| Acronym | Meaning |
| MEED | Medium-energy Electron Diffraction |
| CASSS | California Separation Science Society |
| ICDW | Incommensurate Charge Density Wave |
| QCISDT | Quadratic CI (with) Single (and) Double (and) Triple (excitations) |
| AEP | American Electric Power (USA) |
| PPE | Poly(phenylene Ether)s |
| LDTOF | Laser-Desorption Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry |
| ENSGTI | Ecole Nationale Superieure En Genie Des Technologies Industrielles |
| NPAR | Nonbinding Preliminary Allocation Of Responsibility |
| TM | Thematic Mapper (Remote Sensing) |