| Acronym | Meaning |
| BASTE | Bay Area Sewage Toxics Emissions |
| CMM | Compositionally Modulated Multilayers |
| DMCP | DOE Methods Compendium Program |
| SMD | Single-molecule Detection |
| NRM | Natural Remanent Magnetization |
| NPS | National Park Service (US) |
| HPW | High Pressure Welding |
| NIES | National Institute For Environmental Studies (Japan) |
| PNO | Pseudonatural Orbital |
| SRS | Symmetrized Rayleigh-Schroedinger (perturbation Theory) |