Multiple Internal Reflection Spectroscopy |
| DMW | Dissimilar-metal Weld |
| TBC | Two-beam Coupling |